Things we can use:
- Baskets
- Trays
- Plastic wash tubs
- Sponges
- Two cheerful doormats
- Old Manila file folders
- Play silks
- Sturdy play animals
- Bubble wands
- Magnatiles
- LEGO’s
- Duplos
- Clipboards
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Adult cotton button up dress shirts
- Buttons
- Cotton balls
- Ribbon
- Bells
- Play parachute
- Sturdy balls for outside
- Hacky sacks
- Textured cardboard
- Paper clips
- Mat board
- Fabric scraps, non- pattern specific, as well as interesting textures like fur, velvet, lace, burlap, satin
- Small wood scraps
- Glue gun
- Corks
- Bottle caps
- Tissue paper
- Raffia
- Toothpicks
- Straws
- Pom poms
- Hardware odds and ends (not sharp)
- Linoleum squares, 12’’x12’’, the non- peel and stick kind
- Bendable wire
- Embroidery needles
- 3 ring binders
- Rhythm instruments
- Beads
- Old costume jewelry
- sturdy kitchen tools (for sandbox/ pretend play)
- Old magazines
And, if your workplace regularly has an excess supply of a certain odd thing, it just might be something we can repurpose!