These tips, tricks and ideas will help you find cheap craft supplies for your next craft or DIY project if you want to save on crafts!
Here are a few tips for buying supplies at an arts and crafts supply store.
1. Wait For The Sale
The best and biggest tip I have for purchasing craft supplies at major craft stores is to wait until the item you want/need goes on sale.
What a shocking tip, huh? However, hear me out. Almost everything at a major craft retailer goes on sale.
However, it’s not always on sale; instead, the sales usually rotate around the store. On alternate weeks, these items go on sale.
In other words, if you go to buy 8 knobs for the new dresser you just painted and they’re not on sale, wait one week…and they will be.
2. Shop Holiday Weekends & Doorbuster Sales
On holiday weekends and during larger “doorbuster” sales, I like to stock up on things that I need a lot of (like frames for a gallery wall or fabric for curtains) or use frequently (papers, adhesives, etc).
During the holiday weekends, not only do these items usually go on sale, but there are almost always total purchase coupons to be used on top of discounts and promotions.
3. Download Store Apps
You can download and use coupons on the spot with their app. You can sometimes score one of those awesome total purchase coupons, but at the very least, you can almost always get 40–50% off a single item (not on clearance).
The arts and crafts supply store is amazing, and useful if you are an occasional shopper (and don’t get email or mailer coupons) or just need one item that isn’t on sale.
4. Join Rewards Programs & Mailing Lists
Although email lists and mailers are a little old school, they are still useful for learning about sales and gaining access to coupons.
I hate having a cluttered Inbox as much as anyone else, but I have to admit that email promotions can alert me to sales or specials I want to take advantage of.
Don’t forget that most stores will accept competitor coupons, so bring them all with you when you shop!
5. Apply Regular Store Discounts
Discount days are often offered by craft stores, including mom-and-pop fabric stores. Some dollar stores offer discount on non-sale items only. All three also appear to offer discounts for seniors and teachers, so be sure to ask if you qualify!
6. Shop In Bulk
When you buy in bulk, you usually get a better price per item, just as with non-craft items. I tend to go through certain supplies quickly: glue, roller adhesive, transfer paper, white thread, and printer ink, to name just a few.
As I always use and run out of these items, I often purchase items in bulk from arts and crafts supply store to take advantage of better pricing.
