Arts & Scraps

Specialties

Nonprofit organization annually recycles 28 tons of industrial materials into affordable learning and creative materials, serving 275,000 children

At Arts & Scraps:

— Store open Tues., Thurs, 11 – 4, Sat. 11 – 6: buy bulk materials; staff helps plan projects. Teachers, group leaders, families, artists and DIY fans welcome

— ScrapVille: 5 interactive stations and a project, open during store hours

— Kits for individuals and groups at store or on website

— Group workshops for preschool — middle school; 11 curriculum themes

— Birthday parties

— Arts & Scraps at Night: adults play and make stuff, your theme or ours; BYOB

— Group volunteers assemble kits, prepare materials at our private warehouse

— Individual volunteers drop in at store during open hours

On location in Metro Detroit

— Workshops for preschool — middle school, featuring the Arts & Scraps Mobile, a 26′ bus for shopping, 11 curriculum themes

— Activity tables at public/​private events customized to your theme

— Birthday parties

History

Established in 1989.

People who work with children need affordable stuff and good ideas.

Hence, Arts & Scraps, a nonprofit invented to help.

We support hands-​on learning and encourage creative thinking so each child can develop their original ideas and express them. We emphasize process, not the end product.

Stuff:

We visit 190 businesses, collecting 28 tons of interesting and safe scraps, errors and obsolete «stuff» for a store affordable to all, selling materials at less than our cost.

Ideas:

— Kits for individuals and groups

— Student Workshops provide hands on learning and shopping to preschool through middle school

— Adult training involves teachers/​group leaders in hands-​on learning and creativity

— Publications reinforce all of the above

Arts & Scraps is possible with 10,000 volunteer hours annually. Earned income is supplemented with grants from private foundations and donations from individuals/​organizations/​businesses.

Get involved in serving 275,000 children each year!