CAP's Wish List

We need your help!

As a Non-Profit The Community Arts Project always appreciates and relies on donations to help support our upcoming classes and workshops. In addition to monetary donations, which are always welcome, we have developed this Wish List of items to help you to better understand our needs.


Many of the items we are looking for are everyday household items that you throw away on a daily basis, or things that will be on sale when you’re out shopping.


Recycled Items Include:

  • Duct Tape! any color or pattern
  • Belts!
  • Mens socks or Tube Socks or other colorful kids socks (holes ok!) Any tall/long socks!
  • Old Jewelry or Beads
  • Cardboard Jewelry Boxes
  • Bottle Caps, Lids (metal and plastic, all sizes)
  • Old Curtains, Tablecloths, Sheets or Fitted Sheets
  • Buttons, Threads, Ribbon, & Miscellaneous Sewing Materials, LACE!
  • Paper of any kind (including signs or posters - we’ll use the back!)
  • Dress/collared button down shirts and Neck Ties
  • XS or Small tops or dresses (to be made into doll clothes)
  • Square or rectangle plastic baby food containers or glass baby food jars
  • Teen Magazines or kid-friendly magazines
  • Model Magic or Modeling Clay
  • Wire, old Keys, Poker chips - junk drawer treasures
  • Left Over house paint, spray paint or craft paint
  • Large Scraps of Wood
  • Seashells and River Rocks
  • Frames, Wood trinkets
  • Clothespins

Purchased Items Include:

  • Duct Tape - any color or pattern - or ANY kind of tape
  • New Packs of White Undershirts Kids Size M, L, XL and adult M
  • Play Sand
  • Rulers
  • Colored Pencils, Markers, Crayons, Sharpies, Pencils, Dry Erase Markers
  • Paper (All kinds)
  • Erasers
  • Elmers Glue Sticks
  • Paint Brushes (All sizes & Types)
  • Paper Towels
  • Paper Plates of all sizes (not plastic/styrofoam)
  • Liquid Soap refill
  • Hand Sanitizer refill
  • Clear Plastic Bins with lids - all sizes
  • Large stackable plastic trays
  • Mat Board, tag board, foam core board
  • Clay - modeling clay and air dry clays
  • Cotton balls

  • Larger Items:
  • Plastic tables (like patio furniture style) for mobile events- easy to transport
  • A new heavy-duty vacuum cleaner
  • A large paper shredder
  • Rolling carts or dolly
  • Area Rugs or large remnants of carpeting
  • A Mobile-art vehicle!
  • A new building space!
  • Please drop off any donations to the office because we have DONATION RECEIPTS for your taxes that we can give you for your generous gifts.