A puppet made of
completely recycled items!


"This is how I move his hand.
He is a rod puppet."


We’re Sure You Have Supplies We Need, Because We Need Everything!

Save your dryer lint for us!

Wood burners.

Dripless paint pots.

Paints, tempera, brushes, sponges.

Wood scraps, tongue depressors, toothpicks, wooden spools, wood glue, sand paper.

All kinds of paper.

Glitter. Buttons. Beads. Yarn. String. Ribbons. Small stones.

Old jewelry.

Foam, cardboard, packing peanuts, broken pottery, throw pillows, foam.

Branches, leaves, grasses, sisal, many natural materials.

Collage materials, handmade papers, magazines for cutouts, old greeting cards, you name it.

Art paste. Glue sticks.

Lots of scissors, preferably Fiskars for kids.

Grocery bags for paper mache.

Art books and posters and art prints.

Various wire, plastic piping and recyclable artifacts for sculpture, stabiles & mobiles.

Milk cartons and paper tubes, cans and cups and all manner of recyclables.

Clay and homemade clay.

Baskets to hold supplies.

Stamps and stamp pads.

Book making supplies--mat board, and any unusual papers, even if small scraps.

Heavy guage yarns.

Hand puppet making supplies, i.e., old socks, felt and yarn and fabrics and eyes and paper bags, buttons, feather dusters, mop tops, etc.

Thrift store frames, art glue, hot glue guns.

Buckets, sinks, mops, vacuum cleaner, soap, shelving.

Many tables and stools and paper to cover tables.

Your old sheets and large pieces of lightweight fabric for the giant puppets.

Recyclable and re-useable products from old shoes to bottle caps to toilet paper holders.

Scrap wood and metal pieces.


Your donations: Please make checks payable to Institute for Inspired Living, Inc., and earmark for Open Art. Thank you!