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Arts and Crafts


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Please contact the agency to determine the status of the need for material resources.


ALASKA

Alaska Children's Services, Anchorage

  • embroidery thread
  • scrapbooks & supplies
  • Fimo clay
  • beading supplies
  • Fiskars scissors for kids
  • stamping supplies
  • glitter
  • glue & glue sticks
  • calligraphy pens
  • colored pencils
  • markers
  • construction paper
  • craft kits
  • craft items
  • crayons
  • poster board
  • poster paint
  • watercolor paint sets
  • drawing & sketch pads

Nome Community Center, Nome

  • felt pens
  • colored construction paper
  • craft project materials for grades 3-12

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ARIZONA

Wesley Community Center, Phoenix

  • colored markers and pens
  • crayons
  • colored paper
  • construction paper
  • paper for folding projects
  • coloring books
  • popsicle sticks
  • glue
  • scissors (left-handed also)
  • any other art supplies for ages 5-12 years

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CALIFORNIA

David & Margaret Home, La Verne

  • construction paper
  • glitter
  • fabric paints
  • modeling clay
  • yarn & ribbon

Neighborhood House, Calexico

  • hot glue guns
  • assorted glitter
  • scissors
  • assorted paper

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DELAWARE

Neighborhood House, Wilmington

  • clay
  • construction paper
  • crayons
  • finger paints
  • paint brushes
  • safety scissors

FLORIDA

Tampa United Methodist Centers, Tampa

  • Glue/glue sticks
  • Construction paper
  • Markers/crayons/pencils
  • Yarn/ribbon/string
  • Fabric material
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Fabric paints
  • Finger paint/tempera/watercolors
  • Paper bags/toilet paper rolls
  • Small boxes
  • Drawing paper/newsprint
  • Poster paper/finger paint paper
  • Paint brushes--all sizes
  • Modeling Clay/Play-Do
  • Pipe Cleaners
  • Crepe paper/felt
  • Glitter/sequins/wiggle eyes
  • Pom poms/cotton balls
  • Clothes pins/spools
  • Magnets/magnet strips
  • Beads/buttons
  • Tissue paper
  • Scotch & masking tape
  • Stamps & stamp pads
  • Stencils, patterns, tracing plates
  • Stickers & labels
  • Assorted greeting cards
  • Holiday crafts
  • Posters
  • Children's scissors
  • Paint with Water books
  • (watercolor books for 2-3 years)

Wesley House, Key West

Wesley House Education Department

  • paint
  • brushes
  • scissors
  • construction paper
  • tissue paper
  • crepe paper
  • glue & glue sticks
  • glitter & glitter glue
  • wiggly eyes
  • popsicle sticks
  • magnetic strips
  • markers, crayons & colored
  • pencils
  • beads
  • ribbon
  • pipe cleaners
  • Play-Doh
  • felt & fabrics
  • poster board
  • Family Resource Center
  • poster board
  • construction paper
  • color markers & crayons

Family Resource Center

  • poster board
  • construction paper
  • color markers & crayons

FACES/Foster Care Program

  • crayons
  • paints
  • brushes
  • construction paper
  • children’s scissors
  • drawing books

Frederick Douglass Child Care Center

Inez Martin Child Care Center

  • paint brushes
  • glue gallons
  • hot glue gun
  • assorted glitter
  • Crayola markers
  • drawing pads
  • stencils
  • ribbons
  • colored sand

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GEORGIA

Murphy-Harpst- Children Centers, Inc., Cedartown

  • sketch pads
  • individual craft kits
  • posterboard
  • tempera paints
  • canvases
  • paint brushes
  • All art supplies for children ages 7-17 years

Open Door Community House, Inc., Columbus

  • all art supplies for grades K-12

Wesley Community Centers of Savannah,

  • boxes of no. 8 crayons
  • reams of manila drawing paper
  • reams of finger paint paper
  • construction paper in primary colors

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ILLINOIS

Cunningham Children's Home, Urbana

  • watercolor sets
  • fine or wide-tipped markers
  • sketch pads
  • model planes and cars
  • poster boards
  • construction paper

Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House, East St. Louis

  • glue
  • markers
  • construction paper
  • drawing paper
  • crayons
  • safety scissors
  • non-toxic washable paint

Marcy-Newberry Association, Chicago

  • crayons
  • coloring books
  • craft materials
  • construction paper
  • paints
  • paint brushes

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KENTUCKY

Henderson Settlement, Inc., Frakes

  • White glue
  • Scissors
  • Arts & crafts book
  • Craft paint
  • Beads
  • Mod podge
  • Felt
  • Magnetic adhesive strips
  • Markers

Red Bird Mission, Beverly

--Community Outreach

For Ages 7-12 years:

  • Glue & glue sticks
  • Scissors
  • Beads
  • Paints & brushes (non-toxic, washable)
  • Nature-oriented craft projects

For Seniors:

  • Plain T-shirts (small to XL)
  • Fabric Paint--assorted
  • Brown craft paper
  • Bulletin Board decorations
  • Arts & crafts for seniors

Wesley House Community Services, Louisville

  • children’s scissors
  • poster & finger paints
  • regular & large crayons
  • markers
  • construction paper
  • glue & paste
  • glitter
  • collage materials: feathers,
  • buttons, sequins, beads
  • paint brushes
  • felt squares
  • modeling clay & Play-Doh
  • washable stamp pads
  • children’s rubber stamps

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LOUISIANA

Dulac Community Center, Dulac

  • popsicle sticks
  • white glue
  • scissors
  • crayons
  • construction paper

MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services, Inc., Houma

  • acrylic paints
  • Elmer's glue
  • crayons/markers
  • construction paper
  • sketch pads

St. Mark's Community Center, New Orleans

  • crayons
  • watercolors
  • paper
  • scissors
  • glue
  • rulers

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MASSACHUSETTS

Hattie B. Cooper Community Center, Inc., Roxbury

  • colored construction paper
  • markers
  • crayons
  • popsicle sticks
  • glitter
  • glue & glue sticks
  • craft materials

MICHIGAN

United Methodist Community House, Grand Rapids

  • crayons
  • colored paper
  • magic markers
  • glue
  • scissors
  • watercolor /brush sets
  • notebook paper
  • a sample of, directions for making, and materials to create "Ojo de Dios"/ Eye of God or dream-catchers
  • any multi-cultural and nature-oriented craft projects

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MISSISSIPPI

Bethlehem Center, Inc., Jackson

  • Modeling clay
  • Boxes of large crayons
  • Craft lace
  • Felt
  • Yarn
  • Children's safety scissors
  • Coloring books
  • Tempera paints & brushes
  • Glitter & glitter glue

Moore Community House, Biloxi

  • everything for ages 4 to 10 years

Rust College, Holly Springs

  • arts and crafts supplies for pre-schoolers

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MISSOURI

Della C. Lamb Community Services, Kansas City

  • glue
  • glitter
  • paints
  • paint brushes
  • construction paper
  • drawing paper
  • crayons
  • scissors
  • markers
  • pipe cleaners
  • wooden crafts sticks
  • egg cartons

Inter/Serv, St. Joseph

  • arts & crafts supplies for day-care children

Spofford, Kansas City

  • Construction paper
  • Art papers
  • Glitter
  • Acrylic paint
  • Poster board
  • Scissors
  • Car/truck/airplane models
  • beads
  • scrap material
  • arts & crafts paint
  • glue
  • yarn

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NEBRASKA

Epworth Village, Inc. York

  • construction paper
  • small art/sketch pads
  • watercolor paints
  • small paint brushes
  • felt tip markers
  • car & truck model
  • model paints & model glue
  • modeling clay

United Methodist Community Center, Inc.—Wesley House, OMAHA

  • All arts and crafts supplies

NEW JERSEY

Neighborhood Center, Camden

  • Elmer’s glue
  • glue sticks
  • fat pencils
  • fat crayons
  • rigid foam number puzzles
  • small chalk boards
  • finger paints
  • construction paper
  • crepe paper
  • colored tissue paper
  • pipe cleaners
  • glitter
  • colored ribbons
  • colored yarn
  • star stickers

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NEW YORK

Neighborhood Center, Utica

  • arts and crafts kits
  • model kits
  • water paint sets
  • liquid tempera and powder paints
  • brushes (all sizes)
  • face paints
  • finger paints
  • construction paper
  • drawing paper
  • newsprint
  • modeling clay: Playdoh, etc.
  • glue: Elmer's, glue sticks, Aleene's tacky glue, white children's paste
  • pipe cleaners
  • crepe paper
  • felt trims: glitter, sequins, wiggle eyes, confetti, pom-poms, cotton balls boondoggle cord
  • popsicle sticks
  • clothes pins
  • magnets, magnetic strips any size or shape
  • beads and buttons
  • colored sand
  • embroidery floss
  • feathers
  • tissue paper
  • glitter and glitter glue
  • colored pencils and erasers
  • poster board
  • all kinds of Crayola markers
  • colored and white chalk, chalk erasers, chalkboards
  • sharp and blunt scissors
  • Scotch and masking tape
  • regular and large Crayola crayons
  • coloring and learning books
  • laminating paper
  • washable stamp pads and stampers
  • stencils, patterns and tracing plates
  • decorative stickers & colorful labels
  • bulletin board
  • decoration
  • assorted greeting cards
  • any type of posters

NORTH CAROLINA

Bethlehem Center, Charlotte

  • construction paper
  • craft supplies
  • beads
  • materials for friendship bracelets

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OHIO

Rebecca Williams Community Center, Warren

  • construction paper
  • scissors
  • colored pencils
  • yarn
  • glue sequins
  • finger paints
  • poster paints
  • pipe cleaners
  • crepe paper
  • colored tissue
  • paper
  • felt
  • square beads
  • craft wire

South Side Settlement, Columbus

  • modeling clay
  • acrylic paint
  • canvas and stretchers
  • paint brushes
  • linoleum blocks and linoleum tools for block prints

United Methodist Community Center, Youngstown

  • crayons
  • pencils
  • paper

West Side Community House, Cleveland

  • stickers
  • glue sticks
  • glitter
  • string
  • pipe cleaners
  • yarn
  • Elmer's glue
  • colored paper
  • scissors
  • markers
  • crayons

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OKLAHOMA

Neighborhood Services Organization, Inc., Oklahoma City

  • Used Christmas cards
  • Multi-colored construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Crepe paper
  • Colored tissue paper
  • Markers
  • Crayons
  • Colored yarn
  • Three-ring notebooks
  • Notebook filler paper

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PENNSYLVANIA

Ruth M. Smith Center, Sheffield

  • Construction paper

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TENNESSEE

Bethlehem Centers, Nashville

  • all art supplies

TEXAS

Holding Institute, Inc., Laredo

  • Glue guns & sticks

United Centers, Fort Worth

  • paint
  • crayons
  • markers
  • construction paper
  • stencils
  • scissors
  • glue
  • drawing paper
  • paper
  • glitter

Wesley Community Center, Houston

  • any arts & crafts materials for senior citizens, adults and youth
  • holiday craft supplies for Easter, Christmas, Valentine's Day and Cinco de Mayo

Wesley Community Centers, San Antonio

  • any arts & crafts materials forchildren & youth
  • holiday craft supplies for Easter,
    Christmas, Valentine’s Day,
    Cinco de Mayo,Thanksgiving,
    Halloween, 4th of July

 

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VIRGINIA

Bethlehem Wilson Communities, Richmond

  • glue sticks
  • hot glue guns
  • spools for ribbon
  • Elmer's glue
  • all sizes and kinds of beads
  • Crayola and regular modeling clay
  • cans of assorted colored spray paint
  • sewing needles
  • Craypas decorative trim
  • how-to crafts books for ages 7 to 14 years

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WASHINGTON

Atlantic Street Center, Seattle

  • Paints & paint brushes
  • Construction paper
  • Children’s scissors
  • Tape
  • Glue
  • Crayons
  • Chalk
  • Markers

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WEST VIRGINIA

Scott's Run Settlement House, Osage

for ages 2 to 5 years:

  • lacing cards
  • blunt scissors (left and right handed)
  • watercolors artist
  • ½," paint brushes magic markers
  • white and colored tissue paper
  • paper
  • play dough

For ages 6 to 12 years:

  • scissors
  • watercolors
  • paint brushes
  • colored sand
  • assorted jars
  • oil-based paint
  • crayons
  • liquid tempera
  • tissue paper
  • Styrofoam balls

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