List of Donated Materials and Items We Accept

Material Donations Homeless Care Supplies

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.
Bring your donation in a box or bin that we can keep.
Organize like materials in bags before packing in a box.

Donations are accepted during retail hours; no appointment needed. We will look through your donation and return items we are not accepting.

If you have questions about your donated items or your items are not on the list, please contact the store.

Visit RecycleSpot.org for additional donation centers.

Material Donations

Complete Donation List

This list changes quarterly. Please check back often for what we are accepting. If you are unsure if we accept it, please contact us or send pictures of your items before bringing them to ScrapsKC.

NEW: Not Accepting at This Time

Books that are not suitable for children
Binders (greater than 1" wide)
Accordian envelopes
Standard letter envelopes
Photo paper
Desk organizers
Lanyards
Rubber Stamps
Award Plaques
Award Ribbons
Shatto Milk Lids
3-D Printer materials and scraps
Printer office labels
Corks

Items Never Accepted:

Boxes/bags with mold, animal droppings or insects
Items that smell smokey or mildewy
Unusable Items
Hardend clay, glue, paint, Play-Doh
Completed or partially completed textile and craft projects
Household linens
Project pamphlets, leaflets or books
Wood and building supplies
House paint
Hardware and tools
Empty food containers
Homemade classroom decor and teaching cirriculum items

Fine Art and Craft Supplies

Adhesives

Art Aprons/Smocks

Art Drawing Tools (markers, pencils, pens, etc.)

Art Portfolios

Art Paper

Art/Jewelry Storage Containers

Balloons

Baskets

Beads

Bells

Bingo Daubers

Blenders (art)

Brayers

Bubbles

Candles (no jar or tin candles)

Candle Making Supplies

Canvases (new & painted)

Carabiners

Cardboard Sheets (greater than 8.5" x 10")

Charcoal

Chipboard

Clay & Clay Tools

Clothespins

Coffee Filters

Colored Pencils

Coloring/Activity Books

Construction Paper

Cookie Cutters

Cord & Laces

Cotton Balls & Q-tips

Craft Felt

Craft Foam

Craft Kits (new)

Crayons

Cutting Tools & Mats

Craft Wood (letters, numbers and shapes less than 3" and balsa)

Doilies (paper)

Doll Parts and Supplies

Drawing & Sketch Boards/Pads

Easels

Ephemera

Erasers (art)

Feathers

Film Canisters

Floral and accessories

Foil Paper & Gold Leaf

Gems

Glue, (fine art & craft, partial containers accepted)

Glitter

Googly Eyes

Grommets & Grommet Tools

Hot Glue Guns & Glue Sticks

Interior & Tile Samples (3" or less)

Jewelry Making Supplies & Tools

Lids (Shatto only)

Lights (Studio) and Light Boxes

Loose Game Pieces

Magnets

Maps

Marbles/Glass Beads

Medals

Mat Board (8" x 10" or larger)

Miniatures

Musical Instruments (small)

Mirrors (12"x12" or smaller)

Napkins

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

Paper Punches

Party Goods (generic decor only)

Pastels (oil or chalk)

Photography Slides

Pipe Cleaners

Photos

Plastic Bins & Containers

Plastic Pouch Lids (cleaned)

Plastic Utensils (unused)

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

Shrinky Dinks

Silk Screen Tools

Soldering Gun

Solvents (fine art)

Stained Glass and Supplies

Stamp Pads

Straws

Stencils (Fine Art & Architectural only)

Styrofoam (Craft and Floral only)

Tablecloths (plastic)

T-Squares and Rulers

Tackle/Tool Box

Tape

Tape Measures

Tiles (bright colors only <3")

Tissue Paper

Tokens/Coins

Tongue Depressors

Toothpicks

Triangles

Twistables

Vinyl Letters

Varnishes (fine art)

Wood Burning Tools

Wreath Forms (for doors)

Yardsticks

School/Office Supplies

Backpacks (new or gently used)

Binder Clips

Binder Rings

Bins (colorful)

Brads

Calculators

Bulletin Board Letters & Decor

Calendars

Chalk

Classroom Decor (gently used, no homemade)

Cleaning Supplies

Clipboards

Clips

Coffee Filters

Coffee Makers & Air Pots/Carafes

Colored Pencils

Compasses

Composition Books

Crayons

Erasers (pencil & dry erase)

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)

Hole Punch (single)

Headphones

Index Cards & Holders

Journals (decorative)

Labels

Laminating Sheets/Pouches

Laminators (desktop)

Language Arts Materials & Manipulatives

Legal Pads (small & large)

Locker Shelf

Markers

Magnifying Glasses

Math Manipulatives

Mechanical Pencil Lead & Erasers

Name Tags & Badges

Notebooks & Spirals

Notepads (decorative only)

Office Paper

Page Protectors

Panel Clips

Paper Clips

Pencil Boxes & Pouches

Pencil Grips

Pencils

Pencil Sharpeners

Pens

Pocket Folders

Planners (not dated)

Post It Notes

Protractors

Push Pins & Thumbtacks

Receipt Paper Rolls

Rubber Bands

School Supplies (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)

Transparencies

Whiteboard Cleaner

Whiteboards

White Out

Textiles

Appliqués

Batting & Stuffing

Bias Tape

Buckles

Burlap

Buttons

Carpet Squares

Cotton Quilting Scraps

Crochet Hooks

Crochet Thread

Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint, & Embroidery Supplies

Decorative Mesh

Fabric (1/2 yard or more)

Fabric Bolts

Fabric Dye & Paint

Felt (3" or bigger)

Fleece (6" or bigger)

Fur & Faux Fur

Handiwork Supplies

Home Dec (bolts only)

Interfacing

Knitting Supplies

Iron-On and Sew-on Patches

Lace

Leather

Leather Tools & Dyes

Notions (bobbins, pins, needles, thimbles, snaps, etc.)

Ribbon

Sewing Supplies

Thread Spools (plastic, wood, cardboard, & industrial)

Trim, Cording & Tassels

Tulle

Velcro

Yarn (neatly wrapped skeins, cakes, spools or balls)

Zippers

Homeless Care Supplies

*NEW* We are proud to be expanding our outreach to children and youth experiencing extreme poverty and homelessness through teachers. Educators will have access food, clothing, and hygiene supplies for their students when they shop for free school supplies in our Teacher Resource Center.

Please consider washing clothing before donating.

You can also order supplies to be sent directly to ScrapsKC here.