I made a toadstool patio set (table and stools) to go with the theme of our garden
I also made a mini/crazy golf course which I've just finished apart from Loopy Lou the snail which is still a working progress. I made the boards from a 4x8 ply sheet cut into four 2x4. These were edged and stained and covered with green felt. The boards are reversible with a different course on the reverse. It's a modular board system.
I must say that I'm well chuffed with it and it forms many different courses, and I'm in no doubt that there is more different coursed to be discovered
I also made the obstacles to go on the course
The unfinished snail can be seen in the next pic, I've covered it with some DAS clay. I'm going to cover it again with a cement/sand mix and then paint it. Also the raised platform with the 3 holes in also divert the balls in different direction depending which hole the ball falls down
The toadstool with the funnel ramp
The toadstool without the ramp but with the large hole
The toadstool with the small hole
I also made some levelling feet to level off the boards on uneven ground. These circles fit on the underside of the boards.
The boards are also joined together from underneath using these things that I've made, they have now been stained since this photo was taken
IMG_4521 by
Jess Lee, on Flickr
Mustn't forget Jess, I took some large foam jigsaw mats, these came with grass effect printed on them
I edge them with some pipe foam and then cut a hole out which I lined using a pot noodle pot which I cut off the top and then inserted it into the hole, the golf club and ball was a Toilet putter set which are very light weight for Jess. The ball is like a ping pong ball and the club is plastic. I just place one of my ramp obstacles from my main course onto it for Jess to have a go
For more on how I made the golf course, patio set or even the conversion of my shed into the enchanted hobbit hole, check our my diary thread here
http://www.partworkmodels.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=9248&start=20