The Neatest Way to Fold Pajamas

We’ve folded pants into shirts before. But this pajama folding hack is the neatest and easiest one we’ve tried yet.

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Back in July a reader reached out with a hack showing a clever way to fold pajamas. Now many of you share hacks, and while we love many of them, we don’t always naturally incorporate them into our lives.

However, when she shared this hack, we tried it out immediately. And then we kept doing it. It’s so simple, we’re not sure why we never folded pajamas this way before!

See these two stacks of PJs? One is folded traditionally (pants and shirts separate). And one is folded using the hack below. 

2 stacks of folded pajamas - pinks and blues - one folded traditionally (pants and shirts separate), and one folded as one piece (pants and shirts together).

Now you will tell us, “BCP, what’s the big deal? I already put the pj pants into the shirt.”

Yes, some of us also did, but this version is the neatest version we’ve tried!

Pajama top and bottom laying flat on a flat surface.

Start by laying out the top and bottom on a flat surface. 

The pajama pants folded in half.

Fold the pants in half. 

The folded in half pajama pants placed in the middle of the pajama shirt.

Place the pants in the middle of the shirt. 

The bottom of the pajama pants folded to match up to the shirt length.

Fold up the bottom of the pants to match up to the shirt.

Folding the pajama top as usual, folding in the right side.

Continue folding the top as usual. 

The left sleeve of the pajama top folded inward.

All done!

A pair of pajamas folded as one piece.

See how it’s one piece? 

folded pajamas in a pile

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15 responses to “The Neatest Way to Fold Pajamas”

  1. Chava Avatar
    Chava

    That’s so smart!
    I’m also thinking that this would be a great way to set up outfits for my kiddo. I can fold his pants into the shirt, maybe even with socks and underwear, and then he just pulls it out and gets dressed. Will bn report back if that works!

    1. Chava Avatar
      Chava

      my son loves his “clothing packets” and wants his clothing folded like this always. Win!!

  2. chaya Avatar
    chaya

    This is a very cool hack! However, my biggest laundry folding hack is that I stopped folding my kids pajamas (and underwear) entirely. It cuts down on a significant amount of time and honestly it doesn’t matter if they’re wrinkled! I just throw the pajamas into each child’s individual bin (they will usually fold them when they put them away in their drawers.)

    1. Zahava baila Avatar
      Zahava baila

      Lol me too!!

    2. M Avatar
      M

      I don’t either fold pjs or underwear!

      1. rechel Avatar
        rechel

        LOL me too!! not my underwear either 🙂

  3. Moms of Boys Avatar
    Moms of Boys

    Just this morning I was thinking that there must be a perfect way to fold the pants into the top… and then I saw this post!

  4. Chaya Avatar
    Chaya

    Omg! I am not one to comment but this is amazing!! Just tried this tonight while folding pjs and it is perfect!! THANK YOU!

  5. rr Avatar
    rr

    do you have such a large empty surface to fold on in real life?
    I fold laundry on the couch, and I have to fold everything in mid air or on my lap when the couch fills up with folded laundry…

    1. Chaya Avatar
      Chaya

      I fold on my dining room table. It’s big and I can either sit or stand depending on my mood or on what I’m folding

      1. k Avatar
        k

        I sit and fold on my bedd. I cover my bed in piles. That way I’m forced to put it away before I go to sleep instead o leaving nicely folded piles all over the couch.
        I used to pull one item out of the basket at a time, fold it and put it in its pile. Now i pull everything out, put it in its pile and fold a whole pile at a time. Somehow I feel its way easier and faster. It feels less endless.

  6. Becky Avatar
    Becky

    I use a similar hack to fold nightgowns. You fold it horizontally, bringing the hem up to neckline, then fold like a regular t-shirt. It makes the length much more manageable, as well as neater looking.

  7. Blima B Avatar
    Blima B

    So cool! Will definitely fold like this in from today on!

  8. G Avatar
    G

    Been doing this for forever… hands down the best way to fold!

  9. Rivka Avatar
    Rivka

    I started folding the pajamas this way and I love the way they look! So so so much neater! Thank you!!

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