Packing Boxes for 12 x12 Paper?

When I moved with lots of scrapbooking stuff, I had a bunch of those 12x12 Iris containers and borrowed my friend's Crop In Style wheeled paper taker and was able to move it. You definitely don't want to fill to paper boxes too full because they are so heavy.

I'm sorry you have to rebuild! I have so many friends up in Oregon that are in your same situation. Hope the rebuild goes quickly and painlessly!

I am not sure how much you have, but how about the shipping boxes the post office has. I used those to ship paper when I was giving most of it away. If it doesn't have to be in a box, I have also used milk crate type containers to store my paper upright.

this is what i suggest too.  if it's just for storage and you won't keep moving the box around, i  would probably buy the medium moving box at Home depot.  it's cheap and the dimensions will hold 12x12. do no over fill it so you can still carry it to storage. if you are using a dolly to move it and you reinforce it with duct tape you might be able to fill it a bit more.      

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Why would you be cautious about long term storage in pizza boxes? I have stored things in pizza boxes for almost twenty years.

Now I am nervous.

I was checking the USPS free shipping box sizes but I think they all max out at 12" (outside dimension) which is a hair to small for scrapbook paper once you account for the thickness of the cardboard. The other problem is that most of the ones that are about the right size open at the end, which isn't very functional or safe for paper.

I wonder if there's any way to get shipping boxes from craft stores... If they're receiving 12x12 paper in boxes it's presumably being shipped in suitably sized boxes, unless they're sending it in totes from a chain warehouse. Do you have a LSS?

Hope you can track down something that works well. Iris boxes might end up being the easiest way, especially if you want to have access while things are being put back together.

I packed my paper in plastic bins then put the bins in the large size moving boxes you get at big box hardware stores and when heavy enough I filled the rest with pillows or towels or blankets that also had to be moved to avoid making the boxes too heavy

When we moved, I think that I used the small packing boxes from Home Depot. I turned the box on its side to pack, since I needed to pack my 12x12 card stock vertically. Any empty leftover space, I packed other crafty stuff in to take up every available inch of space. I had too much card stock in both 12x12 and 8.5x11 to use Iris bins. My entire stash was moved to climate controlled storage once the PackRat container was full, and we were loading furniture and boxes in bits and pieces. I was worried about the humidity of the PackRat being outside so long before they took the container to the storage facility (where it was stored for months), but even though it was outside for at least 6 weeks or more, I packed the paper and card stock boxes so tight and so well that nothing warped. Nothing was damaged in the storage phase or the move. Between the home renovations, having our home on the market, actual move, and eventually unpacking, my card stock and all my crafty goods were stored for about a year and a half.