Almost every ruined yard game on this site was ruined in storage rather than in play. The pattern is always the same: a wooden set goes into a shed wet in September and comes out warped, split or mouldy in May. Storage is the cheapest insurance you can buy for a collection that is mostly wood.
By published capacity
What fits where
| Storage | Published capacity | What it actually takes |
|---|---|---|
| Devoko resin deck box | 30 gallons | Bags, balls, boules, rings, pins, bocce sets, a folded net |
| Keter Westwood | 150 gallons | The above plus cornhole boards, a stacking tower and net poles |
| MARITTON cornhole case | Fits 4 ft x 2 ft boards | One regulation board set, carried rather than stored |
| No box will take | n/a | Volleyball poles at full length, tetherball poles, gaga pit panels |
That last row is worth planning around before you buy a game rather than after. A tetherball pole and a set of gaga pit panels are long, rigid objects that live against a wall — there is no box answer for them, which is part of the real cost of owning them.
How to choose
The three storage decisions
Small parts: a 30 gallon box by the door
The best predictor of whether a game gets played is how far it is from the lawn. A small waterproof box on the patio holding bags, balls and rings means someone starts a game in ten seconds rather than going to the shed.
Boards and towers: 150 gallons, or a wall
Once cornhole boards are involved you are past what a small box can do. A 150 gallon deck box takes them; so does a shed wall with two brackets, for nothing.
The game that travels: a fitted case
Cornhole is the one game people carry to other people's gardens and to tailgates. A case cut to the published 48 by 24 inch regulation board turns two awkward objects into one. It is a travel solution, not a storage one.
The three failure modes
How stored games actually fail
A box solves rain. Rain is not what kills most of these sets.
Humidity cycling, which warps wood
Wood takes on moisture in a damp shed and gives it back in a warm one, and the cycle bows anything wide and flat. A cornhole top is the most vulnerable object in this catalog because it is a large thin panel. Stored upright it survives; stored flat under weight it bows, and a bowed board never plays true again.
Direct sun, which makes plastic brittle
A resin box in full sun protects the contents and slowly destroys itself. The same applies to the games — a glow-additive dart or a plastic pin left out all summer goes chalky and snaps rather than flexing.
Mice and insects, which ruin fabric
Cornhole bags, net bags and carry cases are the targets. A sealed rigid box is genuinely better than a shed shelf here, provided what goes in is dry.
The pattern across all three: store wood dry and upright, store plastic out of direct sun, store fabric sealed. Those three rules cover essentially everything on this site, and the seasonal version of them is in winterizing yard games.
What we would buy
The gear behind this guide
The sets whose published specifications this page is built on. Ranked on spec completeness and footprint clarity, not on testing we have not done.
Best small box
Devoko 30 Gallon Resin Deck Box
Devoko
Thirty published gallons of waterproof resin — enough for bags, balls, boules and rings, and small enough to sit by a door where a game gets grabbed rather than forgotten.
Skip this if
Skip this if the thing you need to store is a giant stacking tower or a 4 ft cornhole board. Thirty gallons is a box for the small, losable parts of your games.
Best for a whole collection
Keter Westwood 150 Gal Outdoor Storage Box
Keter
A hundred and fifty published gallons, which is the first box in this guide that takes cornhole boards, a stacking tower and a net set without a negotiation.
Skip this if
Skip this if it has to move. A box this size is furniture — you place it once and it stays where the games are played.
Price as of October 19, 2026. #ad How we make money
Best for the game that travels
MARITTON Cornhole Carrying Case for 4 ft x 2 ft Boards
MARITTON
A case cut to the published 4 by 2 foot regulation board — the answer for the one game people carry to a tailgate rather than store in a yard.
Skip this if
Skip this if your boards are the 3 by 2 or 2 by 1 tailgate sizes. A case built around regulation dimensions fits regulation boards.
Price as of October 19, 2026. #ad How we make money
FAQ
Questions people actually ask
What size storage box do I need for yard games?
Can yard games be stored outside all year?
What is the best way to store cornhole boards?
Why you can check our work
We have not played these. Every figure above is copied from a manufacturer's published listing or a governing body's published rules, and named so you can verify it. Where a maker publishes nothing, the field is blank rather than filled in. How we pick explains the whole method, including what would change a recommendation.
Read next
Related pages
Picks
Yard game guides
Rules, regulation dimensions, materials and storage — sourced from governing bodies and makers.
Guide
Giant game storage
How to store wooden giant games so they still play in year five — and what warps them.
Guide
Winterizing yard games
End-of-season storage by published material, and the two mistakes that ruin most sets.
Guide
Weatherproof yard games
Every game ranked on what actually happens when it is left outside, by published material.
Guide
Replacing lost yard game parts
Which single missing components kill a whole set, and what to keep a spare of.
Sources
- Devoko — 30 gallon resin deck box listing
- Keter — Westwood 150 gallon storage box listing
- American Cornhole League — rules and regulations
Every figure on this page is copied from one of these sources. If you find one that is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will fix it.