A Secondhand Arts & Craft Supply Store and Community Art Space

UNLEASH CREATIVITY,
EMBRACE SUSTAINABILITY

The Makery is a place where art supplies find new life, and creativity flourishes through classes and camps.

Hours

We will be closed Friday July 4th

Tuesday 10 - 2
Thursday 12 - 5
Friday 12 - 5
Saturday 12 - 4

388 Pine St, Burlington VT

Upcoming Classes & Events

Bring your own Craft Night

Thursday July 3, August 7, Sept. 4 2025
5 - 7:00 PMFree! No registration Required

craft and sip - Make a Seed Bead Pendant

Wednesday July 23 5:30-7:30pmJoin us for a night of seed bead creation! In the course of the evening, you'll have the chance to design and then create your vey own seed bead image pendant. Then we'll make them into a necklace, earrings, keychain, etc. We'll have everything you need to guide you through designing your image and bringing it to life with a huge array of beads in different sizes and colors.Whether you're a seasoned crafter or just starting out, this class is beginner-friendly and a perfect chance for you to sip, socialize and make something special.All craft materials will be provided. BYOB.Maximum 15 people

Mini Makers

**Mini Makers is on hiatus for the summer. We'll be back in the fall, so stay tuned!
An open crafting time for kids ages 2-5First Saturday of the month
10 - 11:30 AM

Donate Arts and Craft SuppliesWe accept donations the 1st through the 7th of each month only. If there are any specific items that we aren't accepting on a given month, it will be posted below:

How to make a donation and get store credit:

  1. Bring your items during regular business hours and leave them with us.

  2. We will email you your store credit amount and let you know if there are any items that we can't accept. You will have 2 business days to let us know if you want to pick up remaining items or have us donate them.

  3. Your store credit goes into your customer account and you can use it anytime on merchandise or classes! If you don't want your store credit or are donating on behalf of someone else, your store credit will go towards increasing access to our kids programming.

  4. Please know, it takes us the whole month to go through all the donations we recieve the first week. We will try to email you with your store credit as quickly as possible, but it may be the end of the month before you hear from us.

Donation Guidelines

All donated items must be free of smells and signs of moths or other pests.

We do NOT accept:

  • Household textile items such as bedding, curtains, tablecloths, etc.

  • Clothing

  • Jewelry (intact or broken, though we will happily accept beads or pendants that have been removed from jewelry)

  • Partially finished craft projects

We DO accept supplies for a wide array of crafts, including but not limited to:

Arts & Crafts

  • Art paints (no house paint or spray paint)

  • Paintbrushes

  • Kids’ craft items and kits (pompoms, foam, googly eyes, etc.)

  • Pens, pencils, markers, pastels, other writing/drawing implements.

  • Canvases, sketchbooks, paper pads

  • Clay, sculpture tools

  • Stamps

  • Glue guns and sticks

  • Glue of all kinds

  • Easels, drawing boards

  • Poster board, sign board, foam core

  • Model building supplies

Fabric & Yarn

  • Fabric

  • Yarn

  • Thread

  • Knitting needles, crochet hooks and other tools

  • Needlework and quilting tools and notions

  • Working sewing machines

  • Buttons

  • Elastic, velcro, hem tape

  • Needlework kits

  • Sewing patterns, uncut

  • Knitting and needlework patterns books or magazines

  • Leather pieces

  • Ribbon, trim, rickrack, bias tape

  • Wool spinning and felting supplies

Paper Goods

  • Stationery, envelopes, greeting cards

  • Scrapbooking materials

  • Office paper, unused

  • Construction and art paper

School & Office

  • Office supplies (file folders, organizers, staplers)

  • School supplies (crayons, notebooks, scissors, folders)

  • Rubber bands

  • Paper clips, staples, binder clips

  • Labels and stickers

  • Report covers, page protectors

  • Sticky notes, notepads

  • Tape, glue

Jewelry

  • Beads

  • Wire

  • cord

  • charms

  • Jewelry making tools and supplies

Floral & Natural

  • Artificial flowers and greenery

  • Floral tape, foam, wire

  • Feathers

Other Items

  • Books on any art or craft subject

  • Spools and cones

  • Cardboard mailing tubes

  • Holiday decorations

  • Gift wrap and bags

  • party decorations

388 Pine St, Burlington VT

Tuesday 10 - 2
Thursday 12 - 5
Friday 12 - 5
Saturday 12 - 4

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