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Home » How to & Crafts » How To & Craft Tutorial

Full Sized Candy Land Yard Game

Published: July 27, 2012 | Updated: August 14, 2018 | By Ashlee

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So do you remember back when I was on “so you think your crafty”? yeah, I barely remember it too, it was 18 months ago- the month I got pregnant with Baby Boy!  I didn’t last long, and then got distracted by morning sickness, so I never did get around to posting everything I made!

full-sized candy land yard game

One of my most favorite projects was actually this full sized Candy Land yard game!  Since it was the winter when I made it we didn’t get to play it outside, and then I gave the game away without taking pictures of us playing it outside, so even though the Theme of the Point of View this month is Outdoors, there is not a single outdoor picture!

spray painted carpet candy land yard game

I actually came up with this game idea when we decided to rip up the carpet before remodeling our “master bedroom”.   The carpet was ugly, but it was in pretty good shape, so I brainstormed what I could make with it!  I decided to cut it up into squares and started debating what board game it would be fun to create!

Candy land won and I split up the carpets and painted them in rainbow colors! I just used a few layers of normal spray paint.  Make sure to spray paint 6 pieces pink for the “special” candy locations!

candyland carpet squares

Then I mixed them  up- all ready to lay out, this way you can change the formation of your “game board” every time you play!

Instead of a stack of cards, I decided to make a spinner to determine moves.  I cut out an arrow with my jig saw, and primed both the arrow and the large circle!  Then I taped off a section for paint- the same paint as the carpet pieces!

painting candyland spinner

You can see my first color, and the pencil lines for the rest…  It took a little math and a little time, but doing it right is worth it!

building the candy land spinner attaching the arrow

To make the spinner work I drilled holes in the center of both the circle and arrow.  Using a hex nut, bolt, 4 washers and a locking bolt, place a washer on the back and stick the nut through and on the front add another washer and the bolt.  Tighten it good!  Then add another washer!

Next the final washer and the locking bolt!  Getting the right nut length is the key to all of this, the arrow should be slightly loose, but not too wiggly…

spinning candyland spinner

Mine was PERFECT!  It spun just like I’d hoped it would!  It’s actually my favorite part of the whole game!

spray paint go two times candy land spinner

In the real Candy Land game they have some cards with two color squares on it, so I used the last space, and a stencil I hand cut (before the Silhouette machine days) to add “go two times”.

go two times candyland spinner

The idea is if you spin and land on “go two times” spin again then go to two of that color… Make sense?

When you land on PINK you draw one of the 6 special space cards I made.  I was going with the Candy Land of my childhood and grabbed real images of  all the locations!  So if you land on pink, draw a card (keep them upside down obviously!

pieces of candyland yard game

I used those same images and glued them to foam core board, cut the shapes out and added them to dowels!  You’ll stick the dowels into the ground by the pink carpet spots!  You’ll have your starting and ending location, with 6 special locations and the colored board winding around your yard!

And finally I printed and laminated these cute figures for each player to wear!!!!  Don’t they look amazing!  We just stuck them to our shirts, but I think I’d add them to lanyards if I was doing it again!

real candyland tutorial

The first time we played we set it up around the house- in the kitchen… (modeling the spinner- look how young they both look!)

real candy land tutorial

Up the stairs….

free tutorial homemade candyland

And through the living room… (see Computer boy on a pink spot?  The gumdrop dowel didn’t stay up on the carpet very well…)

The only problem is all the room the carpet squares take up… we put everything in a huge 12 gallon box, but this last year gave the game away… I’d love to make it again, just as full sized, but somehow smaller???

Don’t forget to link up your outdoor projects!

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  1. Shiloh

    July 27, 2012 at 6:49 am

    What a super awesome idea! I think, if it were me, to make it smaller, I’d make smaller tags and put them out like that. The squares you had looked like they aren’t quite big enough to stand completely on anyway, so you could just make location indicators, instead of actual full squares. I really want to make this now. So fun! Thank you!

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    • Ashlee

      August 3, 2012 at 4:13 am

      Another thing you could do for a party is to simply spray paint the grass! When it grows out you’ll just cut the painted grass off and you’ll be back to greed again!

  2. Jonie @ Just Between Friends

    July 27, 2012 at 8:08 am

    Such a great idea, Ashlee! I love it! I bet my daughter Lillie would LOVE to play this sometime. Maybe if I get ambitious enough I will give it a try 🙂

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    • Ashlee

      August 3, 2012 at 4:12 am

      It was a lot of searching for the perfect images, enlarging them, printing and then putting it all together, not very hard, just time consuming! But so so SO much fun to make and to play!

  3. Gwen @ Gwenny Penny

    July 27, 2012 at 8:54 am

    This is awesome! I love this so much, Ashlee. I especially like the giant candy cards. Too cool! Super clever 🙂

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    • Ashlee

      August 3, 2012 at 4:11 am

      Thanks Gwen, but you put us all to shame with your AMAZING quilt! Seriously AMAZING!

  4. Leanne

    July 27, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    Oh my gosh! My kids would love this. What a great idea! I love full size games.

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    • Ashlee

      August 3, 2012 at 4:28 am

      It was super fun!!! It’s a great FHE activity! and not quite as frustrating as sitting around the table doing it!

  5. Amy*

    July 28, 2012 at 7:00 am

    This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!! Oh what fun!! Makes me want to rip up some carpet…I’ve got a hankering for Peanut Brittle 🙂

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    • Ashlee

      August 3, 2012 at 4:25 am

      I hated the carpet as carpet so I was overjoyed when it got ruined! And using it for this game was PERFECT!

  6. Megan

    July 31, 2012 at 5:08 am

    What a great idea! It looks like a lot of fun. Megan

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    • Ashlee

      August 3, 2012 at 4:19 am

      It’s a ton of fun! My kids really liked it! When we have the room (as in move out of the basement) I totally plan on making it again!

  7. Jess from Cox's Corner

    August 3, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Holy crow…this is such an awesome idea!!!

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    • Ashlee

      August 5, 2012 at 8:14 pm

      Thanks so much!

  8. Summer

    August 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    How fun! This is a super creative idea!

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    • Ashlee

      August 5, 2012 at 8:14 pm

      we had a lot of fun with it!

  9. Amy

    August 3, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    love this Ash! looks like tons of fun! you could use sidewalk chalk for the spaces too.xoxo

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    • Ashlee

      August 5, 2012 at 8:14 pm

      totally could! Great idea!

  10. Emily

    August 3, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    AWESOME!!!

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    • Ashlee

      August 5, 2012 at 8:15 pm

      Thanks! the kids really loved it!

  11. Alicia

    December 17, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Can you describe to me how you got the image of the candyland figures? Did you take a photo of each and enlarge/cut out? I am doing “Candyland” theme birthday party and have been collecting the tokens so I can attach them to the invites but I still don’t have enough. I am desperate. I don’t really want to pay $5+ each for the whole game…thank you!
    Alicia

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    • Ashlee

      December 20, 2012 at 11:30 am

      the player pieces? I found an image online, I believe it was yellow, I used photoshop to recolor it, print out the copies and laminated them.

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