Watermelon Checker Board Heavy corrugated cardboard Poster paint Black permanent marker Twelve watermelon seeds Twelve squash seeds Cut a circle about 14 inches wide from heavy corrugated cardboard. Paint the outer inch of the circle with green poster paint. Paint the inside of the circle red. Paint a thin white line where the two colors meet. With a pencil, draw an 8 inch square in the red area. Mark off every inch on each side of the square. Connect the marks on opposite sides of the square, dividing it into sixty-four small squares. With a permanent black marker, outline the large square. Color in every other small square to form a checkerboard. Draw on watermelon seeds. Use twelve black seeds from a watermelon and twelve white seeds from a squash as your game's playing pieces. Jeni's Quick Craft Idea Index

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