Re-use old wine corks to make chess pieces. Glue coins to the bottoms to help keep corks upright. Use coins also to designate the various pieces (i.e. pennies=pawns, dimes=bishops, quarters=kings, etc.) get creative with car wash coins or Mexican Pesos. I used electrical tape to identify dark pieces.
DIY LEGO chess game board and pieces - 100 Directions
A couple months ago my son and I were going through the enormous tub of LEGOs, trying to decide what to do with them. We have so many that no one plays with all of them. The pieces from multiple sets are all mixed together. We could build a city, but
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