Over the past three years, we have accumulated A LOT of children's DVDs. I personally feel like my daughter needs to own every Disney movie possible because I love them so much. This means that by this time we have so many in our house that we can't find some and others are spewing out from cabinets. We also find them under and in toys in my daughter's playroom. And, now, she has developed this fascination with tearing the plastic cover off the front. This has been driving me insane!!! So, this mommy has found a solution...
The before
The process
I placed all of the DVDs in a large cardboard box.
My daughter thinks she has a new toy!
The Atlantic DVD sleeves that I purchased from Amazon.
Each package comes with two sleeves for each DVD... One for the actual
DVDs and another for the paper cover. Then, you place the DVD sleeve inside
the paper cover sleeve.
The storage bin I purchased from Hobby Lobby for 50% off. It was originally
$15.99, but I got it for $7.99. I have several of these in my home and I love
them. They are very sturdy and cute at the same time.
A side view.
The after
All of the DVDs are now tucked away nicely in this little bin. The DVDs
at the back are ones that we have borrowed from family.
I was a little shocked that they all fit. But, who knows, I may find some more over the next
few weeks underneath furniture.
A view from the top!
I am sure you are wondering what I did with all the DVD plastic boxes?!?! Well, I kept several in case we needed them. But, a majority of them will go to the recycle bin at school.
Now, I have to find a solution for the overwhelming amount of books my daughter has in her room. I have a few ideas, but haven't completely decided which route I will take.
Happy Organizing,
We had the same problem with ours but needed them to be more travel friendly because we take them when we go to see family (10+hrs away). I bought a 90 cd holder that worked great. I have some that had blu rays too and we keep them in a box under the tv stand. My movies I keep in a disc gear, works great for maximizing storage.
ReplyDeleteGood idea for traveling!!! I will definitely keep that in mind. Thanks for taking time to read my post.
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Kristin
What a great idea! (I love the name of your blog - it's so clever.)
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! It took me awhile to come up with that name. I guess you could say I had a lightbulb moment when I finally found a name I liked. ;) Thank you for visiting my blog.
DeleteI am loving reading your blog! I'm a teacher and have organized my books a hundred different ways. I organized them by theme or character and labeled the basket with the picture and name to go with it. I have a princess bin with all princess themed books, a Disney bin, Franklin, Dr. Seuss, etc. I haven't needed to label each book yet but, in the past, I have also put a sticker on each book with the picture to match.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reading my blog. It means a lot ;) I can totally understand the issue with organizing books for class. I am a high school teacher, so I don't deal with that as much, but my sister teaches kindergarten and she can totally relate. I would love to see a picture of your organization.
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Kristin
I totally understand. I chuckled when I heard you find then in the toy box. I do too...and in the dirty clothes, and under their pillow...
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to get mine organized tonight. We bought a huge cd case from Target last night.
I have found that DVDs are like sippy cups at my house. I can look under the seat of my car and there sits a sippy cup. No telling how long it has been under there either. LOL!!! At the moment, we have a stack of DVD cases that are waiting for the DVDs to magically appear. ; )
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Kristin
That's amazing! I need to do this! Thanks for linking up.
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Thank you! And, I love your link parties. I plan on participating every time. :)
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Kristin
Love it...and so thankful we have a hobby lobby here in so cal now! Lucky for me the very first one popped up a mile away! Cute blog too :-) I'm constantly amazed how many wonderful Bloggers there are. Ha let's all be friends!! www.20minutemom.com
ReplyDeleteThank you! There is a Hobby Lobby about an hour away from me. I make many trips there. I guess it is a good thing I don't have one closer or I would be there everyday. I would love it, but my husband and checkbook wouldn't. LOL!!! I am going to check out for blog and I agree... We should all be friends ;)
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Kristin
Love this idea! Your newest follower!
ReplyDeleteYAY!!! So glad you loved this idea, and thank you for following my blog. Have a wonderful Thursday!
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Kristin
Love, love, love the name of your blog!!!!! I'm totally O.C.D. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting a less obtrusive way to store our DVDs and CDs, but I'm not sure I'm ready to take the plunge yet.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I originally had a blog with a different name and I decided I wanted something a little more clever. So, after a lot of thought, I had a light bulb moment with this one. LOL!!! It is a play on words because I am totally OCD too.
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Kristin
Kristin thank you for putting my blog on your blogroll! I have been getting some traffic from you :-) Looks like we have some common favorite blogs as well.
ReplyDeleteHappy Posting! www.20minutemom.com
No problem! I like to place the blogs I follow on the sidebar of my blog so people can see what I look at daily. :) I am so glad you are getting some traffic from my site. Looks like it may be helping us both out. ;)
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Kristin
I like this idea a lot. We have the same problem, but with Wii games. I am going to order some of these sleeves for the movies and Wii games. I think this will help. I am very much not OCD, but I need a little more organization in my life.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you found this post helpful. Let me know how yours turns out. :)
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Kristin
How many DVDs does that one container fit? I love this idea, but between kiddo movies, grown-up movies, and video games, we have 100+ discs to organize!
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I have three of these boxes... one for my daughter and two for the family. I have all of our family movies in one box, which is probably around 70 or 80 with plenty of extra room to spare. The other extra family box is for blank cases in case we may need one for a DVD. The box is 13 1/2" x 7 1/4" x 6 3/4, and here is the link from Hobby Lobby: http://shop.hobbylobby.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=167770
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Kristin
may i use this picture on our facebook page... for a favors for breast cancer patients... love the picture... pink box i perfect... the idea is to offer her dvds... to be her personal netflix... here is a link to the project: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.243821392386404.39599.124174491017762&type=3
ReplyDeletei am happy to tag and link up to your blog. thanks so much!! and, totally understand if you wish not to share. christygriner@yahoo.com
You sure can... I am so glad that I have something on my blog that could help cancer patients. It is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. I lost my precious grandmother to ovarian cancer in 1992. So, I support all cancer societies.
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Kristin
This is a great idea. I have a 20 yr old daughter who has around 150 dvd's. How many dvd's are in does the storage bin hold?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Now, if I could just find a place that is away from my daughter. She likes to get them out and play with them. LOL!!! I think you could fit about 100 in there. That is strictly a guess, though. I need to sit down and count the DVDs in them. I know I fit all of my daughter's collection in one with plenty of room to spare and all of the family DVDs in one with tons of extra space. Hope that helps. ;)
DeleteIf you decide to tackle your DVDs, I would start by getting one storage box.
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Kristin
Thank You!
DeleteI am looking for a way to organize my credit cards that I don't use often so that I don't have to carry such a large wallet in my purse. Do you have a post about that in your blog archives?
ReplyDeleteI have heared a lot about dvd storage solution but today after reading this blog I came to understand this topic.
DeleteI have used the same sytem you have...the Atlantic sleeves. They can get pretty expensive when you have so many. We currently have 8 shoes boxes full and still don't have them all in sleeves. The problem we run into is that each set is a cover sleeve for the artwork and a sleeve for 2 DVDs...however our family is really into the TV series DVD's and we have keep running out of the actual CD sleeves. When we have a movie, we buy the individual plastic sleeve and use the outer one from this set, but still we are stuck with about 200 outer sleeves! Does anyone want to trade outer sleeves for the inner ones? Atlantic doesn't sell just the inner sleeve that holds the 2 dvd's. We have invested so far in over 20 sets of these...that is about $400....
ReplyDeleteThis storage solution is good but for short time, because after a few month may be the cd or dvd will hampered. So i think the best solution is to save them in storage device. but as a temporary way this is too good
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