Wooden Tic-Tac-Toe Board
Make Your Own Tic-Tac-Toe Game Board with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint!
Tic-tac-toe is a classic board game for all ages to enjoy. It’s even more fun if you Milk Paint the game pieces yourself! Read on to learn how.
Supplies Needed:
Wooden tic-tac-toe board (We used this one)
3 Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint colors of your choice (We used Linen, Layla’s Mint and Bergere)
Popsicle Stick or Mini Whisk
Wax Brush (optional)
Soft Cloth or Shop Towels
Room Temperature Water
Sandpaper (220 grit)
Step 1 - Mix Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint
Mixing Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint is easy! In a small plastic cup, add 2-3 tablespoons (25-35 grams) of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint powder and give it a gentle dry stir. Then, add the same amount of room temperature water. Stir gently with your popsicle stick for 1-2 minutes. Allow your mixed Milk Paint to rest for 5-10 minutes. This will give the powder a chance to dissolve in the water.
This helpful video demonstrates the process!
Mix up batches of all 3 of your chosen Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint colors and let them rest. While you’re waiting, you can begin to prep your wooden tic-tac-toe board.
Prep Sanding the Wooden Tic-Tac-Toe Board
Whenever you’re going to paint a raw wood surface, you want to make sure it’s smooth to the touch first. Raw wood craft projects often have rough edges, so spend a few minutes smoothing them down with 220 grit sandpaper.
Remove the dust with a soft cloth. Then, get ready for the fun part - painting!
Milk Paint Your Tic-Tac-Toe Board and Game Pieces
Choose which color you’d like for the game board, X’s and O’s. For our project, we painted our game board in Linen, which is our soft shade of cream. We used Bergere for the X’s and Layla’s Mint for the O’s.
Apply 1-2 coats of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint to each component, allowing 20 minutes to an hour of dry time.
Once your game board, X’s and O’s are dry, gently smooth sand them with your 220 grit sandpaper. Remove the dust and move on to the finishing stage!
Finishing the Tic-Tac-Toe Board with Wax Topcoats
To protect your Milk Painted game pieces, apply a thin layer of our buttery soft Furniture Wax. You may use a Wax Brush or soft lint-free cloth for this step. Use a shop towel or clean cloth to rub away the excess.
Our tic-tac-toe board had a grid pattern cut into the surface. To help the players see those better, we applied a bit of Antiquing Wax into the grooves and gently rubbed it in for contrast.
You can rub some Antiquing Wax on your X’s and O’x for contrast and a subtle aged effect.
For our final layer of protection, we applied one last thin layer of Furniture Wax. The excess was rubbed away with another shop towel.
Enjoying a Rousing Game of Tic-Tac-Toe!
Now that your game board is finished, all that’s left is to find a partner to beat!
This easy Tic-Tac-Toe board would make a fun afternoon craft project to do with the kids. Or, make one up as a gift for a friend. However you use your project, we know you will enjoy the process!
