Donation Drive

Your donations help keep the cost of programs low, and scholarship opportunities available for individuals in our community.

As an added bonus, your donations also keep art supply items out of landfills!

At this time donations can be dropped off at the Bethlehem Area Public Library, 11 Church St, Bethlehem PA or by planned pickup in a safe public area, or at the comfort of your home. Please see below for accepted donate-able items.

Full list of donate-able items:

  • Air dry clay

  • Aluminum foil

  • Awls

  • Baby wipes

  • Beads

  • Blender

  • Board books (any condition)

  • Bone folders

  • Books (hardcover, any condition)

  • Brayers

  • Large rolls of brown craft paper

  • Brown paper bags

  • Brushes (paintbrushes, any)

  • Bubble Wrap

  • Buttons

  • Cards (playing, tarot, oracle, holiday)

  • Calligraphy pens

  • Canvas (any size)

  • Cardboard (boxes or otherwise)

  • Chalk (sidewalk and chalk board)

  • Chipboard (any and all sizes)

  • Clipboards

  • Crayons (we love broken and unloved crayons!)

  • Coloring books/pages

  • Cutting mats (well worn is fine)

  • Egg cartons

  • Empty plastic gift cards/hotel room keys

  • Gesso

  • Ink

  • Jewelry (broken or single earrings are treasured!)

  • Dish soap

  • Driftwood

  • Embroidery floss

  • Envelopes (from junk mail, please remove name and address if able)

  • Exacto handles

  • Exacto blades

  • Fabric

  • Fabric pens

  • Fibers

  • Foam

  • Foldable chairs

  • Foldable tables

  • Glue (any and all)

  • Glue guns (low and high temp)

  • Grout

  • Junk Mail (Please remove name and address if able, will be shredded and used to make paper)

  • Kinetic sand

  • Lace

  • Looms for weaving

  • Lysol wipes

  • Magazines

  • Markers (any and all- even if you think they are dried out!)

  • Mosaic pieces

  • Needles (sewing, book binding, crochet, knitting, tapestry)

  • Newspaper

  • Paint (acrylic, tempura, guache, watercolor)

  • Paint chip samples

  • Paint sticks

  • Paper (cardstock, computer, construction, mixed media, paint…ANY and ALL- we love partly used sketchbooks!)

  • Paper towels

  • Pastels (oil and chalk)

  • Pens (gel, ball point, felt tip)

  • Pencils (colored, drawing, #2)

  • Plastic storage containers (any and all sizes)

  • Printmaking ink

  • Printmaking rollers

  • Ribbon

  • Rulers

  • Scissors (any sizes, shapes, designs)

  • Scrapbooking supplies

  • Sea glass

  • Sea shells

  • Sew machines

  • Sewing supplies

  • Sponges

  • Stamps (rubber and canceled from envelopes)

  • Stickers

  • Styrofoam

  • Tape (ANY AND ALL!)

  • Thread

  • Tie dye supplies

  • Tissues

  • Tissue paper

  • Toaster oven

  • Utility knives

  • Washi tape

  • Wire

  • Wire cutters

  • Yarn