Colorful Scrabble Letter Magnets

Any time I see Scrabble at the thrift store, I scoop it up! We’re hoarding wooden scrabble letters over at our house! We play spelling games with them, use them as mini-blocks, and created these colorful alphabet magnets (inspired by this pin on Pinterest).

First we painted the Scrabble pieces using washable paint. After the letters dried for about ten minutes we added another layer of paint and then another, again. (Alternatively you could lightly sand the Scrabble pieces first and just do one layer of acrylic paint on them!)

Then we traced each letter several times with a silver Gel marker. I found that by applying very little pressure — barely touching the pen to the wood! — lets the pen ink flow and fill the indentation on each letter.

We added glitter (using Elmer’s Glitter Glue Pens) to some of the Scrabble pieces, before we Mod Podged them all to add a glossy sheen and to protect the paint from chipping.

We adhered some magnets to the back of the letters and voila!

Simple, colorful alphabet magnets made from re-purposed Scrabble letters!

Wondering about the other magnets? Read more about them here.

Can’t find Scrabble at your thrift store? You can buy it new here.