Donation Guide

What We Can Accept

(Here’s a list of what we can’t accept)

To ensure donations are usable and manageable for our team, please follow these guidelines:

Items should be clean, dry, and in good condition. We cannot accept anything that is moldy, musty, heavily damaged, or hazardous.

Please sort and organize your donation. Please no tangled materials, tiny scraps, or disorganized bundles of paper, ribbon, or trim.

Planning to donate a large quantity or oversized items? Contact us first to confirm we have space and capacity to accept them.

Unless agreed upon prior to donation, items must be reviewed by staff at drop-off. We cannot accommodate “drop and go” donations. Leaving items without approval is considered illegal dumping.

Here’s a fairly comprehensive list of items that we can’t accept.

Questions about specific items? Contact us: donations@sparecrafts.org

Fabric & Sewing Materials

  • Fabric (yardage or large remnants,

  • Fat quarters, precuts, and quilting cotton

  • Sewing patterns (uncut or gently used)

  • Thread (full spools preferred)

  • Notions (zippers, elastic, buttons, snaps, hooks, bias tape)

  • Sewing tools (scissors, pins, needles, rulers, etc.)

  • Lace, trims, appliqués

  • Working sewing machines (any age)

  • Wooden spools (with or without thread)

Yarn & Needlework Supplies

  • Yarn (unused skeins or well-kept partials)

  • Knitting needles and crochet hooks

  • Needlepoint and cross-stitch kits

  • Small Knitting looms, stitch markers, tools

  • Embroidery floss and hoops

Classroom Supplies

  • Markers, crayons, pencils, pens

  • Glue, tape, scissors

  • Paper supplies (notebooks, construction paper, etc.)

  • Rulers, pencil sharpeners, educational materials

Paper & Art Supplies

  • Drawing paper, watercolor pads, sketchbooks

  • Scrapbooking paper, stickers, embellishments

  • Cardstock, construction paper, origami paper

  • Stamps and ink pads

  • Art supplies (colored pencils, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, etc. No house paints, no spray paint or spray varnish)

  • Clean paintbrushes

  • Mat board, unused poster board and canvas

Craft Tools & Kits

  • Craft kits (new or gently used with most components)

  • Beads, jewelry findings, wire, and tools

  • Glue guns and glue sticks

  • Craft scissors, punches, cutting mats

  • Stencils, templates, and specialty rulers

Classroom & School Supplies

  • Markers, crayons, pencils, pens

  • Glue, tape, scissors

  • Paper supplies (notebooks, construction paper, etc.)

  • Rulers, pencil sharpeners, educational materials

Miscellaneous Materials

  • Ribbon, twine, washi tape, stickers

  • Foam sheets, felt, pipe cleaners

  • Wrapping paper rolls or unopened packages

  • Dried and Artificial floral and floral supplies

Vintage & Antique Items

  • Photographs, postcards and other ephemera

  • Linens & Textiles (table, pillowcases, embroidered items, quilts)

  • Decor (small pieces of furniture at our discretion)

  • Magazines and books (older than 50 years)

  • Accessories, costume jewelry

  • Other items at our discretion

Books

  • Art, Fashion, Sewing, Knitting and other fiber arts, craft reference materials and pattern magazine and pamphlets.

  • Unused/Partially used activity, coloring and crafting for children.

In-kind donations

  • Paper and plastic shopping bags

  • Merchandising Displays

  • Register scales

  • Structural lumber (need based)

  • Community partners to co-host events and cross promote

  • Monetary & funding support

  • Volunteers!