An emergency entertainment kit for kids isn’t the only thing you can use packing cubes in the car for. Packing cubes can be used to keep your boot organised. You can keep emergency items such as a blanket, bottled water and a flashlight in a medium cube; you can keep non-perishable snacks in a separate cube, and keep miscellaneous items such as reusable shopping bags in another. Then, you can store them all neatly in a large packing cube in the boot or back seat of the car.

Every home should have a first aid kit on hand. You can purchase great kits from chemists, but there are likely at least one or two personalised items that you’ll need to add for your family members and pre-purchased kits don’t often leave room for extras. This is where a small or medium-sized packing cube comes in handy. Keeping your first aid items in a packing cube rather than a box or basket means that you can easily grab and pack it for road trips or outings. Better yet, pack a second kit for the car.

Packing cubes are also a great way to organise your medicine cabinet. You can also lock the zippers of the bag together to keep children out.

If you or your kids have trouble getting ready because of too many clothing options, packing cubes can help. Create more space and less confusion by storing away out of season clothes. Packing clothing into cubes will also mean that they don’t get dusty. We recommend  compression cubes for packing away bulky winter items. Pack your clothes away with a tissue sprayed with some perfume or essential oil to keep your stored clothes smelling fresh.

If your linen cabinet tends to get messy, use packing cubes to keep it organised. Large packing cubes are especially helpful for storing bulky items such as extra doonas, quilts and beach towels. If you need to create more space in your linen cabinet, use compression cubes to pack these bulky items down.

Medium-sized packing cubes are especially helpful for storing smaller linens such as pillowcases, tea towels and hand towels. You can even use small packing cubes to keep irregularly-sized miscellaneous linens such as table runners and cloth napkins neat.

If you have high-school-aged children with lockers, make an emergency kit in a packing cube for them to keep at school. This can include anything from spare stationery items to spare socks and spare toiletries.

If you have very young children, packing cubes can be used as backup bags that will help you navigate inevitable mess on the go. Pack an entire spare outfit including shoes and socks (you never know what they’ll soil) in a medium packing cube and keep extra diapers and baby wipes in a smaller one. If you have a few young kids, consider packing the same sort of emergency kit for each one, but keep them colour coded to make things easier to find when the time comes.

Keep everything you need for before or after a workout in a small packing cube to help keep your gym bag organised. This can include a razor, toiletries, extra makeup, deodorant and even a spare set of clean clothes just in case you have a change of plans for after your gym session. A spare medium-sized cube is also handy for keeping your dirty clothes separate from everything else.