List of Donated Materials and Items We Accept

Material Donations Kids in Need Donations

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 similar materials together.

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 of any kind
Corks
Binders over 2" wide
Expanding folders
Envelopes (all kinds)
Hanging file folders
Two/three-hole punches
Misc. printer sheets/labels
Desk organizers
Page dividers
Pocket charts
Photo paper
Shatto Milk Lids/Dried up markers
3-D Printers & materials
Blankets
Clothing & Shoes

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
Household linens
Non-quilting cotton fabric scraps
Furniture and electronics
Project pamphlets or books
Building supplies (including paint)
Hardware and tools
Empty food containers (including tins)
Homemade classroom supplies
Used toiletries & personal care items

Fine Art and Craft Supplies

Adhesives

Art Aprons/Smocks

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

Art Portfolios

Art/Jewelry Storage Containers

Art Paper

Balloons

Baskets

Beads

Bells

Bingo Daubers

Brayers

Blenders (art)

Bubbles

Candles (no jar or tin candles)

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

Cotton Balls & Q-tips

Craft Felt

Craft Kits (new)

Craft Foam

Craft Wood (Shapes under 5", unpainted)

Crayons

Cutting Tools & Mats

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

Glitter

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

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

Maps

Magnets

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

Pastels (oil or chalk)

Party Goods (generic decor only)

Photography Slides

Pipe Cleaners

Photos

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)

Soldering Gun

Silk Screen Tools

Stained Glass and Supplies

Stamp Pads

Straws

Stencils (No flimsy plastic or cardboard!)

Styrofoam (Craft and Floral only)

T-Squares and Rulers

Tablecloths (New in package, or plastic gently used.)

Tackle/Tool Box

Tape

Tape Measures

Tissue Paper

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

Bulletin Board Decor (No rolls of boarders. No homemade please.)

Calculators

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 (All kinds!)

Extension Cords

File Folders

Filler/Notebook Paper

Full Tissue Boxes

Games & Puzzles

Glue & Glue Sticks (partial accepted)

Graph Paper

Headphones

Hole Punch (single)

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

Office Paper

Page Protectors

Panel Clips

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 (gently used)

Science Tools & Manipulatives

Scissors

Sentence Strips

Social Studies Tools & Manipulatives

Staples

Staplers

Stickers (partial accepted)

Sticky Tack & Command Hooks

Tape (partial roll accepted)

Tape dispensers

Transparencies

Whiteboard Cleaner

Whiteboards

White Out

Textiles

Appliqués

Batting & Stuffing

Bias Tape

Buckles

Burlap

Buttons

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

Iron-On and Sew-on Patches

Knitting Supplies

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

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!