Category Archives: Material of the Week

Material of the Week 2/9-2/15

Plastic Cases
Once these cases housed cell phone keyboards but now they have so many new possibilities…

Material of the Week 2/1-2/8

Nifty Note Pads!
Jazz them up or make them into a selection of paper planes. Paper is just good stuff!

Material of the Week 1/19-1/25

Mylar Balloon closures!
These quirky little closures have such big potential in the imaginative realm of creating.
What can you dream up?

Material of the Week 1/12-1/18

NFL Hang Tags!
Gather sports fans! Not just for retail use anymore, this weeks creations should be good…

Material of the Week 1/5-1/11

Golf Shoe Picks!
They could be minions or fish or spears.. that’s just off the top of my head. Let’s see what they turn into this week.

Material of the Week 12/29-1/4

Bright Green Cardstock!
Such a happy color, this material is sure to ignite big ideas this week.
Let’s see what it becomes…

Material of the Week 12/22-12/28

Linoleum Samples!
Fun flooring samples a can lay colorful groundwork to our ever expanding creativity…

Material of the Week 12/15-12/21

Foam Brushes!
They’re not just for painting anymore, or at least for this week.

Due to an abundantly bountiful donation, we thought it would be fun to use some for art in another way, through the outta the box ideas we often at CReATE.
What else will these brushes be…

Material of the Week 12/8-12/14

Plastic Knives!
It seems like one way or another there is always too much of some part of the kit of utensils. Lucky for us we have oodles of these to make into many things cool. I bet the hot glue gun will come in handy here!

Material of the Week 12-1-12/7

Cotton Candy Cones!
Boy these are going to be fun to work with…
Castle spires, unicorn horns or rocket ships for sure.