Welcome to ACM Groupsite - ACM's Online Community!
ACM Groupsite is the Association of Children's Museums' central hub online. It's a space where children's museum staff, stakeholders, and partners can view upcoming events from ACM, network with other children's museum professionals, and ask for advice, share ideas, and access resources on our discussion boards.
The ACM Member Resource Community and Hand to Hand Community are benefits for ACM members. If you are interested in joining ACM, contact Membership@ChildrensMuseums.org.
MOST RECENT POSTS
4
38 views
8 replies
1
1
12 views
0 replies
2
26 views
1 reply
1
22 views
0 replies
3
37 views
2 replies
3
74 views
2 replies
1
52 views
0 replies
4
3
220 views
3 replies
FILE CABINET
COMMUNITIES
No non-private communities to display.
RECENT ACTIVITY
Katherine Patterson-Paronto posted a reply on Re: Grocery Store packaging - What do you fill ...
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Said: We put the packaging into a Lustroware plastic container we purchased from the Container Store. We drill 4 holes and use zip ties to close it. We don't stuff the food boxes with anything. Some boxes were trimmed to fit the container. Wo...
Michael Schill posted a reply on Re: Grocery Store packaging - What do you fill ...
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Said: We've done a lot over the years to protect packaging, including shrink wrap, but our current iteration is to laminate the flat packaging; bend and fold it together, gluing tabs shut; and then packing tape over the ends so they can't pee...
Michael Schill posted a reply on Re: Grocery Store packaging - What do you fill ...
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Said: After years of using insulation foam in our packages (and seeing it get easily compressed, especially at the corners) we started to use our old beat-up Imagination Playground blue blocks instead. The closed cell polyethylene foam ...
Jackie Hobbins posted a reply on Re: Grocery Store packaging - What do you fill ...
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Said: I came upon a happy accident that I'd like to try with grocery store boxed items in the future. I was using a sheet of cardboard under some work with epoxy and the epoxy that dripped down on to the box made a beautiful and sturdy glaze ...
Danielle Desjardin posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Grocery Store packaging - What do you fill it with? What do you wrap the outside with?
We are looking to test out a few other methods of how we fill and wrap our items in our Publix exhibit. I was curious to see how everyone else does this at their museum?
Do you use insulation foam in your boxes?
Do you use spray foam in your bottles?
------
Do you shrink wrap the outside of the boxes?
Do you just tape the boxes shut?
Do you completely wrap the outside with packing tape?
Curious to hear what everyone else does to fill t...
Do you use insulation foam in your boxes?
Do you use spray foam in your bottles?
------
Do you shrink wrap the outside of the boxes?
Do you just tape the boxes shut?
Do you completely wrap the outside with packing tape?
Curious to hear what everyone else does to fill t...
Add New Module