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Great idea for storing board games

16 years ago

If we ever develop the basement as a rec room I'm going to do this.

Here is a link that might be useful: Board Games

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OklaMoni
16 years ago
That is such a COOL idea, for those with the wall space. Unfortunately I am not in that group.

Thanks for sharing.

Moni
pattico_gw
16 years ago
I have several very old game boards that I have saved to hang on the wall upstairs. Most of them are painted wood.

patti
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I also collect them and intend on doing a wall in our "someday" tv room.. Most of mine are like checkers and chinese checkers but each of them are very different. I plan to be able to use them so I don't want them attached to the wall. I am going to just use a T-pin and stick through the hole or if it is a two sided (the two sided ones I have are framed) so those I will just hang them by the "lip" of the frame. Some of mine will hang diamond shaped other square. I had two of my grandkids spend the night last night and we got some of the boards out today so they could play chinese checkers. The board they chose was a 1938 two sided, wood framed but I think the boards themselves were pressed cardboard.It was made by Straits Manufacturing Co of Detroit Mich....It says American made toys for American girls and boys. Another one was a 1928 solid wood, with frame it has a paper glued on back with info. It is called the Original "Star Checkers". L G Ballard MFG, Topeka, Kansas. I love the bright colors. Many of them have a bright yellow in them...I'm thinking the new gold color is what I will choose for my wall...at least the one with the game boards. Another wall will have my collection of Wizard of Oz dolls and things to go with that. patti
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How about some clues about the people. Ages. How they know each other. Bought items or made? If bought, what price range? Something "good" or silly or off the wall? Off the wall things, just for a laugh and bragging rights, can be as goofy as a box of toothpicks, perhaps with a picture of a winner's ribbon pasted on top. For the three levels, it could be paper clips, toothpicks and matches. :) Silly can be gummy candies. Maybe micro flower pots of "dirt" (brownie crumbs with gummy worms and bugs) for the winners, with "Winner" written in Sharpie, a packet of gummy bears for second, and a single gummy circle for consolation. Good is harder. It depends a lot on what you can find in the right price range and how much you want to work. Big Lots and similar stores often have great stuff that you can turn into something nice with a little imagination, but it's hard to make a suggestion without knowing what's available. If you're willing to spend $10, there's a whole world out there. There are all kinds of cute and funny thumb drives, including ones shaped like thumbs. :) Also cartoon characters, whistles and what have you. There are pocket first aid kits. Die cut, credit card sized, metal utility tools to take where you can no longer take a pocket knife. All kinds of interesting flashlights. The Robot Claw, which is a toy grabber that's fun and useful. Packs of cards (there are some really unusual and pretty ones out there). Poke around Amazon and you'll find a whole lot of stuff if you have up to $10 to spend.
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nodakgal
16 years ago
That is the neatest idea I've seen in a long time! We don't have a basement, so mine are all stuffed on a shelf in a closet!
evatx
16 years ago
What a clever idea. Thanks for the neat site, Casey...looks like lots of fun ideas there.
Toni S
16 years ago
That is a great idea! The kids would play their games more often if they were in plane sight. We need some wall decor in our basement!
nicole_ont
16 years ago
Oh, how neat! I LOVE that. We have our stacks of board games stuffed on a shelf in a closet too. If we had the space, I would do that for sure. Oh hey, maybe we DO have the space. There wouldn't be room in our basement (which is set up as a classroom), but I'm thinking it would look really neat in our upstairs hall.

Hmmmm....
zeetera
16 years ago
That's a great idea. An you can play the games in the frames.

I have no need to do it but was thinking about all the things you buy that has extras which get lost in drawers. I can put them in baggies and hang them on a bulletin board for that purpose.
tammyms
16 years ago
I saw that too and thought it was a great idea.

Some of those blogs have really good ideas and I've been spending alot of time checking them out.

Tammy
Maura63
16 years ago
casey - thanks for the blog link -- which lead me to lots of unplanned reading this morning (one blog leads to another and another and so on).

I try to limit my online time -- but it's so easy to get carried away!
Cherryfizz
16 years ago
I have framed some old board games but never thought of putting the playing pieces on the back to store them. Great idea.

I collect old board games and have them sitting on a shelf plus I don't have anybody to play them with .... sniff.

Anne
sooey
16 years ago
Holy Crap!!! What a GREAT idea! Thanks!

sooey

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