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.
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 of any kind
- 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.
New Only
Body Wash/Soap (Full Size)
Deodorant
Child/Youth Male and Female Underwear (Ages 4-`18)
Conditioner (Full Size)
Shampoo (Full Size)
Sleeping Bags
Socks (child, youth and adult)
New or Gently Used
Seasonal Items
Chapstick