Things that stick stuff together
- Hot glue guns
- Glue sticks
- Masking tape
- Duct tape
- Staples and staplers
- White glue
- Tacky glue
- Modge podge
Things that cut stuff apart
- Scissors
- Scissors sharpeners
- Xacto knives (and replacement blades)
- Utility Knives (and replacement blades)
- Paper punches
Shiny things and fabric
- Beads
- Feathers
- Sequins
- Glitter
- Trays for catching extra glitter
- Scrap fabric
- Burlap
- Fake fur
- Quilt batting
- Old socks
Batik supplies
- Tjanting tools
- Hot pots for batik white blue
- Acrylic paints
- White cotton sheets
- Paraffin
Things for drawing with
- Pencils
- Crayons
- Craypas
- Magic markers
- Sharpies
Things for painting with
- Paint brushes
- Latex paint
- Tempera paints
- Acrylic paint
Bendy stuff
- Pipe cleaners
- Lightweight chicken wire
- Thick gauge wire for batik butterfly wings
- Various wires
Stringy stuff
- Fishing line and swivel hooks for batik windsocks
- Raffia
- Yarn
- Twine
- Rope
- Cord
Things for making structures, poles, or hoops
- Flexible plastic tubing for hoops for windsocks
- PVC piping
- Dowels (all sizes)
- Bamboo
- Supple willow or other branches
Drum makings
- 5-gallon buckets
- 5-gallon water jugs
- Driftwood or sticks for drum sticks
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Bell making
- 1 ½” – 2” PVC piping
- Metal tubing
- Rubber bands
Papier mache supplies
- Plaster gauze
- Plastic tubs for water or mache mix
- Newspaper
- Balloons
Things with various uses
- See-through plastic containers with lids
- Petroleum jelly
- Trash can liners
Papery stuff
- Cardboard
- Newspaper
- Brown paper bags
- Large corrugated cardbroad
- Tag board (like cereal boxes or used
- campaign signs)
- Wax paper
- Rolls of white or brown “butcher”
- paper
- Clean newsprint
- Colored construction paper
- Tissue paper
- Foil wrapping paper
Things to make rattles and shakers with
- Popcorn (unpopped) and small beans for inside shakers
- Rice
- BBs
- Aquarium rocks
- Empty cans and bottles for shakers
- Plastic Easter eggs
- Film canisters
- Soda bottles
- Things that can rattle or jingle (like keys, cat bells, small buttons)
Container-ish things
- Metal cans (coffee and other sizes)
- Juice can lids
- Bottle lids
Thingie-things
- Rolls from paper towels and toilet paper
- Squishy foam, not Styrofoam
- Egg cartons
- Bendy drinking straws
- Shishkabob skewers
- Coffee cans
Protective supplies
- Dropcloths
- Tarps
- Work aprons
Stuff to make into big new amazing things
- Backpacks (frames make great giant puppet foundations)
- Umbrellas (excellent for jellyfish, trees….)
- Carts or wagons (to pull big critters on)
- Wheels
- Lumber
- Clean carpet scraps
- Lamp shades
Hardwares
- Wood saws
- Sand paper
- Nuts and Bolts
- Washers
- Drills and screws
- Screwdrivers and Pliers
- Awls
- Hammers and Nails
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