Donations
We are excited to receive your fine art, craft, school/office, and textile donations. We make it as easy as 1, 2, 3!
- Read our list of accepted materials. (We will return items to you if we cannot accept them.)
- Gather your items in a box or bin that we can keep. (No garbage bags!)
- Bring them to our donations table inside during store hours.
Donations are accepted during retail hours; no appointment needed.
Wed,Thur,Fri: 12pm to 6pm
Saturday: 10am to 6pm
If you have questions about your items to donate or your items are not on the list, please contact us.
Material Donations
Complete Donation List
This list changes regularly. Please check back often prior to bringing your items in as we will have to turn away things we cannot accept. If you are unsure if we accept it, please contact us!
Are you an organization or business looking to donate? Please reach out, as we may be able to accomodate more than our list below. donations@scrapskc.org
UPDATED 8/21: Not Accepting at This Time
- Donations in garbage bags (Bins, boxes, and grocery bags we can keep ONLY!)
- Binders
- Books (All kinds)
- Brown/paper expanding folders (Plastic only accepted.)
- Desk organizers
- Envelopes (All kinds)
- Large craft wood (over 5”x5”)
- Large décor samples (over 5”x5”)
- Loose greeting cards (Boxes sets welcome!)
- Mat board
- Magazines not on the accepted list below
- Page dividers
- Plaques
- Pocket charts
- Rocks
- Tile
UPDATED 8/21: NEW items we are now taking!
- Mason jars (clean, no food jars)
- Wrapping paper (New only, no holiday)
- Creative Reuse Items
- 3-D printer cut offs and scraps (Bigger than a quarter, no strings)
- Cardboard egg cartons
- Cardboard tubes of various sizes
- Empty thread spools of all sizes
- Fabric samples of all sizes
- Food pouch lids and plastic bottle caps (washed and dry)
Items Never Accepted:
- Anything with mold, animal droppings, insects, or water damage.
- Items that smell smokey or mildewy
- Dried out glue/paint/clay/etc.
- Completed or partially completed textile and craft projects
- Non-quilting cotton, fabric scraps (Quilting cotton scraps must be quarter size or larger)
- Household linens
- Furniture and electronics
- Building supplies & paint (Spray paint accepted!)
- Hardware and tools
- Empty food containers
- Homemade classroom supplies
- Textbooks and workbooks
- Project pamphlets, craft magazines, and books
- Used toiletries & personal care items
- Holiday decor
- CDs/DVDs and cases
- Adult clothing and shoes (Drop these in the BBBSKC bin in the parking lot!)
- Shatto milk lids and dried up markers
Accepted Fine Art and Craft Supplies
Adhesives
Art Aprons/Smocks
Art Drawing Tools (markers, pencils, pens, etc.)
Art Portfolios
Art/Jewelry Storage Containers
Art Paper
Award Ribbons
Balloons
Baskets
Beads
Bells
Bingo Daubers
Blenders (art)
Brayers
Candles (no jar or tin candles)
Bubbles
Candle Making Supplies
Canvases (new & painted)
Carabiners
Cardboard Sheets (greater than 8" x 10". No Corrugated!)
Charcoal
Chipboard
Clay & Clay Tools
Clothespins
Coffee Filters
Colored Pencils
Coloring/Activity Books
Construction Paper
Cookie Cutters
Cord & Laces
Corks
Cotton Balls & Q-tips
Craft Felt
Craft Foam
Craft Kits (New or mostly new)
Craft Wood (Shapes under 5", unpainted)
Crayons
Cutting Tools & Mats
Doilies
Doll Parts and Supplies
Drawing & Sketch Boards/Pads
Easels
Ephemera
Erasers (art)
Feathers
Film Canisters
Floral and accessories
Foil Paper & Gold Leaf
Frames (with or without glass or backing. No broken frames.)
Gems
Glitter
Glue, (fine art & craft, partial containers accepted)
Googly Eyes
Grommets & Grommet Tools
Hot Glue Guns & Glue Sticks
Jewelry Making Supplies & Tools
Lights (Studio) and Light Boxes
Loose Game Pieces
Magazines (ONLY the ones listed below)
National Geographic
Nature Magazines
Time / Life / People
Architectural Digest / Interior Design
Maps
Magnets
Glass beads
Medals
Miniatures
Musical Instruments (small)
Mirrors (12"x12" or smaller)
Napkins (New packages only!)
Packing Peanuts (biodegradable only)
Paint (spray, craft, and fine art)
Paint Brushes
Palettes
Paper Cutters
Paper Grocery Bags
Paper Lanterns
Paper Lunch Bags
Paper Making Supplies
Paper Plates and Cups (Clean and unused only!)
Paper Punches
Pastels (oil or chalk)
Party Supplies
Photography Slides
Photos
Pipe Cleaners
Plastic Bins & Containers
Plastic Pouch Lids (cleaned)
Plastic Utensils (new, in packages only!)
Play-doh and Tools
Pom Poms
Pool Noodles
Popsicle Sticks
Postcards
Raffle Tickets
Rope, String, Twine, and Paracord
Rotary Cutter & Blades
Rubberband Loom & Bands
Sand (craft, colored)
Scissors
Scrapbooking Paper & Supplies
Shells
Solvents (fine art)
Silk Screen Tools
Soldering Gun
Stained Glass and Supplies
Stamp Pads
Stamps
Straws
Stencils (No flimsy plastic or cardboard!)
Styrofoam (Craft and Floral only)
Tablecloths (Plastic only, new and gently used.)
T-Squares and Rulers
Tackle/Tool Box
Tape
Tape Measures
Tissue Paper
Tongue Depressors
Toothpicks
Triangles
Twistables
Trophies & Medals
Vinyl Letters
Varnishes (fine art)
Wood Burning Tools
Wreaths and Wreath Forms (not holiday themed)
Yardsticks
Ziploc Bags (New only!)
Accepted School/Office Supplies
Backpacks (new or gently used)
Binder Clips
Binder Rings
Bins (colorful)
Brads
Calculators
Bulletin Board Decor (No homemade please.)
Calendars
Chalk
Classroom Decor (gently used, no homemade)
Cleaning Supplies
Clipboards
Clips
Coffee Filters
Coffee Makers & Air Pots/Carafes (New or gently used and clean)
Colored Pencils
Compasses
Composition Books
Crayons
Erasers (All kinds!)
Extension Cords
File Folders
Filler/Notebook Paper
Full Tissue Boxes
Games & Puzzles
Glue & Glue Sticks (partial accepted)
Graph Paper
Hanging File Folders (NO olive green)
Headphones
Hole Punch (single)
Index Cards & Holders
Journals
Labels
Laminating Sheets/Pouches
Laminators (desktop)
Language Arts Materials & Manipulatives
Legal Pads (small & large)
Locker Shelf
Magnifying Glasses
Markers
Math Manipulatives
Mechanical Pencil Lead & Erasers
Name Tags & Badges
Notebooks & Spirals
Notepads
Office Paper (No hole punched please.)
Page Protectors
Paper Clips
Pencil Boxes & Pouches
Pencils
Pencil Grips
Pencil Sharpeners
Pens
Planners (not dated)
Pocket Folders
Post It Notes
Protractors
Push Pins & Thumbtacks
Receipt Paper Rolls
Rubber Bands
School Supplies (New & gently used)
Science Tools & Manipulatives
Scissors
Sentence Strips
Social Studies Tools & Manipulatives
Staplers
Staples
Stickers (partial accepted)
Sticky Tack & Command Hooks
Tape (partial roll accepted)
Tape dispensers
Transparencies
Twistables
Whiteboard Cleaner
Whiteboards
White Out
Accepted Textiles
Appliqués
Batting & Stuffing
Bias Tape
Buckles
Sewing Machines (Working)
Burlap
Buttons
Cotton Quilting Scraps
Crochet Hooks
Crochet Thread
Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint, & Embroidery Supplies
Decorative Mesh
Fabric (1/2 yard or more, quilting cotton scraps ok)
Fabric Bolts
Fabric Dye & Paint
Felt (3" or bigger)
Fleece (6" or bigger)
Fur & Faux Fur
Handiwork Supplies
Home Decor (Yardage and samples)
Interfacing
Iron-On and Sew-on Patches
Knitting Supplies
Lace
Leather
Leather Tools & Dyes
Notions (bobbins, pins, needles, thimbles, snaps, etc.)
Patterns
Ribbon
Sewing Supplies
Thread
Thread Spools (plastic, wood, cardboard, & industrial)
Trim, Cording & Tassels
Tulle
Velcro
Yarn (neatly wrapped skeins, cakes, spools or balls)
Zippers
Kids in Need Donations
*NEW* We are proud to be focusing our outreach to children experiencing extreme poverty and homelessness through teachers. Educators will have access food, hygiene, personal care, and socks and underwear for their students when they shop for free school supplies in our Teacher Resource Center.
You can also order supplies to be sent directly to ScrapsKC here.
All Kids in Need donations need to be new in package, and not expired please!
Hygiene & Personal Care
Body Wash/Soap (New)
Deodorant (New)
Shampoo (Full Size)
Chapstick (New)
Feminine Hygiene (Disposable pads or tampons)
Conditioner (New)
Hand and body wipes (New)
Mouthwash
Tissues (New in package only!)
Toilet Paper (New in package only!)
Paper Towels (New in package only!)
Bandaids and first aid kits
Food
Breakfast bars
Protein and nutrition shakes
Boxes of cereal and single serve oatmeal
Healthy snack foods
Single serve meals (EasyMac, soup, instant noodles, etc.)
Peanut butter and jelly
Clothing
Male and Female Underwear (NEW: Sizes for ages 4-18)
Socks (child, youth and adult)