A couple of days ago I wrote about my collection of vintage board games, all picked up at local charity shops for a few pounds. The game tokens will go into my Etsy shop as soon as I have time to list them and this weekend I finally persuaded my husband to let me hang them on the wall.

Last weekend was spent painting and decorating our bedroom and we just have a few final touches to make. We obviously got bitten by the bug as we also went out and bought the things needed to decorate my daughter’s room too. We’re going to paint the walls then build her wardrobe which will hopefully eat up the explosion of soft toys!

I love the feeling of doing all these household jobs so was happy my husband bought a new doorbell (no more missed deliveries!) and helped me hang my vintage game boards this weekend.

How to make a vintage board game display

We have a huge lounge/dining room and we’ve decided it will be the last room we decorate, probably next year. It’s such a blank canvas I was really keen to add some colour. I’ve amassed a small collection of boards so we played around with them and decided which were our favourites and decided on a layout we were happy with.

You will need:

A selection of vintage board games, the more colourful the better!
Scissors
String
Picture hooks
A hammer
Fibre tape
Craft sticks

How do you hang vintage game boards?

The main problem was how to hang the boards. We decided to use string and a fibre tape which is very strong. The tape is so strong it will ruin the board if removed but as I purchased the boards for a couple of pounds I decided to experiment and not mind if they couldn’t be used again.

Although the boards aren’t heavy we wanted to make sure the string didn’t slip over time so doubled the string and held it in place with a generous piece of fibre tape. I did this on both sides of each board, leaving a little slack in order to be hung on a picture hook which would be hidden behind the board.

The second problem was how to ensure the board stayed flat when hung. My low tech solution was to raid my children’s craft supplies for craft sticks which I taped in place with more fibre tape at a couple of places on the back of each board.

You can see it looks a little messy but it works!

The final step was to position the picture hooks on the wall and hammer them in place. Then I finally got to hang my game boards!

I’m so happy I’ve been shortlisted for a BiB in the Crafts category again and would really appreciate your vote here!