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Extras for Creative Reuse
| Hours: | Hours Vary see below |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Arts & Crafts |
Extras for Creative Reuse has been offering recycled materials and workshops to teachers, parents, and students since 1980. Our mission is to stimulate creative learning and help children awaken their creative potential in education and play through the use of reusable, recycled, and surplus material.We are a membership based non-profit creative reuse center. Extras has been serving greater Boston's teachers, artists, and creative people since 1981.
We have more crazy stuff than you can imagine.
Teachers, childcare providers, service programs, artists, and families are able to obtain supplies for an affordable annual membership fee. Annual membership allows participants to receive free products including:
What we have
• Foam • Yarn • Plastic • Fabric • Mylar • Tile • Leather • Carpet • Paint • Wood • Tubes • Ribbon • Paper • Office Supplies • Art Supplies
Extras is a resource for
• Teachers, group leaders, parents, and artists who want low-cost or no-cost recycled materials that offer unlimited creative opportunities to nurture learning, exploration, and discovery in classrooms, child care centers, youth groups, and more.
Workshops
Extras brings area educators and service professionals access to creative materials and arts learning experiences through the efforts of a coordinated organization. Our Creative Classrooms series is a progressive, multi-disciplinary program for teachers at all levels of instruction.
To donate material that will help Teachers, Children, Parents, and Artists call our executive director Jocelyn Almy-Test at 781-599-9939.
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Hours may change. Please check website for any changes.
Wednesday - Friday 10am -5pm
Saturday 10am -2pm
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We now offer a shop by the bag option. For $8 you can fill up a bag with all kinds of odd extras.
Membership Info
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www.exclrecycles.org/workshops.html
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20 Wheeler ST. Suite 302, Lynn, MA, 01902 map
Phone: 781-599-9939.
www.exclrecycles.org/workshops.html
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