b'gameon!Family young and old will be entertained with lawn games that can brighten up your day.T is the season to spend time with family andCroquet, you stayfriends outdoors and with any gathering itTake nanas old croquet set from the back of the shed and refresh it ready for a pays to have a few colourful tricks up yourfun lawn game with Resene paints and wood stains. The object of the game is to sleeve to keep everyone in good spirits. While you arehit the ball through a course of gates.waiting for the sausages to cook at a family barbecueTo repair the mallets, sand down any imperfections on the mallets using coarse or the turkey to come out of the oven, keep everyonesandpaper followed by fine sandpaper. Wipe clean with a damp cloth before entertained with a few fun lawn games. Sometimesstaining with two coats of Resene Woodsman wood stain. Apply masking tape to the best memories are made in our own backyards.the middle of the handle and paint stripes on each mallet in two coats of one Let the games begin! colour. To refresh the balls, paint a large circle of colour on each ball using the Resene ColorwoodResene Woodsmansame four colours used on the mallets. Apply two coats.Teak Dark OakResene ColorwoodReseneAbove: Rejuvenate an old croquet set for a fun game for guests at your next Apollo Blue Black White gathering. We stained our croquet mallets using Resene Woodsman Dark Oak. Hoops and main part of the stake in Resene Half Black White, balls, mallet and stake stripes in Resene Teal Blue, Resene Blue Gem, Resene Sunshade and Resene Keep your outdoor games looking good byGorse. Picnic basket and outdoor rug from Mighty Ape, cushions stylists own.storing them inside when not in use. ReseneResene West Side MoonbeamGiant checkers StaintheplywoodsquareinResene A game of checkers has never lookedColorwood. Wipe away any excess stain biggerorbrighterthanwhenithaswitharagorcloth.Createaborder been given a bold Resene Colorwood60mm wide with the masking tape. Use ApolloBlueandReseneHalfBlackthetapetocreateagridofsquares White checkerboard colour scheme. equallyspacedapart,fromtopto bottom and left to right. There should You will need: be four squares along each line. EachPlywood square, 1000mm x 1000mmsquare on the board measures 110mm. (7mm thick) Paint the squares in a contrasting colour.Masking tape Oncedry,removethemaskingtape.Resene ColorwoodRepeattheabove,exceptthistimeResene paintbrushes coveringthepaintedsquares.Once Above: Black and white are the most traditional Resene StainLock completely dry and all masking tape has checkerboard colours, but this colourful version Resene Aquaclear been removed, apply Resene Aquaclear is stained in Resene Colorwood Apollo Blue 24 jar lids or circular countersto seal the checkerboard. To make the with the checks painted in Resene Half Black Resene testpots in your choice counters, apply Resene StainLock to the White. The checker pieces are painted in Resene Quarter Frozen and Resene Moonbeam.of colours jar lids. Paint the lids in two different The full board is finished in Resene Aquaclear. colours12 of each. Resene Quarter Frozen38'