- Yo, what is up guys?
Chris Ramsay here, welcome back!
Today is a really cool day,
because I'm gonna teach you guys
how to make a playing card target.
That's right, a DIY playing card target
where you can throw playing cards into.
I've seen a lot of targets out there, sort of homemade,
and no one's really taking the time
to explain how to make a proper one,
and on top of that,
a lot of playing card targets that you see out there
are round, which doesn't make sense to me,
because the point of impact is a line,
so therefore, I think this playing card target
should be rectangular.
I'm gonna show you exactly what you need to build this,
and I'm gonna show you exactly how to build it.
Now, there are many, many uses for this as well.
You can mount it on your wall,
when your friends come over,
instead of having a dart board,
you can have a playing card board
and use it as a drinking game, if you like.
Even if you have people that are over
that don't do magic,
you can even teach them how to throw a playing card
and they can participate,
and it's a lot of fun for them
I found out in my experience as well.
That being said, stay tuned for the next video,
because the next video, after this video,
is where I'm gonna teach you how to throw playing cards.
Now, there are a few methods out there.
I'm gonna mention,
I'm gonna go through all the history
and all of that, and all the best resources
for card throwing, and I'm gonna teach you a method
to throw cards yourselves,
and you'll probably get it down
after a day or two of practice.
So stay tuned for that, but before we do that,
here's your homework.
I need you guys to build this.
So, you need to go out and get the material.
If you don't have the material,
if you don't have the money for it,
there might be a way of sort of doing it without it,
but I really recommend
that you take your $20, $30 dollars, invest in this.
It can actually last you for a really long time.
Without further ado, let's get into building
your very first playing card target.
Let's go!
Alright, so, goin' to the hardware store,
gonna go pick up some supplies
to make this playing card target.
And then, back here, where we get to start building it.
So, I wanted to buy white styrofoam,
'cause I thought it would look better.
I got this, paid $20 bucks for it,
but this stuff just falls apart like you wouldn't believe
There's $20 bucks wasted.
I'm probably gonna buy blue or pink styrofoam,
which is a lot thicker and probably lasts me a lot longer
for this target.
Alright, now I've got the good stuff.
This stuff's a lot sturdier,
a lot more shock-resistant.
Probably lasts me a heck of a lot longer
than that white sort of stuff.
The white styrofoam has these little
sort of beads in it,
and I guess after throwing cards at it for probably an hour,
it'll probably start to disintegrate.
Number one.
Some styrofoam.
(dinging)
Measuring tape.
Some markers.
(dinging)
Some sticky Velcro if you're gonna hang this up on the wall.
A sharp knife.
I recommend using an actual box cutter,
but since I don't have one here, a sharp knife,
and you're gonna need something to trace lines.
I recommend a ruler, but you can also use
a nice straight piece of cardboard or wood,
or whatever you like to draw those lines.
This is gonna be two feet by three feet.
That's how long we want it, but first of all,
I'm gonna cut this little edge off.
You got this rippled edge right here,
go ahead and slice that off.
(squeaking)
Now, you always wanna make sure you got a good surface
to cut on, don't do this over the kitchen counter.
I've got some plywood here on the ground,
which I don't mind cutting up, obviously.
Wear safety goggles, safety gloves if you need.
Don't do anything I'm doing, basically.
(laughing)
Without parental supervision.
Now, we're gonna cut and measure two by three feet.
This is already two feet wide, so we have our width,
but we're gonna need our length.
We got the three feet mark right here,
and
right here.
Now, you wanna gently cut this.
Go layer-by-layer, so just a little bit.
(squeaking)
Afterwards, you should be able to just,
(snapping)
Now, it looks crooked here,
but that's because of the camera lens
is a bit of a fisheye angle on it.
So, that's pretty much how we want it.
Now we're gonna go ahead and find the center of this.
Exactly two feet by exactly three feet
should be 1 1/2 feet, which is 18
inches.
It's the middle there,
and the middle here
should be 12 inches, which is right there.
So this
is our bullseye.
(dinging)
Now, we're gonna make different tiers here.
We want, so the bullseye's 100 points.
Maybe 50 points, 20 points, and 10 points.
So, 100 will be here, 50 would be here, 20
and then 10 on the exterior.
For my starting point, my starting bullseye,
I'm just gonna use my iPhone.
I've got the iPhone 6s Plus,
and with the case just about perfect,
exactly how I would want it, and trace around
my iPhone.
Now, I wanna look at the length I have left
to determine the size of my next ones.
Five inches, so five inches by 7 1/2 inches
is what I made it up to be.
Now, you can go more, less, however you wanna make it,
just try to keep it even.
We got 10 inches here, we should have 10 inches here.
I'm gonna go ahead and use a smaller Sharpie
to mark my dots.
So, let's give this one about three inches on either side.
Maybe another three.
We're gonna do the same thing over here.
Let's go five and 10.
Over here, same thing.
You wanna mark it four inches everywhere.
Pretty good?
All you're gonna want to do is make those lines
a little bit thicker and give it a nicer aesthetic.
You can use the template that you have, it'll help out.
Kinda use the thicker side of the marker
to give it a nice line.
(squeaking)
And for the final part,
just flip it around.
If you wanna wall mount it,
you need to stick on your Velcro pieces.
(loud peeling)
And now, we're all ready to mount it on the wall.
Now, you wanna find a good spot to mount this;
somewhere where you have
at least a good 10 feet of throwing space.
Make sure it's nice and straight on the wall.
Go ahead and press the Velcro bits to the wall,
making sure they stick, and there you go.
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It's very important you make some room
when throwing playing cards.
Try not to throw them near heaters
or near works of art, or things you're gonna damage,
'cause they do hit the walls pretty hard, but let's go.
Alright, I'm gonna be using
the Chicken HcNugget playing cards.
These are a little bit thicker.
The thinner ones will do fine,
but the thicker ones are just gonna (grunts) jam right in.
Anything you can get from an expert playing card company,
or even plastic cards.
Just regular playing cards will work fine as well.
Test it out.
Here we go.
First throw.
Oh, miss.
There we go.
We got 20 points.
Nope.
Oh!
Look at that.
Is that 100 points?
It's on the line, does that count?
I don't know.
Nice little line, so it doesn't really damage it too much,
'cause the slits are so thin, but yeah, works perfectly.
Alright, so we're really gonna test this out now.
I'm gonna just wail a ton of cards at it,
see how many stick, see if this is actually worth it,
if the Styrofoam's good, and we'll see what happens.
(tapping)
There we go.
(tapping)
Come on!
There we go.
Oh!
(tapping)
Woo!
(tapping)
That's not bad at all, look at that!
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(laughing)
I would say, ladies and gentlemen,
that that is a success.
Check this out.
Not bad!
So, this is actually a great thing
if you guys want to have some friends over,
teach 'em how to throw cards.
Like I said, on the next video,
I'll be teaching you guys
how I threw these so hard, and accurately,
to impress your friends or even teach your friends,
and then you guys can have drinking games.
You can sit at home and be like,
alright, let's break out the card target,
and whoever gets 500 first, last one to get there drinks,
or you gotta hit each of the targets once.
That's the 10, the 20, the 50, the 100.
Last one drinks, or every time I hit the bullseye,
everyone except me drinks.
That's it.
Alright, guys, thanks so much for watching that.
I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you,
I hope this gives you the inspiration
to go out, buy the materials, and make one on your own.
Remember, the next video that I'll be posting
will be a throwing tutorial,
how to throw playing cards,
because I want you guys to get that knowledge,
and I want you guys to able to be able
to chop fruits and shit in half.
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We'll see you on the next video, guys, peace!
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