Recreate Art & Craft Materials

This is the place where the hole from the polo mint ends up.
Recreate is an Aladdin’s cave of scrap, stuffed full of things that sparkle and crackle, plus cheap as chips arts and crafts stuff to boot. With boxes and boxes of industry offcuts from see-​through acrylic sheets to extra long cardboard tubes.
The Recreate motto is «Reduce, re-​use, recycle» and that’s just what I did on a recent visit, purchasing a carrier bag full of soft drink ‘can pulls’ aka ‘dragon scales’ for a quid.
Recreate also offers a hire service, equipment includes a badge making machine, giant Jenga, parachutes, a smoke machine and more. You will need to become a member to hire equipment but it only costs a quid for schools or individuals.
Recreate is great for Wombles and those in search of material for an art project. Fill up a colourful customised trolly and pay with a pocketful of change. Just watch out if you’re a magpie and leave plenty of time for scavenging and thinking up weird and wonderful uses for the odds and sods you’ll find.
Top tip: Sign up for the Recreate online newsletter and get alerted when the latest ‘goodies’ come in.
Open Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 10am — 5pm,
Wednesday 10am — 5pm,
Friday & Saturday 10am — 4pm