How-to fold a Graco Pack 'n Play

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[@tedora8452]

This is literally the only video that I’ve watched that’s shown me to make sure the bars are in a u- shape to get the dang thing to fold up properly. Thank you so much!!

[@cjpilar5638]

I was struggling with folding this up but thanks to your video, I was able to pack it up in no time! Thank you so much!!

[@sarbabali]

Saved me lot of time.. was wrestling with it for 15 mins before watching this. thanks graco

[@LizInTheB]

Thank goodness for KZbin! No matter what I am looking to get done, I find a way to accomplish it via video - from disassembling a Pack 'n Play to how to replace the lid switch on my washing machine! GO KZbin!

[@wendydecaires1736]

You're a life-saver! It's been 10 years since I messed with this thing. Daughter is using it for her visiting nephew :) Thanks :)

[@geoffyamamoto]

I had no idea how to get it packed. Your video actually made it simple and easy. Thanks!

[@kristinboeser4852]

Thank you!!! This is awesome. Great tips thruout the demo - it's like you were watching.

[@davidgoodrich1258]

It's so amazing what you can find on KZbin. My son is almost 3 and doesn't really sleep in his pack n play anymore and plus I'm movin so wanted to put it away. I didn't have the bars disengaged all the way and i forgot mattress and the play itself went in the bag. Thanks

[@gracedesilets7078]

Your video was the only one I found that showed how to properly disengage all the locks. Thank you thank you thank

[@Amelia-dx1ix]

Whosever idea this was should get a raise! Totally saved me!

[@AuctioneerElite]

Thank you!! Taking our 7 month old to grandmas for thanksgiving & I didn’t know how to collapse this to put in vehicle, lifesaver video. Thanks!!!

[@BTritone]

Thank you!. I am a grandpa and family flying up in a day ,they asked me to pack up the pack and play.had no clue! Thanks you were a great help!

[@brismith1721]

Wow. Thank you soooo much! I was definitely struggling before watching 🤣🙏🏽

[@jro2978]

It literally takes an engineer

[@haeussla]

Frrr😭🤣

[@DESOUL22]

They don't say this in the video but when pressing the buttons left up a little and then it should fold.

[@GuyThatUhate1]

Thank you!

[@Dagger33]

Thank you! I was just about to throw the whole thing out the window and curse the state of Chinese manufacturing.

[@lexieb06]

DESOUL22 THANK YOU!!! That part is very important.lol

[@engdanielle]

Pulling the "button area" up as you push the button is the trick!

[@peachiepeach888]

Thank goodness for u

[@amybeelicious]

Bless you KZbin! I'm going out of town for Thanksgiving and can't find the stupid instruction manual to save me life and I HAVE to take her pen with us. Now I can yay!

[@NewbornTouchNursery]

I'm glad they're still build like they used to be, I have one from 1989 and I couldn't collapse it for the life of me and then I watched this and it worked 😂

[@pamstuart5346]

I bought one of these to keep my mom's old dogs together at night, while they adjusted to being at my house. I've never had kids and trying to fold this thing, much less set it up, was worse than having two left feet! Thank you soooooooooo much for this video. I tried again and felt like a genius when I got it back in the zippered pouch!

[@TerryCato]

You make this look so easy. I am having an issue disengaging one of the locks - I have not been able to get the pack and play compact enough to wrap in the mattress pad much less stuff into the bag ... all the accessories is another issue.

[@niccicharice]

Thank you for posting this video, I kept pressing those buttons and the thing would just not fold up. Thank goodness, finally got it folded up with your help!!!!

[@marywest7514]

I am trying to put one up and cannot get the ends to lock. No matter what I do the ends fold in.

[@bbourdet03]

Saved me. This is fantastic, thank you!

[@geminiloves]

Thank you!! Cause I had hell! I watched about 4 or 5 videos before I got to this one. You guys are great for doing this video!

[@brooker3292]

Great instruction! My pack and play was not fully disengaged so it would not close. It now closes! And I finally know how to store the bassinet. Thanks!

[@juneseccombe477]

Very helpful! We also had to pull up on each joint a bit to push in the button to release.

[@maggi502]

really helpful !! thanks :)

[@bhaktajesse]

THANK YOU!!! That was driving me crazy!!!

[@thaovo8371]

I squeezed the handle and its hard like hell and it wont collapse! Have i been doing wrong?

[@calorion]

Pull up on the center a bit more. If it's too low the side locks won't disengage.

[@mathcon7272]

Thanks for a great video!

[@PastorandLadyHodge]

My Pack 'n Play does not have a red cord or any other cord in the middle. Please help.

[@Lemonade1207]

Thank you sooo much! Now I see that it's so easy!

[@GrantTilus]

Any tips for getting the changing table attachment back into the carrying case? That is what we struggle with. Thanks!

[@rloreth]

Bummer. This did not help me since the new Pack and Play I bought doesn't work like this. How about an update for the new ones?

[@alyssahoffmann9040]

Seriously thank you! This was so helpful 😭

[@mattyb1030]

Glad I watched this. Big help

[@HartFam54]

Very helpful video! I'm wondering if the ends of my Pack 'n Play Playard are supposed to be sticking out the ends of the mat once folded up? Mine didn't fit neatly inside (I'm able to velcro it together, but it's too long) and all parts are completely disengaged. Any suggestions? Or are some models like this?

[@krystalpantoja1530]

Very useful thanks for the video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@CBApp-un1dq]

woooaaa, that was easier than i thought, thanks soo much

[@Intentspunk19]

*****LOOK HERE****** If you buy this with a napper and changing table you will have to carry them separately!

[@CMP1217]

This video was very helpful but I was wondering - I have the pack n play with the changing station and napper and was wondering if this can be packed also in the bag or does it get packed separately? Thank you

[@tsaktawi]

+Catherine Polachek I have the exact same question!! Did you ever figure out what to do with changing station and napper? Thanks

[@anneliessmeekes4356]

I have lost the instruction manual and was wondering if I can get one sent to me or down load it on line for the Grace baby Einstein play cot.

[@BillJonesiii]

The changing station fits in the zipper bag beside the boxed-up pack n play, but it looks clunky.

[@CourtneyAssBish]

So helpful!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@nailaishtiaq2656]

V nice 👍 excellent u explained v nice n easy I do it by my self with the help of ur video thank u ❤️😘 so much

[@karenmcginty9614]

THANK YOU!!! It's been years since I used one of these, but we just bought one for our chihuahua puppy and were about to lose our minds!!!

[@mdatx2012]

Thank you so much. I've been struggling🤣

[@cathyhendricks8410]

Thanks, Graco and Chad - I did it!

[@juancho229ify]

Well done. Thank you.

[@sataviajackson7368]

Im so happy i found this video it help so much

[@toddribnek6660]

Thanks, totally forgot how to do this

[@967063650]

Thank you from this Gramma who is all thumbs 👍👍👍

[@jamieleahey]

So helpful!

[@jennyschatocastle6123]

Very good. thank you!

[@emmasmith2214]

Thank u that made my life easier

[@donhoffman7071]

Excellent but what about the Bassett and changing table?

[@lisfong]

Good video! Thanks!

[@gerardolau1]

Im also having trouble gettin the changin table and the bassinet/cannopy into the carrying case. I wonder where it came packed when i bought it.. now I have two bags, the one with the playard and another one with the changing table and the bassinet/cannopy and that sucks! HELP!!!

[@normaflores7462]

Thank you so much! 😁

[@kevingood68]

Yay! It worked :)

[@normarosales283]

omG Thank u soo muchh i was haveing hard Time to fold it back..... thanks to this viedooo.....o i got it......

[@Theresabbg]

How do we get it raised like that?

[@kathylong7116]

I was going crazy until I saw this video.. Thanks

[@DocRigel]

This video makes me feel like such a Marine, I've been doing this as wrong as I've seen Marines pack Base-X tents.

[@jaselone]

Easy peasy thks!

[@hydratedraven4579]

THANKS CHAD!!!

[@cristinasuitor]

Thank you or having a viedo like this I bought mine used an did not get instructions an was trying everything to get all the gear in the bag an was just not getting it lol I look at this video an Iam like wow how simple thank you an god bless

[@richardblazejewicz9865]

This video is good but it is harder than it seems. If the Pack 'n Play has been set up for a while when pulling on the Red Center pull cord you have to pull really hard and it then snaps like the video. It actually makes a loud crack noise, at first I thought maybe I broke it but it was OK. Once you have it pulled up fairly high in the middle the side buttons work properly. So as the video shows and Chad comments, make sure the sections as he shows are "straight' and it the packs away in the Mattress pad and bag easily. The end stick out of the Mattress pad, but when you pack it in the bag everything fits properly.

[@smarthopeton]

really helpful

[@joycemccue4858]

Not sure why the legs(feet stick out when I break it down) Are there buttons to fold them in?

[@marywest7514]

I have the sides locked cannot get the ends to lock. They just crumple. I am trying to open for greatgrand child .

[@tergaryen]

thank god for this video!

[@stacyt9806]

How do I get the plastic arm apart for the mobile?

[@katelyn9009]

YES! This is what I was searching the internet for.

[@richardbutler9248]

Thank you

[@ej7396]

I still can't do it right ????????????????

[@vinniepaul182]

These damn pack n plays einstein wouldn't be able to figure out how to do this damn thing

[@ReneRoyals]

Thank god for this vid...with out it I would be going mad.

[@jillianrogers3826]

I still can't get the locks on the side rails to disengage. I just left it out on the front lawn. I hate collapsing this thing, I am so done.

[@kerrilhernandez]

You have to lift up a little while pushing the buttons, then let it fall.

[@lisamunro7404]

Thank you for this video. I'd really appreciate help putting the mobile back in the box. It was given to me as a shower gift assembled so I don't even know what it looked like in the box. I cannot get this mobile disassembled for anything and can't find anything helpful on the internet (except other people asking the same thing).

[@khimcasusa6077]

Thanks

[@tysonroe1199]

can you please do a how-to fold for you pack and play with twin bassinet that would be greatly appreciated

[@JL-bo2zb]

I couldn't get mine to pop up enough from the bottom center. After wrestling with it all night, I finally flipped it upside down and pushed like hell on the bottom. It then finally collapsed. Ez-p.z from then.

[@nailaishtiaq2656]

I have the same cord just like u have

[@crysg7830]

Thank you. This was very helpful!

[@bjohnson9627]

My pack n play is a newer model These instructions do not work, I tossed the original instructions because I was sure that youtube would have a video. Graco what gives? Did anyone else find a solution?

[@lindarichter1995]

This is the only video that told the real secret---watch when he collapses the sides each side actually has THREE sections. If you collapse it and there are only two sections to each side, squeeze the handle again till you get three sections.

[@TheCryrose]

ummm my play pen has a changing area where the kid get put into to change, and i cant fir all this in the package and the bars in my top net do not come out!!!! help

[@DottieMinerva]

If it's the same one as mine, then look at the bottom of the sticks on the changing table and there's a little button that you push in. Push them in on both rails and it should pop right out. I'm sorry I'm probably not explaining this well

[@TheCryrose]

i tried but these are like screwed in

[@DottieMinerva]

CryRose Nyc oh weird, wish I could help!

[@TheCryrose]

+Danielle Dee me too lol I redid it and everything minus the cushion for the changing section is in the bag 😑

[@msjuicycouture22]

What about the ones that come with the diaper changer and mobile? There's no way to pack that all-in-one bag huh? 🤦🏾‍♀️😫

[@FootSoldier66]

No, it's not all set up. How on earth do you get the sides of this thing to not collapse? Also this thing weighs more than my car. Not very convenient.

[@eyehear10]

why not make the bag bigger

[@fruhmann]

This video just saved me from throwing all the lose pieces on the roof and ratchet strapping it down or trying to convince the wife that the baby can sleep in a dresser drawer in our hotel.

[@Thaluckysun1]

O and the buttons are to hard to press

[@shealinsmoot9461]

Ohh! Thanks KZbin!

[@bobcarter4343]

Ditto to the comment from Linda below... I repeat it hear as it is the SECRET.. "This is the only video that told the real secret---watch when he collapses the sides each side actually has THREE sections. If you collapse it and there are only two sections to each side, squeeze the handle again till you get three sections."

[@osamarodriguez6673]

Im a grown mam that Couldn't close my pack n play thanks to this video im not still fighting this thing

[@sassylrhg]

guys...his pack n play wont last long...taje the time to fold pieces and store then right!

[@HausmanStudio]

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[@steadfast9354]

Mine doesn’t have visible buttons on the sides like that. Can’t figure it out, just gave up. Threw it down the stairs like a Neanderthal in apish anger. 🦍

[@slam0nCakes]

My favorite part is the complete lack of instructions that came with it.

[@Eyerusalem_]

Fyi in the beginning of your video you said" it may not be as easy as you think to put it back in its place" Oh well it's not hard and that is not the best way to start , if you want consumers to buy your product.

[@alannamiller297]

I love how everyone in the video, intro included is white 😑

[@randyvaillancourt3147]

Thank you for the video, it is required watching for anyone that buys this item. This is the least intuitive item I've come across in years, mechanically very frustrating and not easy to use or transport. If you were not the one to assemble, the direction on the backside of the base are incomplete as they lack the instruction to remove the side rail plastic clips. The buttons to disengage the sides are stiff and require wiggling of the side in multiple directions to engage. Again, if you are unfamiliar with this item, one can't even be sure they are buttons. I can't speak to anything else about this item, but don't recommend it based on my experience.

[@calorion]

This was very useful information…but *it should be in the manual.* It's not. I shouldn't have to come to KZbin for this information.

[@tiana1566]

It’s so fuckinf difficult For what

[@denisesarazin6753]

32 years ago I bought a foldable playpen which was very study, very safe and was 10 times easier to open and fold down. I've been struggling to take this Graco playpen apart for 20 minutes to no avail, and the instructions in this video are of no help with the problem I have. One of the buttons on the shorter side refuses to press in no matter how much force I apply. I purchased two of these (one for me, one for my daughter at great expense) and I rue the day I purchased them. I have the version with the small napper that fits inside and one of the parts on that just broke as I tried to take it apart. I really feel like pitching the entire thing to the curbside next garbage day because at the moment, I have a pack n play that will not fully collapse. Terrible design, stay away.