This is a list of what I keep on hand for art and craft time at our house. We actually keep a special set of block and stick crayons and Ferby pencils just for school work, along with the expensive watercolors and paper. The rest is open for use as needed.

· Plain White drawing paper
· Cardstock- soft ivory and black, plus a color assortment
· Watercolor paper (the medium cheap stuff from Strathmore, save Arches cold press 300 lb. for our best work) I buy 50-20×30” sheets at the beginning of the year
· Recycled papers from wrappers, magazines, catalogs
· Old greeting cards and photos I’m not using for our scrapbook
· Tissue Paper- bleeding and non-bleeding types

· Coffee Filters
· Kite Paper
· Rice Paper
· Poster Board- metallic esp.
· Elmer’s Glue
· Glue Stick
· Scotch Tape
· Packing Tape
· Pipe Cleaners- all kinds, colors, sizes, bumpy ones and regular, nylon and cotton ones
· Floral wire
· Thin wire bits from when b does electrical projects
· Miter box for sawing small woodworking projects
· Egg beater drill (Fiskars makes one still)
· Wood burner (Michaels sells one)
· Nails (an assortment, a bunch of roofing nails to start out)
· Hammer
· A big log stump to hammer nails into on the porch or in the yard
· Ruler
· Broken colored eggs shells from easter/ostara
· Tiny pinecones
· Tiny seashells
· Acorn caps, acorns
· Dried pods
· Indian corn
· Melon seeds
· Pressed leafs and flowers
· Stones- all sizes
· Glass ‘pebbles’
· Sea glass
· Fake flowers and leaves
· Feathers
· Twigs in various thicknesses
· Willow or forcythia branches
· Buttons
· Sequins
· Beads- wooden,plastic, recycled, handmade
· ANYthing from the recycling bin- tubs,foil, wrappers,jugs, odd shaped pieces of cardboard packing, straws, boxes
· Sculpey
· Soft dough, homemade
· Papermaking stuff- trays, screen frame, plastic tub and blender
· Paint brushes
· Glue Brushes
· Qtips
· Sponges
· Cotton balls
· Spray bottles
· Squirt bottles
· Chinet paper plates (fast microwave method of flower drying)
· Old phone books (drying flowers and leaves)
· Paint- washable kids paint
· Watercolors- I keep both the good stuff and the cheap stuff!
· Acrylic paints and sealer spray for outdoor projects
· Food colors (though we never ever use them in edibles)
· Homemade paint and dough making materials: cornstarch, condensed milk, flour, cream of tartar,ziplock baggies ect.
· Powdered tempra
· Alum
· White Vinegar
· Plain cotton muslin
· Yarn scraps
· Fabric scraps
· Felt- especially wool/rayon blend
· Glitter
· Stamp pads with washable ink in them
· Embroidery hoops
· Kids scissors (sharp)
· Stapler
· Ribbons
· Burlap
· Wool Batting
· Wool Roving in colors
· Perle Cotton in a big color assortment – great as string or for sewing, I prefer to embroidery thread
· Sewing needles
· Long doll sewing needles (3-5” and sharp)
· Yarn needles
· Modelling beeswax
· Paper clay
· Plaster of paris
· Wax glass crayons
· Craypas oil crayons
· Good quality beeswax crayons
· Good colored pencils- Ferby or Art Makes Sense brand thick leads, thin lead Prismacolor and a set of Rembrandt watercolor pencils. Only the first are “needed”

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