Alphabetical Donation List Creative Reuse

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This A–Z list of acceptable creative reuse donations in Kingsville, Ontario makes it easy to see which materials we can currently accept. Items on this list are reused by local artists, educators, families, and makers for art, craft, and learning projects—helping keep useful materials out of landfill.

Before dropping off donations, please review this list carefully and ensure all items are clean, dry, safe, and reusable. Donation acceptance is subject to space and current needs.

If an item is not listed or you’re unsure, please CONTACT US before donating. Items not suitable for creative reuse cannot be accepted.

Donations are accepted during Creative Reuse hours only. Please do not leave items at the door.

Thank you for donating thoughtfully and supporting creativity and sustainability in Kingsville, Ontario.

A

  • Adhesives (craft glue, paste, tapes, modge podge)

  • Adhesive craft vinyl, HTV and transfer tape

  • Alphabet blocks

  • Alphabet magnets

  • Antlers

  • Antique books

  • Artificial greenery

  • Art board

  • Art books

  • Art kits (new or gently used, mostly complete)

  • Art tools

B

  • Balloons (unused)

  • Baskets

  • Batting

  • Beads

  • Beakers

  • Beanie Boos 5” or smaller (clean, good condition)

  • Beeswax

  • Bias tape

  • Binder clips

  • Bindings & trims

  • Blank cards

  • Block cutting tools & supplies

  • Blueprints

  • Bobbins

  • Board games (with all or most pieces)

  • Bottle caps (clean)

  • Broken jewelry

  • Brushes (art & paint)

  • Bulletin board items (cork, pushpins, magnets)

  • Buttons

  • Button makers / pinback buttons

C

  • Calendar pages

  • Calculators

  • Calligraphy supplies

  • Cameras

  • Canvas boards

  • Canvases (new, gently used, or already painted)

  • Cardboard precut pieces (no recycled boxes)

  • Cardboard tubes (no toilet paper rolls)

  • Cards (greeting & blank)

  • Cards vintage

  • Cardstock

  • Cassette tapes

  • Chain

  • Chalk

  • Chalk Paint

  • Charms

  • Cigar boxes

  • Clay

  • Clay tools

  • Clips

  • Clipboards

  • Coloring books

  • Comics

  • Containers (clean jars, tins, organizers)

  • Copper pipe

  • Cord

  • Cork sheets

  • Corks

  • Craft foam

  • Craft kits (including kids craft kits)

  • Craft paper

  • Craft tools

  • Craft wood (small pieces)

  • Crayons

  • Cricut machines (working)

  • Cricut cutting mats & accessories

  • Crochet hooks

  • Crystals

  • Cutting mats

  • Cutting tools

D

  • Dice

  • Die-cutting machines (Cricut, Silhouette, Sizzix, etc.)

  • Die-cutting accessories

  • Dies (metal cutting dies)

  • Dinosaurs (toy figures)

  • Doll parts

  • Dolls (including Barbies)

  • Dowels

  • Drawing pads

  • Drawing tools & supplies

E

  • Easels

  • Educational tools & manipulatives

  • Elastic

  • Embellishments

  • Embossing folders

  • Embroidery floss

  • Embroidery hoops

  • Embroidery kits (unused)

  • Enamel pins

  • Envelopes

  • Ephemera (examples include things like vintage postcards, ticket stubs, stamps, receipts, theatre programs, letters, brochures ect.)

  • Erasers

  • Expired lab plastic (clean only: vials, snap caps, microtubes)

F

  • Fabric (clean, folded, fat quarter size or larger)

  • Fabric dye

  • Fabric paint

  • Fabric sample books

  • Fabric scraps

  • Faux floral

  • Feathers

  • Felt

  • Felting tools

  • Fibre-art tools

  • File folders

  • Film

  • Film reels

  • Fishing line

  • Foam

  • Foamcore

  • Frames (picture & art frames, no broken glass)

G

  • Game pieces

  • Gears

  • Glitter

  • Googly eyes

H

  • Hand tools (small: hammers, pliers, scissors, cutters, glue guns)

  • Happy Meal toys

  • Hemp cord

  • Highlighters

  • Holiday craft décor (now accepting Valentines and Easter)

  • Hooks

  • Hoops

  • How-to books (arts, crafts, natural dyeing)

I

  • Invitations

  • Ink

  • Ink pads

  • Irons (for sewing/fabric use)

J

  • Jars (clean)

  • Jewelry boxes

  • Jewelry displays

  • Jewelry findings

  • Jewelry making tools

  • Journals

  • Journaling supplies

K

  • Keys

  • Kids craft supplies

  • Knitting needles

L

  • Labels

  • Label makers

  • Lace

  • Large format paper

  • Leather cording

  • Leather hides

  • Leather pieces & scraps

  • Leather working tools

  • LEGO bricks & sets

  • Letraset

  • Letterhead

  • Library & school supplies

  • Little Golden Books

  • Looms

  • Locks

M

  • Magazines (craft, design, vintage, specialty)

  • Magazines (1979 & earlier; covers may be missing)

  • Magazines (high-quality art & knitting)

  • Magnets

  • Maps

  • Marbles

  • Mason jars

  • Mat board

  • Mat cutters

  • Markers

  • Microfiche

  • Misprints

  • Molds & mold-making supplies

  • Mosaic tools

  • Mosaic tiles (small only)

N

  • National Geographic & similar collectible series

  • Needles (sewing, knitting, leathercraft)

  • Needlepoint yarn

  • Negatives

  • Notebooks

  • Notepads

O

  • Office supplies

  • Old photos

  • Organza bags

  • Origami paper

  • Overhead projectors

P

  • Packaging supplies (zip bags, paper bags, envelopes)

  • Paints (oil, acrylic, watercolor, tempera, fabric, latex quarts or sample pots – at least half full & usable condition)

  • Palettes

  • Paper (all types)

  • Paper clips

  • Paper cutters

  • Paper ephemera (antique & vintage)

  • Paper punches

  • Paper craft tools

  • Party Supplies (banners and decor in good shape)

  • Pastels

  • Patterns (sewing, quilting, fibre arts)

  • Pencils

  • Pens

  • Photo albums

  • Photography equipment

  • Photos

  • Picture frames

  • Pillow forms

  • Pins

  • Pipettes

  • Plastic canvas

  • Plastic gimp

  • Playing cards

  • Playmobil & other building toys

  • Pom Poms

  • Popsicle sticks

  • Postcards

  • Posterboard

  • Posters

  • Protractors

  • Projectors

  • Punches

  • Puzzles

  • Pushpins

Q

  • Quilting supplies

  • Quilting tools

R

  • Reflectors

  • Resin

  • Resin molds

  • Ribbon

  • Rings

  • Rope (cotton & natural fibres only)

  • Roving (silk, mohair, wool)

  • Rubber bands

  • Rubber stamps

  • Rulers

S

  • Samples

  • Scissors

  • Screen printing ink & supplies

  • Scrapbook paper

  • Scrapbooks

  • Scrabble tiles

  • Sewing machines (working only, with power cord & foot pedal)

  • Sewing needles

  • Sewing notions

  • Sergers (working)

  • Sheet music

  • Shells

  • Signage letters & numbers

  • Slides

  • Snapshots / Polaroids

  • Soap making supplies

  • Spindles

  • Spinning wheels

  • Sprockets

  • Spice jars

  • Squishmallows (5-inch or smaller sizes only)

  • Stamps & stamp collections

  • Stationery

  • Stickers

  • Sticker makers

  • Storage containers (clean, small craft storage)

  • Stones

  • String

  • Stuffing

T

  • Tape

  • Telephone wire

  • Thread

  • Tiles (small)

  • Tins

  • Toys (small: mini figures, wooden toys, game pieces)

  • Trading cards

  • Trading card protectors

  • Trays

  • Trinkets

  • Trophies (small)

  • Tubes (test tubes, tennis ball tubes)

  • Tubing

  • Twine

  • Typewriters

V

  • Vases (clean)

  • Vials

  • Vinyl records

  • Vintage books

  • Vintage smalls

W

  • Wallpaper samples

  • Washi paper

  • Washi tape

  • Weaving cones

  • Wind-up toys

  • Wine corks

  • Wire

  • Wooden boxes

  • Wooden toys & figures

  • Wood scraps

  • Wool fleece

  • Wreath frames (grapevine, foam, wire, chipboard)

X

  • X-rays

Y

  • Yard sticks

  • Yarn (full or partial skeins)

  • Yearbooks (vintage)

Z

  • Zippers

Thank you for taking the time to review our donation list and for supporting creative reuse in Kingsville, Ontario. Every thoughtful donation helps reduce waste, spark creativity, and support artists, educators, and families in our community.

If you’re unsure about an item or have a large, estate, or business donation, please contact us before dropping items off. Donations are accepted during Creative Reuse hours only, and we are unable to accept items left outside the door.

Your generosity makes a difference—thank you for helping give materials a second life.