Granny square checker board

**sunshine** · 10-20-2004, 05:50 PM

With leftover yarn create enough squares to make a checkerboard. Save and clean cat food cans or tuna fish cans (enough for 2 sets of Checkers). Paint cans first with primer. Then paint the cans with a color that contrasts the squares. You can crochet a simple chain to tie the board into a roll and make a simple granny square bag (two large squares sewn together and add two straps) to store your checkers in.

Wish I was creative enough to come up with ideas like this.

**frugalmel** · 10-20-2004, 05:58 PM

What a neat idea. I wonder if juice can lids would work for checkers as well?

We don't give our cats canned food. I can't stand the smell of it (or canned dog food).