At this point, Hobby Lobby is like a second home to me, and if you’ve been crafting for some time too, you know that they have the best discounts and sales. It seems like every time I’m there, something new is marked down. 

Can I let you in on a secret? These sales aren’t random. The more I went into Hobby Lobby, the more I noticed a sort of clockwork-like feel to them and thought to myself, there must be some science behind this. Turns out I was right!

Hobby Lobby’s sales rotate throughout the year. Knowing when your favorite crafting items are on sale will help you save money while turning that painting and lettering side project into cash – I wish I had seen this when I started making DIY wooden door hangers!

Items Always on Sale

Yep – believe it or not, there are a few high-quality items always on sale.

• Furniture: 30% off
• Custom Framing & Photo Frames: 50% off
• Bestselling books: 40 – 50% off
• Home Dec Fabric, Fleece, and Calico Prints: 30% off
• Wearable Art: 30 – 40% off
• Cake Decor: 30% off

Craft Items

Crafting items rotate sales every three weeks – although at times certain items will stay on sale for an extra week – when they hit the sale price at 30% off. Crafts include anything you can think of to make…well, crafts. 

• 2 oz craft paint
• Mosial tiles, gems chips, stones
• Candle making items
• Clay
• Chalkboards, corkboards, and dry-erase boards
• Felt squares, beads, and pom-poms
• Crayola items
• Krylon spray paint
• Unfinished craft wood
• And a whole lot more!

Paper crafts are also 40% off every other week, including Cricut vinyl and accessories! Yarrn and needle art is 30% off every other week. Paper crafts (scrapbooking, punch sets, cards, etc.) are on sale for 50% off every other week.

Jewelry and Jewelry Making

These also rotate every three weeks, coming in at a steep 50% off. 

• Beads and bead stringing
• Metal gallery
• Brands: Bead Design Co., In Bloom, Treehouse Studio, Swarovski and Create Your Style, Timeline, The Jewelry Shoppe, Fairy Tale, Traditions, Explorer, Blank Slate, Poetic Spirit, Vintaj
• DIY jewelry kits
• Charms

Home Decor and Wall Art

Because who doesn’t love good farmhouse decor? Seriously though, Hobby Lobby’s decoration game is up there. There are many ways you can create beautiful and inviting spaces with their stuff since there are so many styles. 

These items (including frames and floral decoration) rotate sales every other week, which means if you happen to be eyeing that perfect rug to fit right underneath your coffee table and it’s not on sale, just wait a week and BAM! There it goes for 50% percent off!

Art Supplies

This one is my favorite. I go through the ribbon-like it’s nobody’s business. Take 50% of these items every other week:

• Paint sets
• Single pack brushes
• Easels
• Sketch pads
• Tube paints
• Pens, pencils, markers
• Canvases
• Paper Studio items
• Ribbon, trim, and tulle spools
• Sew-ology sewing notions
• Curtain panels
• Pillow covers

Pro tip: Although rare, Cricut machines are said to go on sale a few weeks throughout the year for up to $40 off.

Planners

Create 365 Planners and Accessories, along with other planners and planner kits, go for 30% off every other week. I highly recommend a planner and to-do lists to jot down all your brilliant ideas and keep busy days organized. Don’t know where to start? Check out the best ways to organize your to-do lists. 

Fellow crafters, don’t forget to mark your calendars for all these sale dates, especially to grab paints and brushes for the Signmaker’s Society. See ya at Hobby Lobby!