Family Names Scrabble Wall Hanging

A while ago, I came up with an idea for a fun wall hanging using a Scrabble Game and my family's names.  I made one for myself and hung it up on the wall.  My sister saw it for Thanksgiving and commented that it had turned out nice.  I had thought to make her one as a house warming gift when she moved to a new house earlier this year but then I never got around to it.  So when Christmas time came around I decided to make her one as a gift for her family.

While I was at it I figured I would make my best friend's family one as well.

They fit in a 11x14 frame or for the second one I used a 14x14 frame.  Just use a box cutter (also known as a razor blade or exacto knife) to cut the board down to the size of your frame. Then figure out your name layout.  Once you have that figured out, use hot glue to glue the tiles down.  Of course, you have to be aware of your letter limitations but in the 3 boards that I have made, I've only had to add to the existing game letters once, and that was for the one for my best friend's family and with  6 kids, they have a lot of names.  Also with hot glue sometimes the letters can pop off and you have to reglue them, so if you want to prevent that from happening you could use a bit of a stronger glue.  You can usually find a scrabble game at any store such as WalMart or Target for around $10 and you could also check thrift stores and yard sales to find them even cheaper.  Doing crafts with scrabble tiles is a popular thing but I like that this utilizes the scrabble board as well.  These are a lot of fun to give and very easy to make!