Ping Pong Table: DIY Project

Our dining room table gets used a lot and not just for dining.  We eat at our dining room table nightly but after the dishes get cleared, let the ping pong games begin!  We turned our dining room table into a ping pong table.  You can do it, too, by following these easy steps.

Ping Pong Table:  DIY Project Materials Needed

1. 2 plastic containers (one for either side of the “net”) that holes can be poked into (I suggest Odwalla juice).  Must have lids.
2. Pennies, marbles, sand or rocks to weight the plastic containers.
3. Wood dowel to make a “net” to reach across your table.
4. Screw driver or scissors to poke hole in plastic container.
5. 2 ping pong paddles and balls.

First, empty, clean, and dry plastic containers.

Fill bottoms of each container with your material of choice.  I used pennies.  Put on lid.  Consider gluing lids on if you have little ones around.

Cut holes with scissors, screw driver or other tool.

Push wood dowel through holes.

That’s it.  So easy.  Stretch out your arms before playing (if you’re over 40, this is required!).

This is an excellent way to spend an inside, rainy day.  It takes very little effort, cost is minimal, and for Wii- free-homes (like ours!) you can’t beat it for the fun and indoor exercise.

Playing ping pong with my kids always makes me laugh!  Nicks in the table?  Much like broken wine glasses, it’s a sign of a good time at our home!

 What do you like to do for fun at your house? Do you like ping pong?

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