DVD Storage

We have a lot of children's DVDs. We have just accumulated a lot over the years and storing them all takes up quite a bit of space. I decided a couple of years ago that the stacks of DVD cases that our little ones kept finding, opening, and tossing movies around was not working.

I waited until the scrapbooks at Hobby Lobby were 50% off and bought this nice book for $10.

I think we already had the CD sleeves from an old CD case and they just weren't being used, so I inserted those into the book. If the movies had a cover in them, I just took it out of the old plastic case, cut out a square and placed it into one of the sleeves. The only reason I did that was so I could tell if a movie was missing or something, and I'd know which ones were still where they're supposed to be. I inserted each of the children's DVDs into this case and threw out the plastic cases. Maybe I could've found another purpose for them, but at the time I just wanted them gone.

It has held up for over two years, even with three children turning those pages fairly often. I love that they don't take up nearly as much space, plus it's portable so we can take all of the kids' DVDs with us when we go on long road trips. Score. I found several options online with zippers on the side and I do think that would be nice, especially for the car when we sometimes end up tossing the whole case into the back seat.

The downside is, it would be tough to pass the movies along to someone else since there is no case. You can always use a plastic CD case or purchase empty DVD cases if you decide to.

Also, any chance of reselling them at a consignment sale or something would basically be gone. Actually, before I did this, I went through the movies I knew my kids don't watch and some that I don't want them watching for one reason or another, and sold them in a consignment sale.

We still have the movies that my husband and I watch in their cases in a cabinet. I have thought about doing the same thing with those, just to save us some space! Here are some easy online options if you're interested in storing your movies this way, but not interested in going to the store to find it!

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