The Scrappy Elephant is one of the most joyful and original shops in all of Charlottesville — a creative reuse center filled with reclaimed and donated arts and crafts materials that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Since opening in 2020, they’ve diverted over 267,000 pounds of art supplies from the waste stream and put them back into the hands of artists, teachers, crafters, and curious kids at wonderfully affordable prices.

You’ll find yarn covering entire walls, bolts of fabric, paints in every medium, frames, paper supplies, stamps, fiber arts materials, sewing notions, jewelry-making […]