Let's Make a Ouija Board

Let's Make a Ouija Board

26 October, 2009
by: Domzig

Arts and crafts with the devil...

If there's one thing I'm always asked in this job, it's 'if you could interview anyone, who would it, be?' The answer is obviously Elvis, which is unfortunate as he's dead. This got me thinking, what if I could interview Elvis's ghost this Halloween, via the medium of a séance?

At first I looked into having a Victorian style parlour séance with a psychic and everything, and guess what, getting some person to stand in a room Jonathan Edwards-style to channel the spirit of dead rock 'n' roll singers is really expensive. Seeing that I have the budget of exactly no pounds, this seemed a little on the impossible side.

Then I had a brain-wave, why not construct a Ouija Board out of random junk I can find around the office, and use it to hold conference with the spirit of the King? Better yet, I can show everyone out there in internet-land how to build one in the comfort of their very own office.

So without further ado, this is what you’ll need:-

Paper
A computer with Word on it
A piece of liberated cardboard (A3 size)
Access to the office printer
Some glue
Scissors

A Warning: If you're not a healthy cynic like me, Ouija Boards aren't really for you. You’ll probably freak out and think you’re being chased by the spirits of murdered axe wielding demons.

Please bear this in mind if you're under the age of 17, or believe everything you read in the Daily Sport.

Phase 1

Print out all the letters from A – Z, the numbers from 0-9, the words Yes, No and Goodbye on a piece of A4 paper. Make them pretty big, and use some sort of creepy mood font – comic sans really won’t do.



As I'm making mine to specifically contact Elvis, I've modified the design ever so slightly. So instead of Yes and No, there’s Yes Sir and No Ma’am, and rather than goodbye, I've used Thank You Very Much.

Phase 2

Pilfer yourself some cardboard from the recycling and chop it down to A3 size. Next chop your letters, phrases and numbers out using the scissors and arrange them on the board, in some eye-pleasing, yet logical way.



Phase 3

Once you've got a design you like – stick them down using your glue. You can't really use Sellotape or bluetac for this – you have to be able to move your pointer over it. I'd also recommend sticking them down as flat as you can, as the last thing you need is for the letter A to fall off whilst your communing with the spirit world.



Let your contraption dry off for a few hours in the sun – and you're ready to go.

I tested mine out at the Old Queens Head, here's how I got on.

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Domzig