Some of the students were asking me where I get all the interesting things for the imagination station. The containers, boxes, and some paper scraps come from my home and from families who send them in (thank you!) The other items, like shiny papers, lids, linoleum scraps, cut outs, etc, come from a store called Urban Source in Vancouver.
I once described Urban Source to my fiancé as “a store that sells stuff from places.” Not exactly descriptive, but if you’ve been, you know what I mean. Urban Source collects off-cuts and discards from various companies, so not only are you buying interesting odds and ends, you are saving the planet so these discards don’t end up in the garbage.
It is a great place to visit on a rainy afternoon. Choose the size of bag you want, fill it up from the bins, then head home and start creating! Happy imagining!