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16 May

DIY Spinner Prize Wheel

 A simple craft that will make you a Rockstar!
Prize Wheel Tutorial using 5 dollar lazy susan from IKEA! by doodle craft Any kid (or adult for that matter) that has watched The Wheel of Fortune  has longed to spin that giant prize wheel.
When we went to the fair last summer,  there were booths set up with smaller, but equally
as awesome prize wheels that the kids got to spin…once.
I vowed to remedy that.
Say hello to the…
DIY Spinner Prize Wheel
diy game wheel
prize wheel tutorial
 So you’ll need a lazy susan from Ikea ($7.99) and a board slightly larger than the spinner.
spinner wheel
Shhh, don’t tell anyone that it’s so easy! Peel that rubbery plastic ring off the bottom of the spinner…
 Okay, on my practice board, I got a step ahead of myself and painted before I drilled in the dowel.
So, pace yourself.
Get a drill bit, and a dowel the same size.
Don’t drill all the way through the board…insert and glue in dowel.
I used some wood filler to sort of grout it in place.
Then I had to paint again…you’ll only have to paint once!
Next paint!
Paint them up any way you like!
I just used a light spray primer and then a coat of color!
Quite a bit of the top gets covered,
so you don’t have to be so thorough.
Next:
Dry Erase vinyl surface…I got it at Hobby Lobby
($7.99 without 40% off coupon)
I hand cut out a bunch of triangles for my first go…
for the next 6 I made, I used the silhouette and this png triangle.
Then peel off the backing and adhere your triangles around the spinner.
Note, they don’t line up exactly…but who cares?
Next, some tiny nails (1″ long) tapped in between every triangle.
Leave them up high enough to hit the zip tie…
Glue the wheel onto your board with this fab glue…allow it to dry.
Take a zip tie and scrunch it on the dowel.
I also painted a wooden ball (with a flat surface) for the center…I used craft paint,
but it finishes it off nicely.
Use a dry erase marker to write your
hearts desires onto the triangles!
Fun ideas:
Chores  
(I did this with one video game space…so far no one
got the freebie, but they are willing to risk it)
Things to do this summer
30 second activities (run, jump, crawl…)
Church lessons
Birthday parties
Carnivals
Fundraisers
Every event that I’ve taken this wheel, I’ve gotten multiple orders!
girl spinning wheel
My kids were thrilled to help out!
I think they each spun the wheel 100 times!
Erases easily. 
I wipe with a lightly windex spritzed paper towel.
Wipe from the center to the edge.  Sometimes the
thin plastic sheet on the top of the vinyl starts to peel…
no problems so far, but they will be easy to
replace when they are too worn.
Ultimate Prize wheel!
spinning wheel
If you don’t want to rush to the store to  gather supplies right now…you haven’t seen enough pictures!
 In closing, if you make this, you will be the envy of your friends, the coolest to your kids and they will actually want to hang out with you…
cuz you’re a totally awesome rockstar!
 Make sure to stop by Natalie’s blog to see her other party ideas and tutorials at Doodle Craft!

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Comments

  1. Cassie says

    May 16, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    LOVE this — it has immediately gone to the top of my “summer projects” list! 🙂

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    • Kari Sweeten says

      May 16, 2013 at 4:07 PM

      Isn’t Natalie amazing!? Can’t believe how simple this is to make!!

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  2. Leah @ L3Designs says

    May 16, 2013 at 8:37 PM

    That is great! I think it would be wonderful for nights at girl guides….

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  3. John and Misty says

    May 17, 2013 at 6:37 AM

    I love this! What a great idea to motivate kids…and husbands….and ourselves! You could even just cut a big circle of the dry erase vinyl to fit the lazy Susan and then divide it into pie slices with strips of thin electrical tape. (I know I would obsess too much trying to line up the individual triangles!). Thanks for the great post and pics!

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  4. Rob Burgess says

    October 29, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    Thanks for this, I made this but modified it and made a leather flipper at the top. Cheers

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  5. Kathy Sue Boyd says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:49 PM

    Love this! I needed to make one for some fundraiser events and found you via google. I decided to use chalkboard paint and neon chalk, instead of dry-erase vinyl, and I used thin floral tape to make my lines. The difficulty for me was finding the Lazy Susan. We don’t have an ikea here, and 2 thrift shops didn’t have any, so I bought mine at Walmart. Thanks for the great blog. Made my project much easier to complete!

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  6. Renee Schuhmacher says

    November 1, 2014 at 1:19 PM

    My husband just brought home some self stick dry erase sheets. I was trying to figure out what to make with it!! This is perfect!! I’ll be making these for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. Thanks so much for the idea.

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  7. Charlene says

    June 7, 2015 at 2:13 PM

    oh my goodness! Great idea for the kids! Family reunion here I come.

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  8. Danielle says

    June 11, 2015 at 1:01 PM

    How did you attach the lazy susan to the board?

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    • Danielle says

      June 11, 2015 at 1:03 PM

      LOL, I see now. When I went back and re-read it I remembered. I am glad that I found your website.

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    • Tara says

      July 8, 2017 at 9:57 AM

      How do you attach the lazy susan to the board? I see that you say remove the rubber ring, but then you go straight to the dowel — thanks! Tara

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  9. Crystal says

    March 14, 2017 at 6:59 AM

    You could add a piece of wood to the bottom back and make it stand up fairly easily.

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  10. Robbie says

    August 2, 2017 at 2:24 PM

    This is such a cool idea. I think I’ll add a hinge on the top and a matching board to the back with a string attaching the bottom front and back pieces to make it stand on its own.

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  11. Can says

    August 24, 2017 at 11:26 PM

    It is soooooo cool!!!! Too bad I just checked IKEA and they ran out of the wheel…

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  12. Lynnette says

    April 1, 2018 at 4:01 PM

    Wow, Great Idea! Thank you so much for sharing. I am definitely going to do this for my classroom.

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  13. Shelby says

    July 6, 2018 at 4:38 PM

    How did you attach the lazy Susan to the piece of wood?

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