Toy collecting tip of the day - 14

How to pack your toys when you move house - This will greatly depend on how ‘fragile’ or ‘durable’ your toys are.  If your toys can be dismantled, then do it to reduce the size and protect the finer parts from damage during the move.

Generally 1) for loose toys like action figures and My Little Pony, you can pack them and their accessories together into Ziplog bags of suitable sizes.  Then pack the Ziplog bags into large carrier bags or carton boxes. 

2) For loose vehicle toys like cars and spaceships that you no longer have the original boxes, bubble wrap them and pack them into carton boxes.  Then fill up the empty spaces in the box with smaller loose toys that have been packed into Ziplog bags.  The aim is to minimize movement of the box contents when the boxes are being transported.  The remaining empty spaces can be filled with soft packing materials (if you have them), or with small folded face towels.

3) You can also mix hard material toys with plush toys in the same carton box.  Just make sure you minimize the chances of the hard material toys from knocking into one another during handling of the cartons.  Use bubble wrap to protect the hard material toys if you have them.  If not, wrapping them with small towels also works.

4) Label all your carton boxes and keep a record book of the contents in every carton box.  

5) If you move house very often, keep your toy collections to a minimum to make your life easier and moving house more manageable!