How to Start a Collection of Practically Anything

Rocks, action figures, buttons, cereal boxes, baseball cards — you can collect practically anything. It’s a fun hobby that you can start with little to no money, depending on what you collect.

First, consider what you enjoy. If it’s nature, you might want to collect leaves, seashells or fossils. If you like sports, maybe you can find baseballs, hockey pucks or uniforms. Whatever you choose, make it more than a random accumulation of things — make it an organized group of stuff you like. It will be something you can be proud of and will probably want to display.

For your Pinewood Derby cars, you can build stands. The instructions for how to make one are on scoutlife.org.

For your rock collection, simply place rocks in an egg carton or shoebox with cardboard dividers. For your favorite issues of Scout Life magazine, you can store them in plastic sleeves. Use your imagination with how you want to show off and preserve your collection.

Share your cool collection with us, and it could be featured in a future issue of Scout Life!