Farming Game 3D Pieces

pinshape

One of my daughter's favorite games is the Farming Game, which teaches her what it takes to run her own farm. The game was created by a farmer from Eastern Washington who came up with the idea while driving his tractor. The pieces for the game are small, flat stickers that stop sticking after one or two uses - that's not much fun at all! So, I designed 3D pieces to make the game more interesting for my daughter and give her a birthday surprise. I used 123D Design to create the Tractor, Harvester, Hay, Grain, and Fruit coins, which are now my own unique designs. The cow model came from us.gallery.xyzprinting.com/us_en/membergallery/model/201507159793842, but I resized it for the game board. Tractors and harvesters represent one machine each. Hay and grain coins represent 10 acres of each crop, with a "x2" label on the bottom to show that there are places on the board where your harvest will be doubled for a year. The fruit coin represents 5 acres of orchards and has an apple on both sides. Since we've played the game now, at least once since I finished printing and finishing everything, the cows are perfectly sized to ride the tractor, just like my 6-year-old showed me. They also tip forward and rest on their front legs and noses - they're just right to rest their chins on the Hay, Grain, or Fruit tokens. I printed these in ABS Plastic: Teal/Blue for Tractors and Harvesters, Green for Hay, Yellow for Grain, Red for Fruit, and White for Cows. I put the Tractor, Harvester, Grain, Hay, and Fruit coins in an acetone vapor bath for 30 minutes to give them a smooth finish. The cows, being small, only needed 20 minutes in the vapor bath. I also used Lure Dye (Worm Dye) in Black to add spots to the cows, including eyes and nose spots - it's not necessary but makes them look more like real cows than sheep.