Lightly used or new paints (oil, acrylic, watercolor) & brushes; pens, pencils, crayons,  cardstock, paper, rulers, empty sketch books, blank canvases, printmaking tools/supplies, mosaic tools/tiles, screen printing supplies, sculpting & other art tools; stamps/pads, paper punches, bookbinding supplies, paper craft tools, blank journals. Binders, organizers, envelopes folders, pipe cleaners, craft foam, tape, glue/adhesives, string, pompoms, googly eyes, glue guns/sticks, stained glass tools/supplies, shells, beads & jewelry-making supplies, stickers, craft storage containers, rhinestones, easels, studio equipment,  craft magazines, how-to arts & crafts books.

Clean, usable fabric (at least ¼ yard), thread, sewing needles, pins, zippers, buttons, trim, ribbon, elastic, closures, velcro, bobbins, bias tape, fabric dye/paint, embroidery floss & hoops, working sewing machines, yarn (full and partial skeins), wool fleece & roving, felt,  felting tools, knitting & crochet supplies, spinning supplies, weaving supplies, looms.

Brown paper shopping bags, empty paper towel rolls, empty toilet paper rolls, cardboard mailing tubes, clean bottlecaps, unused chopsticks, small boxes, wine corks, art storage, small scraps of wood, lab glass/unused lab supplies, glass jars (clean, label-free & with lids); small electronic components (circuit boards, wires etc), small metal parts (screws, bolts, nuts, washers)

Picture frames with glass & backings, vintage tin containers, small toys (especially animals, cars, action figures, dolls, wooden blocks, legos), miniatures (dollhouse furniture/accessories), cool old door/cabinet knobs, trophies, trinkets, marbles, dice, old board game pieces, wind-up toys, old photographs, slides, filmstrips, vintage ephemera, office supplies, cigar boxes, vintage maps, vintage sewing notions, wooden crates/boxes, costume jewelry (whole &/or broken), ceramic/terracotta planters & live potted plants. If you have something else we haven’t thought of, please let us know (hello@creativechaosemporium.com)!