How to Make Wooden Dice Trays for D&D
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- This video shows the step-by-step process for making cheap and easy wooden Dice Trays from scratch.
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These Dice Trays were made using wooden frames from Wal-Mart, wood stain, spray adhesive, graphite paper, felt and a woodburning kit. It costs less than 2 dollars per tray if you break it down by price and what can be re-used over and over. I could easily get dozens of trays out of the stain, as well as with the graphite paper.
This is a super quick 1-2 day build. Really, the only difficult thing is waiting for the stain to dry, which you can leave out overnight.
Please wear lung protection and stain your wood outside! I left mine inside and it stunk up the house for days... I do not recommend this.
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I'm not a DND player, but my son is. I may recreate some of these for him!
Aww that's awesome :) He would love that I'm sure!
You should play d and d with him some time
In some ways, playing DnD is like taking part in a play. Everyone has their role to play, some get into their roles more than others, but at the end of the day there is absolutely nothing to be intimidated by. As others have said, it is a great deal of fun - theater of the mind as they call it! Hope you get a chance to try it out some day with your son! 8)
that's awesome.
Liked it just for that Nat 20 and squeal noise 😂 though probably would have hit like anyway cuz this is amazing and you have created the weekend projects
I think it's the 20 that really sealed the like in. Only had a 5% shot for that like! Haha
Thank you! I appreciate it. Glad you enjoy the content :)
After watching this video, I went to WalMart and picked up a "Paint Your Own Treasure Chest" craft for $3, some felt for under a dollar, and a can of wood stain for $5. I already had a can of spray coating (matte finish) to protect the stain. With those simple ingredients, I was able to make a pretty nice dice box/tray for my wife. So, thank you for the video and the inspiration to make something fun, practical, and pretty darn cool.
I appreciate how your videoes have a different intro each time and you do a four panel preview at the beggining. It is eye-catching for browsing traffic.
Thank you! I am glad that is something you like :) I try and give people a sneak preview so they can decide if they want to watch
Don' t know if said already but Burn THEN stain. Makes the graphite easier to see. Also, you can make your own graphite paper by simply using a pencil to shade on the back of whatever you are going to transfer. a lot cheaper, but not as fast. Great video! Thanks for the inspiration.
And for a safety concern, probably burn then stain. I didn't like the way that came out on the test piece I was trying, but I have good ventillation so it wasn't a worry for me. Others Burn THEN stain :)
Good tip! I hadn't thought of that :)
Oh wow! I just found your channel and I am SO HAPPY I did! These are great and I’ve been looking around at your other videos. You’re very good at what you do sir!
This made me super happy :) Thanks for watching! I truly appreciate it.
Nice! I'm thinking about doing this myself, but instead of staining the wood I'm thinking of covering it with leather and then tooling a design into that.
Ohh that would look awesome :) Send pics if you do!
I have never played D&D but you're videos make me want to try it out. You are a awesome craftsman! I love your videos.
You totally should! It is so freaking fun :)
Also thank you for that :)
It is way fun!
Because of some recent financial troubles, I can't do quite as much as I usually do for Christmas. Almost all of the people that I usually get gifts for are suddenly in one new D&D group. I'll have to check prices for pretty much everything in the video, but I might be making these for my friends instead of buying them Christmas gifts.
You can get this stuff really cheap at walmart or maybe even the dollar store. It might be cheaper than other gifts by a decent amount. Hopefully one day you can give it a shot :)
@@Rybonator Walmart is actually where I mean to check. I imagine the wood burning tools are definitely the biggest cost of all of it.
Great video - I've done something similar with a super cheap mouse pad instead of felt, and I really like the springiness of it. Gives the dice a nice bounce.
Loving your videos, but just wanted to say if you don’t have graphite paper, you can scribble over the back of the design you are wanting with a pencil, then turn it over and draw over the design and it will transfer the pencil to the box :)
Great tip! Didn't know that would work :) thank you!
Very nice. I made a similar dice tray about a year ago using some wooden boxes/trays from Michael's but picture frames are a great idea. I cut a piece of thin balsa wood, attached the felt to that and slid it down into the tray so the felt is technically removable and replaceable if I ever feel the urge (which I haven't). I also put felt on the bottom of the tray to keep it from scratching/getting scratched on my table.
I love the wood burning decoration. I've never tried it but always wanted to.
Oh that's a good idea! I'd love to be able to change the felt color based off of the class I was playing in D&D, or by the theme of the campaign. That's super smart!
Its mega simple, and you in no way have to have any artistic ability, (which is good for me haha). You should try it sometime! Its a great and cheap skill/hobby to pick up.
The trick I'm really proud of with the removable tray bottom is a hole I drilled up under the insert so you can poke something through to help get it out (mine fit snuggly enough that you wouldn't know they're removable). It works well with the felt on the bottom of the tray, but probably wouldn't work as well with the decorated bottoms.
@@danielcomings5872 Just make the hole like the 'eye' on a dragon! Haha. That's a great idea man. :)
@@Rybonator Excellent!
Thank you for this tutorial. I managed to make my GM an awesome birthday gift thanks to it.
That's awesome! Your DM probably loves it :) You rock!
Never wanted a wood burning kit until this video.
It's a REALLY fun tool to play around with :)
Man... I wish I would’ve been more active with this channel, those are incredible dice trays! Saddened I missed the giveaway. Haha
No worries! There'll be more giveaways in the future :)
I've made a couple dice trays now and I've used the sticker backed kind.. no mess, no smell, and apparently easier to get into place. JoAnn had a better selection than Michaels when I got mine. I used this nice mottled grey color, goes very well with stone painted things. My campaign mates have been using them for nearly a year with no issues (one I stuck to chipboard and the other to xps foam unpainted)
When you say sticker back, are you talking about the felt or the wood? I'd love to know so that I can give it a shot :)
@@Rybonator It's peel and stick felt, comes in 9x12 or so pieces. This stuff (but Joanns has more colors in store) www.michaels.com/creatology-peel-and-stick-felt/M10572180.html?dwvar_M10572180_color=Black&dwvar_M10572180_size=9x12%20in
Dang that's super cheap too :) I'll be buying some of that!
Just came across this video, really liking the mini one, as a DM that is the perfect size to hide behind my screen, I can use my larger tray to hold my dice wherever there is space then have the mini one for just rolls. I may have to give this a crack and see how it goes :)
You totally should :) It's super cheap and makes for great gifts.
Yeah the small one is the one I used behind my screen as well, a huge space saver!
I love this, especially the wood burning thing. Didn't know these things existed, I gotta get one.
Thanks!
Yeah I think the wood burning really tied the whole project together.
They are super fun for no reason at all haha. Makes your rolls feel super important. :)
love your channel! gives me ideas on Dice towers and dice boxes i want to do for my DnD stuff.
Thank you! Glad you like my content. :) You should! And totally send pics if you do haha
Ah! An oldie, but goodie!
Absolutely awesome Rybonator, will have to try and make a couple for my son and I !!!
Thank you!
That would be awesome! You'll have to let me know how they turn out.
@@Rybonator Absolutely, unless they are a disaster haha :)
Nah they will be great! Y'all got this!
burning should be the first thing you do, then you can sand the surface and the burn will look alot neater, also you can see the graphite easier on the lighter wood
Removing the glue covered tape before putting the felt down…. Would that have helped, or was the sticky felt sticking to everything?
I know I'm late but could I take the same materials minus the felt and use resin instead I don't personally care about the sound dampening
Do you think fleece fabric would work in place of felt?
do you have to be careful burning over the stain? are those fumes ok?
Good question. It's always good to wear lung protection just in case. Anything I looked up always said it made no difference in terms of safety to do it before or after. That being said do your own research and make an informed decision for your own safety. I am by no means an expert on the subject :)
Good rule of thumb, when working with chemicals, stains, glues, etc regardless of heat, you want a bare minimum of good ventilation, be it a hood, or just being outside or in an open room with something to keep the air moving
One extra step to make things easier. Cut a piece of thin card to fit where the felt will go. Glue the felt to the card then glue the card to the tray. So much simpler and you can fine tune before final fix
That's what I do now, as yeah that makes life waaay easier haha. It also dampens the sound more :)
Super easy...barely an inconvenience.
You won't even know you DID it
I thought I was watching Joshua Weissman with that intro LOL. Great vid
How do you make a dm screen?? This is awesomeness!!
This is exciting, cant wait to build one myself
Give it a shot! And send some pics :)
Hey man I love the videos quick question where did you get your wooden frames and on the shotgun dice video you said you got bigger dice I was wondering got them keep up the good work!
Thanks! I got the wood frames in the craft section of wal-mart and I got the large dice for the shotgun dice from amazon. Just look up Jumbo dice.
Rybonator ok thank you so much! I think part of what makes this channel amazing is that you read and reply to the comments
Thanks man! I appreciate that. You all take the time to watch my vids. The least I can do is reply :)
I can never find these cheap art/craft trays that everyone says that they're using to make these. Do you know the specific brand, by any chance?
Have any of you guys tried putting foam down instead of felt
It would be Nice if you would give the Dimensions of the picture frame.
I s hould have, and if I had it still, I'd give it to you. I can say it was somewhere around 10 inches tall/wide. I would have used a different size if Walmart had it, but this is what they had :)
Concerning the dimensions for the wooden tray to be used as a dice tray, I found cheap 8 by 10 inch flat artist panes at a local dollar store. The felt pieces that I found at a different dollar store were slightly different size and some excess had to be trimmed off, but overall I find the 8x10" size works well. Hope that helps!
Just gonna say, there's nothing wrong with using painter's tape. Spraying both items you wish to glue is part of the instructions on the can. Just remember to remove the painters tape BEFORE applying the felt, that way there's no adhesive on the sides that the felt will stick to. That was the real mistake in the video 'cause spray adhesive is just contact cement in a can.
Awesome video man
Thank you! Glad you liked it :)
@@Rybonator I have a question. .. do you also make these for sale ?
@@Rybonator I would like to buy
how do you let the box dry? Do you let it rest flat on the cardboard? do you hang it or elevate it?
I just let it rest flat on the cardboard. I know that hanging it would be better, but honestly it's never given me any problems so I don't bother. :)
@@Rybonator thank you! You are the man. I'm gunna be running my first, full party, d&d campaign and this all be a great project for it!
That is awesome man! Best of luck to you in both your campaign and your project! Let me know how your tray turns out :)
If you have access to a 3d printer, you could print out a set of painters pyramids and then when done with the staining, let the tray rest on top of the pyramids, with the inside of the tray resting on the tips of the pyramids. That way all parts of the tray will have decent air flow, and as the inside of the tray will have the felt glued to it anyhow you're not messing up any of the surface details this way. Hope that helps!
These look amazing! Great work!
Thanks bud! Much appreciated.
Is there any link to get frames like this online for cheap? I can't tell what is the right type of frame with wood backing.
Hard for me to tell without seeing it in person, but I think this is an extremely large version www.michaels.com/ready-to-finish-large-wooden-plaque-by-artminds/10352593.html?cm_mmc=PLASearch-_-google-_-MICH_Shopping_US_N_Crafts%26Hobbies_N_N_N_N-_-Crafts+%26+Hobbies&gclsrc=aw.ds&&cm_mmc=PLASearch-_-google-_-MICH_Shopping_US_N_Crafts%26Hobbies_N_N_N_N-_-Crafts+%26+Hobbies&gclid=Cj0KCQjwho7rBRDxARIsAJ5nhFrGLqy9I_prHi4fqmCOM4MgKgxI-Gm9F2uZJa2EIVb2FXJEZMksv90aAlzPEALw_wcB
Here's a link for a case of 12 artist's panels ($30 CAD per case, real wood, 8 x 12 inches): www.dollarama.com/en-CA/p-8x10-wooden-art-board/3039253
I have seen this sort of things for Canada and America but I have never found this in Australia 😭
Ahh dang, I am unsure if you have Amazon delivery there or not, but you can probably find some good cheap wood frames on there!
Rybonator yeah I have only ever found picture frames with that a back that has the arm to make it stand. Never found a flat wooden back
@@Jetwow135 Ahh dang, well you can always make a frame from scratch with some scrap wood!
Dude! Great find, even better vid! Cheers!
Thanks man! Really happy with how the designs on the back came out :)
Is it possible to make a lid for this?
Check out my video in a dice box! It is essentially this with a lid. It also shows you how to add dividers for organization if that is something that you would like as well :)
This is so good! Much better than anything I could do! I hope I win ^_^ good luck to everyone
Thank you! I bet you got it in you though :)
Best of luck!
woah... pre-pun Rybonator intros. Almost forgot those were a thing!
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That goddam sqeal of joy
Caught me off guard
Sometimes you just gotta joy squeal
@@Rybonator GODDAMIT he replied
I never ever thinked that he would
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Edit; I'm also depressed to realise the cool & dragon was something I submited as part of my technical drawing 'copying logos' homework about 37 bloody years ago 😢. Damn I feel not young.
Oh dang that's pretty cool though! I bet it's been cool seeing d&d grow over the years
I'm constantly amazed at the growing popularity of it along with other card/board and table top type games. When you look at the ubiquity of technology. I stayed with my daughter in her digs when she was at university and all her house mates would get together to play these sort of games in the evening rather than hitting the pubs. It made me very proud to have known these young people, and slightly ashamed of how I passed my spare time as a student nurse (lots of pubs I'm told😋)
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Maybe it's just me, but I love how all these how to build/make "x" step one is always go buy "x" and paint it....
Imagine what you wouldve said if you rolled a one xD
"Fuuuuuuuuuuu-"
Rybonator with my dice luck, that wouldve probably happened
@@gilleskoning I didn't even check the others. They could all have been 1's to my knowledge haha.
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Lol already have a winner, but totally appreciate the effort!
I have done very similar with woodglut designs.
There are many similar projects in Woodglut's plans.
Woodglut plans are amazing!
I started with Stodoys plans.
okay with all thease DIY about making dice trays there is no video or text documents online about why to use a dice try and what are the size requirments/use rules that people have when using dice trays for fair gameplay
There is no reason that you HAVE to use a dice tray. My players play on my table which has a felted blanket on it for comfort when we play, so they like using a tray to make sure that their dice don't end up cocked/crooked when they roll.
There is no impact on using a dice tray vs not in fair gameplay.