Cornhole boards are usually constructed out of wood and are roughly 2 feet wide and 4 feet long. The cornhole board surface varies from stained wood to painted wood with elaborate airbrushed designs.
Materials Needed to Construct Cornhole Boards
- 2 x 4's or 2 x 2's
- plywood
- screws/nails
- wood putty ( optional to fill screw/nail holes)
- paint
- Tape Measure
- Saw, I recommend a electric circular saw or table saw
- Jig Saw
- Hammer/Screw gun
- Nails/Screws
The simple cornhole board construction plan beneath is very easy to construct. The notes below clarify some questions that may be raised by the simple sketch.
1. Each cornhole board shall be a 48" x 24" rectangle made of half inch plywood.
2. The hole in the cornhole board shall be six inches in diameter and be centered nine inches from the top and 12 inches from each side of the cornhole platform edges.
3. The front of the cornhole board shall be approximately 4 inches from bottom to top and be at near a 90-degree angle to the ground.
4. The back of the cornhole board shall be approximately 12 inches from bottom to top and be at near a 90-degree angle to the ground.
5. The cornhole board should have solid wood sides with the only opening to the
underside of the cornhole board being through the hole in the cornhole board.
6. The cornhole board shall be finish sanded to a very smooth texture and there shall not be any blemishes in the wood surface that might disrupt or distort play.
7. The cornhole board shall be painted with a high gloss latex paint or stained resulting in a surface that allows corn bags to slide but is not so slippery that it allows the bags to slide back down the board. The preferable color is white, but any easy to see color is acceptable.
