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Store Cupboard List

Here is the store cupboard list:

Stationery

  • Colouring and graphite pencils
  • Crayons
  • Pens - felt tip, markers and biro
  • Permanent marker(s)
  • Stapler & staples
  • Hole punch
  • Sellotape
  • Double sided sticky tape
  • Scissors (if possible, separate ones for paper and fabric)
  • Glue-stick and liquid/pva glue
  • Glue spatulas
  • Paper fasteners (the brass ones that open up at the back)
  • Paper clips
  • Elastic bands
  • Treasury tags
  • Paint & paintbrushes
  • Chalks
  • Ruler
  • Eraser
  • Pencil sharpener
  • Blu-tack
  • Glitter
  • Craft wire

Paper & card

  • Plain paper
  • Plain thin card
  • Card from broken up boxes (ask your supermarket)
  • Corrugated cardboard (from boxes usually)
  • Any packaging materials
  • Tracing paper
  • Tissue paper
  • Crepe paper
  • Coloured tissues
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Comics
  • Sweet wrappers
  • Chocolate box inserts
  • Scraps/leftover wallpaper
  • Wrapping paper
  • Old Christmas/birthday cards
  • Paper plates - mix sizes
  • Paper dishes
  • Paper doilies

Materials

  • Tin foil
  • Old socks
  • Old gloves
  • Old clothes (for dressing up and cutting up!)
  • Felt
  • Fabric remnants
  • Buttons
  • Sequins/beads/fake jewels
  • Feathers
  • Dishcloths, jayclothes
  • Sponge cloths
  • Sponges & pan scrubbers
  • Scouring pads
  • Ribbons
  • Cord
  • Old tights/stockings
  • Stuffing (eg from old pillows)

Games/activities

  • Playdough (see recipe in 'Arts & Crafts')
  • Yo-yo
  • Skittles (or see 'Outdoors')
  • Tiddlywinks
  • Marbles
  • Pack cards/snap cards
  • Bubbles
  • Ping pong balls
  • Frisbee
  • Bats & balls- mix types/sizes
  • Skipping rope
  • Longer rope (like tow rope)

Bits and bobs(!)

  • Cookie cutters
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Cotton wool balls
  • Balloons - round & long
  • Wooden spoons
  • Coloured tapers
  • Corks (washed, if already used!)
  • Lolly sticks
  • Bamboo skewers
  • Cocktail sticks
  • Stickers
  • Safety pins
  • Needles & pins
  • Wool - various colours
  • Cotton threads
  • String
  • 'Googly' eyes
  • Comb
  • White wax candle
  • Pressed leaves
  • Pressed flowers/petals
  • Conkers
  • Twigs
  • Pebbles
  • Shells
  • Dice
  • Drinking straws
  • Selection of coins
  • Dried peas
  • Grains/pulses - rice/lentils etc
  • Pasta shapes - incl coloured
  • Seeds - cress/alfalfa
  • Flower seeds-sunflower or annual varieties
  • Rubber gloves
  • Used & clean egg shells
  • Leftover wall tiles
  • Broken up old tiles (for mosaics)

Used (& clean!) cartons etc

  • Washing up liquid bottles
  • Yoghurt pots
  • Egg cartons
  • Milk cartons (the plastic ones)
  • Glass milk bottles
  • Jam jars/mustard jars etc
  • Foil pie/cake dishes
  • Smarties tube
  • Plastic & paper cups
  • Toilet roll tubes
  • Kitchen roll tubes
  • Wrapping paper tubes
  • Shoe boxes
  • Ice cream cartons
  • Empty sellotape rolls
  • Empty matchboxes (all sizes)
  • Plastic carrier bags
  • Empty cotton reels
  • Plastic bottles - mix sizes
  • Bottle tops
  • Milk bottle tops
  • Cereal boxes
  • Plastic film containers
  • Tin cans (baked beans etc)
  • Plant pots (small)

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