We buy and collect our art and craft supplies from a number of places. Below is a list of shops we’ve used, and some ideas on where to find a variety of crafting and art materials. Crafting with kids doesn’t have to be expensive, but it should always be fun!

• Riot Art & Craft
• Educational Experience – educational supplies, art and craft materials
• Modern Teaching Aids – educational supplies, art and craft materials
• Lincraft
• Bunnings Warehouse
• Officeworks
• Spotlight
• Think Bowtique – hair accessory making supplies
• Apikali – modern cloth nappies and eco living store
• Kmart
• Big W
• any discount shop, such as The Reject Shop, has a range of basic craft items and stickers
• supermarkets also have some basic items, such as cornflour, food colouring, glue, stickers, etc
• we collect nature items, such as leaves, acorns, flowers, tree bark, pebbles, feathers
• collect ribbons and gift wrap, including tissue paper and cellophane
• collect packaging materials, such as cardboard boxes, cardboard tubes, bubble wrap, egg cartons, plastic take-away containers, yoghurt tubs (washed thoroughly), plastic bottles and lids, plastic mesh bags
• magazines, catalogues, postcards and Christmas/birthday cards can be a good source of pictures
• fabric and yarn scraps if you know a sewer or a knitter, and wood offcuts are useful too

 

For books:

• Scholastic Book Clubs through school
• Better World Books
• Book Depository
• Fishpond
• Bookworld
• Canty’s Bookshop – the best secondhand bookshop in Canberra!
• Dymocks