Allison Adams
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If you are having art block come here, they have the cure! Lots of keys and tennis balls, weird pictures, basically anything that someone thought “hmmm, I bet someone could use that for an art project” and donated it to Tinkertopia. It’s wonderful. Lots of traditional art supplies too, I got a boat load of art markers on the cheap last time I was there and paint too. Make sure to check out their tennis ball tubes of “maker kits”. Those are really cool.
My first Christmas in my old house I made all my ornaments with my kids with stuff from Tinkertopia, those are the most cherished ones I still have. They are big swarthy teens now but I look at those cool self made ornaments and it brings me back to their toddlerhood. Ok now I’m weepy.
Anyway, it’s awesome, there is a guy in an awesome hat, it feels slightly subversive, because screw Michael’s. Make cool art with awesome materials. It looks better when it’s a little weird. You’re better when you’re weird.