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Giant Scrabble Game

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This is part 2 of I found a book that gave me a delusional idea that I could make a giant scrabble game! Part 1 featured the 2 memory games I made .  The first step was buying the wood and getting it cut. Home Depot will cut your wood for free if you buy it from them! I needed 100 tiles, so I purchased enough wood to make around 120 4" x 4" tiles. I asked for the wood to be cut into even squares and chose the most affordable planks they had. They were too warpped for building furniture, but perfect for making a Scrabble game! Like the memory game, some of the wood was unusable due to how much had been cut off in certain areas. Overall, my experience with Home Depot was great! They were very helpful and answered all the questions I had. The next step was to sand the blocks down. I decied to do this all at once so I could put it behind me. It took a few hours with help. It's important to sand down all of the cut edges and wear a mask! Painting the letters was fairly easy. I