How to Make an Easy Dice Tray | Board Game Upgrade DIY

Download the free template and make your own personalized stackable dice trays using just cardboard and paper! Great for keeping those dice rolls on the table or just a handy bowl for little bits and pieces. PDF template is available here: bit.ly/diydicetray
Please note, this craft is not intended for unsupervised children. It involves hot glue and sharp knives.
Tools/Materials List:
- 1 large panel from a cereal box (or similar weight chipboard)
- 1 sheet of plain paper and a printer
- 1 sheet of colored/patterned paper (or fabric)
- (Optional: felt or velvet)
- Spray glue or glue stick
- Hot glue (you can use white glue instead, but only if you use spray glue to attach the paper)
- Knife or scissors
- Ruler
- Scoring tool (knitting needle, butter knife, or empty ballpoint pen works fine)
The board game shown at the start is "Thunderbirds", a fantastic cooperative game by designer Matt Leacock. More info here: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1...
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Music:
"Upgrade DIY Theme" composed and performed by Tim O'Reilly (Instagram: @soundstill)
"Summer in the Rearview" by Paper Planes (on Artlist.io)
"Bokeh" by Soundroll (on Artlist.io)
Shot on Sony FS700 and Fuji XT-2
Edited in DaVinci Resolve

[@WoodfishToys]

It's a tray, and it's a hexagon, and it stacks! Pick you own pattern to personalize it or match it to a specific game. Hope you like it! My favorite step is when you curve it around and it pops up into a 3D hexagonal ring - I'll never get tired of how satisfying that is!

[@jonathanfuchikami5799]

Can you make it any bigger?

[@WoodfishToys]

@@jonathanfuchikami5799 Yes, I had a viewer send me pictures of bigger versions they made from the same template. I sized the pdf template so that it would fit on a single piece of standard paper, but you could print it out at any enlarged scale (maybe 150%) and tape together multiple pages to make the template. Let me know if that helps!

[@user-wc4lp9fx3c]

hexagon is the bestagon!

[@corynardin]

I love how those nest.

[@GClubChannel]

That's really clever and it makes me feel like it's simple enough that I can do it. Also, I love the soothing tone of the video like watching Bob Ross paint. #happylittletrays

[@WoodfishToys]

Haha, maybe all that Bob Ross watching as a kid had an effect on me. Thanks for your comment, and yes, give it a try! Make sure you score the dashed lines very firmly to make the bending process easy.

[@PantsReduction]

You have the best intro I've ever seen or heard. Thanks for the template!

[@jersepe]

Great video; short, clear instructions and a template to download. Well done!

[@WoodfishToys]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked the format!

[@beastdude]

I like how simple this is. And so easily customisable too. Thanks.

[@WoodfishToys]

You're very welcome!

[@Pindolene]

I absolutely love this!

[@rupertandi6895]

This is a great idea. Not just a dice tray but you can use it for playing pieces, like those darn virus cubes in Pandemic or the resources in Architects of the West Kingdom. Thank you for this great idea!

[@WoodfishToys]

You're welcome Rupert, I'm so glad you like it! Ya, definitely can be used for components too! I originally had a design with vertical inside walls and it was too difficult to dig out small dice or game pieces. So that use case, along with making them stackable, was what led to the final flared shape.

[@jflartner117]

Came here from today's Winter Spectacular launch video - just starting to explore your channel now, but I love it so far! Very calming, kind, encouraging voice, nice paper sounds, and pleasant music. I honestly get feelings of anxiety just imagining myself trying some of these (especially the dice tower), but I definitely love the channel and this one looks so useful and pretty simple. I could see myself giving this a try over winter break. Thanks!!

[@WoodfishToys]

Hey James, thanks so much for checking it out and the kind words! The dice tower is the most complex - I'd definitely recommend starting with this dice tray - I think it has the best satisfaction-to-difficulty ratio! Just make sure you glue the paper to the cardboard really well and you'll be fine!

[@TheMegaSkyDark]

Hope you can make videos this good again very soon

[@shorelessskies]

As an experiment I made one of these using only printer paper (no cardboard) and it works just fine. Obviously, it's light and not as durable, but it's much quicker if you just need to get some made.

[@WoodfishToys]

Ah excellent! That's good to know!

[@Orc185]

Perfect!

[@JAV371N]

Excellent

[@urloony]

Wow, this is great

[@sandraj.m.3447]

Thank you!! I'll try to make one today. Seems I can do it.

[@sirshakletonfury4833]

saw this on BGB and thought it brilliant. Good video. keep it up.

[@WoodfishToys]

Thanks Dom, I really appreciate the kind words!

[@RoryJones]

Your vids are great and high quality! Keep up the good work

[@WoodfishToys]

Thanks Rory! Glad you like them!

[@ezra1791]

Thank you super helpful.

[@WoodfishToys]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thedox6324]

You are a genius that is totally sick. Nice Idea will try it tomorrow.

[@amandanguyen3324]

Hi there, I love this idea. this would work for Roll Playing games or any game that used dice, thank you for making this tutorial and free template.

[@GameVinereviews]

That is so clever! Now I need a how to make a Dice Tower now.

[@WoodfishToys]

You may not have to wait too long... :)

[@BigRedGamer87]

Awesome work! Look forward to your next project. These videos and projects are high quality and I hope more people discover your talent.

[@WoodfishToys]

Thanks so much Brandon! I'm working on a couple new DIY projects now. One's board game related and one's toy related. So keep your eye out for those in the coming weeks.

[@rash661]

Es una gran forma de hacer un tira dados, luce genial, voy a probar hacer uno. Me gusto como lo explicaste todo de una manera muy interesante para actualizar los juegos de mesa, el video tirando los dados al final es tan relajante que me gustaría que durara mas, Saludos desde México !!

[@WoodfishToys]

Hi Eduardo! It's so nice to hear when people appreciate the videos! I hope you enjoy making the tray. I also really enjoy seeing the dice in slow motion - I could watch that all day!

[@CtrlAnimate]

first reaction: "wouw, these look realy good. why haven't i seen this channel before?" *looks at sub amount* "thet should be way higher"

[@WoodfishToys]

Thanks, really appreciate your reaction!

[@Tomek1949]

For the scoring step, you can not only use a knitting needle or a butter knife. An empty ballpoint pen will work too!

[@nonopedraza3263]

Just great. Very useful and nice. Thank you so much. How about a dice tower? Impatient for your new video... P.D.: done and fully operational.