Monopoly Wine Charms and Coasters

Replacing a worn board game missing pieces? Breathe new life into the old set and upcycle it into coasters and wine charms for game night!

Step 1: Charm Materials and Tools

Materials for the wine charms:

• 8 Game pieces total. 6 player pieces + 1 house + 1 hotel.
• 8 Wire Hoops, medium size.
• 42 Beads.  6 beads were used on each charm, primary colors on the playing pieces and a mixture of color and silver "spacer beads" on the House and Hotel charms.
• 3 Eyepins 3/4" length. One for the Thimble, House and Hotel charms.
• 5 Jump rings, 7mm diameter.  2 rings for dog charm, one ring each for car, hat, and train charms.
• Super glue.

Useful tools:

• Jewelry needle-nose pliers
• Wire cutters
• Drill
• 1/32" drill bit
• 3/64"  drill bit
• Masking tape
• Utility knife
• Small vise

Comments

[Adambowker98]

I am about to order some extra deeds right now to do the coasters! (I have some, but I like to play Monopoly with them :)

[WhyHello]

lol the little one wont be happy about it X3 she loved monpoly (weird kid)

[WALKEREN]

Fantastic! I bought a bunch of pieces last year to do this same project but couldn't see where to start....

Great job!

[CrLz]

Cool! Love to see yours when finished.

[tim_n]

Your board items look a lot better quality than the game producers make now, certainly in England. The last monopoly board I saw was made from cheap card and everything was plastic.

Yours looks pratically antique compared to the current offerings!

Good 'ible.

[chello2k9]

I think they sell different sets, the cheaper they are the more plastic they become. The more expensive they are they end up being gold plated pieces with real money. Some where in between a similar set to this exist.

[CrLz]

Makes me wonder if there is a niche for 3D printing higher quality game pieces?

[CrLz]

Thanks tim_n.

Plastic game pieces would be a real bummer, guess I'd keep the old and make charms out of the new in that case...

[ChrysN]

Clever idea, they look great!

[CrLz]

Thanks!