🧼Donations Need to be Cleaned and Washed

Thank you for thinking of Mischief Makers for your material donations and participating in the circular economy.

Your generous donations foster learning and creativity while keeping waste out of the landfill. While we would love nothing more than to collect and repurpose every second-hand item and bit of recycling, unfortunate constraints like time and space mean we need to set some specific limits.

Donations must be cleaned and washed, and come from a smoke free environment.

Please be sure to read the guidelines below before you bring donations to our space.

Items accepted by Mischief Makers may be used in our programming, re-sold, or redistributed in the community.

For additional questions, please contact us at hello@mischiefmakers.ca

Mischief Makers is not a Recycling Center or Thrift Store.

Please Read Our Guidelines
Before Donating

ITEMS IN GREATEST NEED

Corrugated Cardboard

Package boxes, shoe boxes, tv boxes - nothing smaller than a shoe box please. Craft preferred over printed. No crushed, dirty, or stained cardboard

Thin Cardboard

Cereal box cardboard, frozen food boxes, cracker boxes, and the like.

Clear Screw-top Plastic Jars

Coffee jars, peanut butter jars of all sizes. MUST BE CLEANED

Acrylic Paints

Ideally new or lightly used acrylic paints in bottles, tubes, jars, or jugs.

Watercolour Paints

Ideally new or lightly used paints in tubes or pans.

Embroidery Floss and Needles

Any colour or brand is welcome and will be used. Ideally new or lightly used.

Small Tin Containers

Mint tin containers, tin pencil containers, or other small tin containers with a lid

Polymer Clay

Sculpey or Femo. Colour, terra cotta, or white. New or lightly used.

Aluminum Drink Tabs

Pop tabs, beer tabs, energy drink tabs - silver or coloured.

ACCEPTED ITEMS - NEW ONLY

• Craft sticks - regular & jumbo popsicle sticks, tongue depressors, chopsticks

• Sewing/Quilting - sewing needles or machine needles in their packaging, thread cones,

• Glue and Adhesives - glue sticks, hot glue sticks, super glue, two part epoxy, glue dots

• Tape - Painters tape, washi tape, scotch/celetape, duct tape

• Clay - plasticine, polymer clay (femo, sculpey), Monster Clay

• Scissors and Cutters - Paper scissors, fabric scissors, paper cutters

ACCEPTED ITEMS - NEW OR USED

• Corrugated Cardboard - Package boxes, shoe boxes, tv boxes. Craft preferred over printed. No crushed, dirty, or stained cardboard. Nothing smaller than a shoe box please.

• Thin Cardboard Boxes - cereal, frozen food, and cracker boxes. Nothing smaller than a cracker box. No crushed, dirty, or stained cardboard.

• Cardboard Rolls - empty paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, wrapping paper rolls, tape rolls, cardboard tubes.

• Drink items - wine or champagne corks; aluminum tabs from pop, beer, or energy drinks; bottle caps from pop or beer.

• Cutlery - plastic or wood only.

• Hard Plastic Bottles - sport drink bottles (Gatorade, Powerade, Body Armor, Prime).

• Soft Plastic Bottles - 2 and 3L pop bottles.

• Screw Top Plastic Jars - Apple sauce, coffee, peanut butter jars (MUST BE THOROUGHLY WASHED).

• Small, clear, single serve plastic containers - apple sauce cups, dip containers, (no larger than 8 oz).

• Craft Items - googly eyes, pipe cleaners, feathers, fake flowers, felt, satin cord, satin ribbon, scrapbook or colourful papers.

• Sewing/Quilting- thimbles, needle threaders, needle pullers, sewing clips, buttons, empty spools, stuffing, felt, fleece, fabric (please email with pictures before bringing in), tailors chalk, fabric pens, pin cushions, sewing hams, rotary cutters.

• Embroidery, Crochet, and Knitting - embroidery, crochet, and knitting needles, yarn and floss (neatly wound only), embroidery hoops.

• Jewelry Parts - beads (alphabet, pony beads large and small, clay beads, etc), only separated seed beads, cordage, lobster clasps, pin backs, clip backs, keychain clips and chains, small screw eye pins, small charm lanyards with lobster clasp.

• Artist Paints - acrylic or watercolour tubes, jugs, or pans. No watercolour pucks please (gouache).

• Stamps - Scrap booking stamps, embossing stamps, decorative stamps. No preschool stamps please.

• Stencils - Wood, plastic, or metal. Floral, filigree, embellishments, No preschool stencils please.

• Plastic Lids - pop and water bottle lids, alcohol sample lids, clear food/deli lids, plastic milk or juice screw top lids, baby food pouch lids.

• Plastic Tags - bread tags, milk tags, and the like.

• Small Tin Containers - Mint tin containers, tin pencil containers, or other small tin containers with a hinged or sliding lid.

• Wood Pieces - dowels, clothes pins.

• Lumber - 2x4's, 2x2's 1x2's, 1x4's (3' length minimum); MDF and plywood (3/8" or thicker, 2'x2 or larger)

• Toys - ping pong balls, easter eggs, marbles, small pocket size toys, keychains.

• STEM Toys - K'Nexx, Gravitrax, Snap Circuits, Lego (especially Lego Dots, baseplates, Spike, BricQ, and Mindstorm, or any flat top bricks).

• Markers - permanent markers (Sharpie, BiC, etc), alcohol or acrylic paint pens.

• Drawing Implements - art pencils, pencil crayons, watercolour pencils, chalk, and chalk pastels.

• Miscellaneous - CD's and DVD's, binder clips, paper clips, brass fasteners, plastic mesh bags, and film canisters.

🧼Donations Need to be Cleaned and Washed

NOT ACCEPTED ITEMS

• Dirty or Rusted Items

• Fabric scraps

• Confetti

• Tissue boxes

• Prescription or vitamin bottles

• Playdough

• Oil Pastels

• Craft foam cutouts

• Stuffed animals

• Toy weapons

• Slime

• Floral foam

• Anything considered E-waste

• Clothing

• CD and DVD cases

• Preschool toys

• Glass or porcelain dolls or figures

Mischief Makers reserves the right to refuse any donations at any time.

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