Game Crazy!

This year I have resolved to get my book shelves under control.  I have many bookshelves stuffed with all sorts of things, and it always looks so cluttered.  Not to be too overwhelmed with this task I started with just one shelf, the game shelf. I first went through the games and got rid of games we no longer play. The remaining games were in either: broken boxes, boxes that were much larger than their contents, or packaged in such a way that it has become a game all in itself to get all the contents back in the box again.
So how to make all this look pretty? My answer was to organize some of these games into one box in a filing-type system.

What you will need:

• decorative box (the one I used was 6.5 high, 13 wide and 9 inches deep)
• Ziploc bags (various sizes to fit different games - I mostly used gallon freezer bags)
• scissors
• Labels (not necessary)

Put the contents of each game into a Ziploc bag.
Label each bag (I chose to make labels for each bag by color copying parts of the boxes onto a large 8.5x11 clear label that I already had on hand).




I found a pretty box at Michaels for 50% off that would work for many of the games.
Using the end of the box as a template I traced out dividers using parts of the old boxes, cutting them slightly smaller, so they will fit inside easily.

Before

After (Much prettier!)
I was able to get 7 games into this box (Scattergories, Catch Phrase, Fact or Crap, Angry Bird Game, UNO, Yahtzee, and a Matching Madness Game). Sitting on top of this box is an 8th game - Shut the box.

I was so inspired I went back to Michaels and found a matching box, but in a larger size, and this time left the games in their original containers. I was able to fit 4 more games inside and still has some extra room.