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Limbo Game Station

June 15, 2017

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Welcome back to this month’s edition of the Power Tool Challenge. This month our theme is Summer Fun so I made a Limbo Game Station. It’s sure to provide lots of summer fun for kids of all ages! Who remembers playing limbo? I was never very good at it but it was still fun to play! Were you the limbo star in your neighborhood?

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This limbo game station will be going to my grandchildren’s backyard. I know that they and their friends will have a blast playing limbo this summer.


How to make a Limbo Game Station

Materials

  • Two 2″x 2″x 6′
  • 2″x 4″ scraps
  • dowel rods
  • painter’s tape
  • wood glue
  • 2-1/2″ pocket screws
  • 2-1/2″ wood screws
  • paint

Step 1

I started by taping the two 2″ x “2”s together with painter’s tape so they would be the same length and also so that the holes for the pegs would line up. I then cut the 2×2’s to 43″ long with a miter saw.

Step 2

While the boards were still taped, I marked off 1-1/2″ increments with a pencil indicating the spacing of the “pegs” (dowel rods cut down to 2-1/2″). I then drew a pencil line down the center of each 2 x 2. Where the lines intersected I drew circles indicating the placement of the drilled holes. (see image below)

Step 3

Using my drill press, I drilled the holes for the pegs with a 3/8″ Forstner bit.

Step 4

Cut down the 3/8″ dowel rods to 2-1/2″ lengths and insert these “pegs” into each hole using wood glue.

Step 5

To make the station “legs” stable I used my Kreg Jig to drill pocket holes on both sides of the bottom end of each 2 x 2 and attached it to 12″ long pieces of a 2 x 4 with 2-1/2″ pocket screws and wood glue.

Step 6

I cut 8″ lengths from the leftover 2 x 2s with the ends mitered at 45º. These pieces were then glued and screwed as shown above. (Not shown: I also ended up adding 6″ long 2 x 4 scraps to each “foot” to provide extra stability. You can see this piece on the finished piece. These were attached with glue and pocket screws.

I cut down a scrap of a 1 x 2 to make the cross bar. You could also use another dowel rod.

Step 7

How low can you go!

I’ve created this quick little video of the building process:


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    June 15, 2017 at 12:47 pm

    How fun is that project! I’ve never seen a limbo game like this…smart! I’d love to have it here in Fl! Maybe it would motivate me to keep up with my stretches! LOL! Pinned of course 🙂

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  2. Mindi says

    June 15, 2017 at 4:29 pm

    I may have to make this one Jeanie! I love it!

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  3. Karen @ The DIY Bungalow says

    June 15, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    I love this! What a great idea! Perfect for summer games!

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  4. gail says

    June 15, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    Cute Limbo station Jeanie! How clever. I have never, ever been able to limbo, not even when I was young and limber. hahahah

    pinned!

    gail

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    June 18, 2017 at 5:56 am

    This game is sure to be a hit with the kids this summer.

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    May 30, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    Great idea! Thank you for sharing at To Grandma’s House We Go.

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    May 31, 2018 at 1:01 am

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    June 2, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    I found myself singing the limbo song while scrolling thru your tutorial. A fun project for summer fun!

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    June 16, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    This is so fun, and easy, too! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday – I’ll be featuring your limbo game this week. I hope you’ll stop by and link up again 🙂

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