My daughter Angela, wanted to keep me busy with a project so she mentioned making some Cornhole boards for her. And once I started thinking about it, why not make two sets. What I mean is, I needed to buy a full sheet of plywood anyways and this second set would make a nice birthday present for our son Tony.

Now Tony's birthday is in the middle of August so I had some time and Angela didn't give me a timeframe so off to the hardware store I went. I bought some 1" X 4" pine along with 1/2" plywood (good both sides). I've seen Cornhole boards put together using 2 X 4's but those can get heavy, hence the reason for the smaller lumber. And Angela suggested fastening both halves together using some hinges that come apart so using lighter material will be helpful. With that being said, let's get started.
 

I had the guy at the hardware store cut my plywood down the middle, both directions leaving me with four pieces measuring 2 feet by four feet. Well.....that was the plan but all four were pieces were different sizes. Once I was home cut them all the same on my table saw. Each piece was about 3/8" short of my desired dimension but that's no big deal.

Here I'm using my miter saw to cut all the 1 X 4 pine. A quick note about this material: I had a really hard time picking out some decent lumber. I went through about 30 pieces and each one is 16 feet long. After a few minutes I had a huge pile on the hardware store's floor of junky wood and only a couple of nice pieces that I liked. Eventually I ended up with five pieces I could live with and had them cut them in half for easier transport. If you're wondering how those cuts ended up? They weren't in the middle either (as I shake my from side to side).
 

The basic box is finished and now it's time to add some legs.

Update: Angela wants her boards to have a Dodger's theme. That's fine but this will be a challenge now because I thought she would be going with a vinyl wrap. Now I told Tony's wife about this website The Cornhole Stop before I started because they have a lot of choices of vinyl wraps to pick from. However, Angela didn't find anything to her liking at that site but did find something else a few days later.

What Angela came across was a picture that she liked and sent that to me. After looking at this new theme that she picked out, those two screws in the middle of the boards are going to be a problem now. I wished I'd known this earlier so I could plan around them. Now it will be time to get creative.