Help keep reusable materials out of landfills. Your donations make learning possible!

At Child Creativity Lab, we transform clean, reusable materials into hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) learning experiences for children throughout Orange County. Your donations help us turn everyday supplies, surplus inventory, and manufacturing scraps into creative tools that inspire curiosity, problem-solving, and innovation.

How We Use Donated Materials

Your donated materials help us:

• Create hands-on STEAM Challenge Kits for educational workshops at Orange County schools, community centers, and other youth-serving organizations.

• Support educators, families, and makers by making reusable creative materials available for educational, artistic, and recreational projects.

• Promote creative reuse and sustainability by giving useful materials a second life instead of sending them to landfills.

What Materials Can You Donate?

We welcome donations from individuals, small businesses, corporations, professional organizers, artists, and makers. Whether you're cleaning out a craft closet, organizing an art studio, clearing out a sewing room, or managing excess business inventory, your materials can help a child unleash their creativity. See our list below or view our printable donation list. Not sure if your items would support our mission? Call us at 714-352-4380 or use our contact form to learn more.

We ask that all materials be clean and/or washed if needed.

Are you part of a business that wants to donate excess inventory or large quantities of donations? Click here to learn more about Corporate Material Donations.

NOT ACCEPTED ITEMS

• NEW AS OF 6/1/24 - All nut-product lids or containers (peanut butter, almond butter, etc.) even if washed

• NEW AS OF 6/1/24 - Toilet paper rolls (as per CDC guidelines)

• NEW AS OF 9/1/24 - Prescription and vitamin bottles

• Dirty or rusted items

• Sharp objects (pins, needles, etc.)

• Confetti, glitter, clay, playdough

• Stuffed animals

• Glass items

• Toy weapons (toy knives, toy guns, etc.)

Organize a Material Donation Drive

Bring your community together to collect reusable materials and support hands-on STEAM education!

Child Creativity Lab partners with businesses, schools, student clubs, and community organizations to coordinate material donation drives that keep reusable supplies out of landfills and put them to work inspiring young minds.

Throughout the year, we have a rotating list of high-need materials that help us create hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) activities and educational kits for children. Hosting a donation drive is a fun, meaningful way to support creative reuse, environmental sustainability, and youth education in Orange County.

Host a Corporate, School, or Community Donation Drive

Whether your corporate office wants to organize a team-wide collection or your high school club is looking for a community service project, Child Creativity Lab can help make your material donation drive a success.

We provide resources to help you get started, including:

• Donation drive boxes to collect materials at your location.

• Customizable flyers featuring the specific materials Child Creativity Lab needs most.

• Donation pickup coordination when transportation assistance is needed.

Our team will work with you throughout the process to help you plan a collection that fits your group, makes donating easy, and supports our educational programs.

Help Turn Reusable Materials Into Creative Learning Opportunities

Every donation drive helps Child Creativity Lab transform reusable materials into hands-on STEAM learning experiences for children. Your group's efforts can support creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and environmental awareness while giving useful materials a second life.

Start Your Material Donation Drive

Ready to organize a corporate donation drive, school collection, student club project, or community materials drive? We'd love to partner with you! Call us at 714-352-4380 or use our contact form to start a collection.

Thank you for helping us inspire the next generation of creative thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators!