Make Your Own Portable Dance Floor

They are the same floors many party companies rent at higher rates.

Make your own portable dance floor.

And since this is usually a fairly major purchase buying a gently used portable dance floor on ebay is a way to save some money. Enhancements can include attaching material to the top of the board for durability or a better tapping surface and attaching cushioning material to the bottom of the board to make tap dancing easier on your bones and joints. It fell through five days before the event. To make a somewhat long 5 month long story short i had a dance floor and then i didn t have a dance floor i had a dance floor and then i didn t.

This post details all steps and materials needed to make an 8 12 dance floor on even ground. Instructions for making your own home size tap dancing floor. I used a piece of plywood that used to be about 4x8 but my husband had cut off 2 or 3 feet of it for my 6yo who is obsessed with building. This is a piece of wood that has been in the backyard for ahem quite a while salvaged from a construction project at my husband s workplace.

You can build your own dance floor with a few layers of flooring. Your guide to purchasing a portable dance floor on ebay whether you re a dj looking to expand your setup or someone who hosts frequent events a portable dance floor is a logical purchase. I came up with. Fasten your pieces of plywood together with hinges to make it easier to transport and store.

Buy interlocking modular flooring. This high quality multi use portable. Customize the size of the floor based on your wedding guest list. I made my own dance floor.

Try reselling it after the wedding. The most basic home practice floor is simply a piece of plywood. Can be used for many styles of dance jazz modern ballet not recommended for pointe shoe use or tap shoe use ballroom and general use. However i will also show you how you can use this basic structure to create a larger dance floor surface further in this article.

This is my first ever and very own tutorial on how to make your own tap dance floor. In fact i thought i had a dance floor until the sunday before the wedding carnival. There are many ways to build a dance floor on the grass. With a little ingenuity you can transform basic materials from a hardware store into a portable dance floor in less than an afternoon s time.

Use plywood for your dance floor surface and finish it with polyurethane sealant to make it shiny and more resilient. Purchase sheets of 3 4 inch thick medium density fiberboard commonly called mdf from a home. I only paid 15 for my floor.