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Michael's is a chain in Canada too, they usually have a pretty decent selection of assorted stimmy stuff (glow sticks, keychains, plushies etc.) near the checkouts for cheap. They also usually have coupons on their website for at least 40% off one regular priced item, for the more expensive stimmy stuff (I'm kind of a poor judge, most craft supplies are super stimmy for me) and they accept coupons on your smartphone

I didn’t realise they were also Canadian, anon!

I really appreciate when people do this, because I absolutely do not know what stores encompass more of North America than just the US. I am so grateful for folks who take the time to correct my assumptions and provide more information.

And yes, craft supplies are super stimmy! I mean, I find sewing and beading and making to be extremely stimmy, and I stimmed only by crafting (at any time it was appropriate to have a sewing project in my hands) before hand pain and diagnosis. Anything that involves textures and repetitive movements and colours, like art and crafts tend to do, is stimmy. I’m pretty sure that’s why so many stimmers end up exploring DIY stims or even opening their own stores to sell handmade toys, because the making is as stimmy as the using.

(Last night I made more of my perler bead braclets/loops, three of them in the exact same colour patterns, just because I liked watching the colours go together in order. If that’s not stimmy crafting, I don’t know what is.)

Here’s the Canadian website, although I’ll note that I couldn’t find any spinner listings, squishies or fabulous stimmy keychains, so it might be another case of “more stuff offline”, which is usual for craft stores here in Australia.

Thank you so much, anon, for letting us know!

- Mod K.A.

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The image description is long, so I’ve tucked it under the cut.

I found so many stimmy things at my local K-Mart today, much of it on clearance! I took a compilation photo of everything with bags and tags, but my hands are too bad tonight to write up the description. So I’ll do the keychains today and maybe the full discovery post tomorrow.

(Please note that I couldn’t find these things online and, like most of K-Mart’s clearance things, they may not be available in all stores. My local K-Mart and the one I go to in Footscray have very different accessories sections.)

Leather tassel keychain: on clearance for $2 AUD (was $3). I nearly didn’t buy this until I realised I’d been stroking it for five minutes while I dithered. It’s so soft and the leather tassels are fun to play with. I really like the texture of leather! Also available in a blue and white version.

Rainbow cord tassel keychain: priced at $2 AUD but scanned as $1.50 for some unadvertised reason. This feels great to touch, and it’s rainbow, but the glue doesn’t hold the tassel in the cap - I can pull it out with little effort. Without the addition of extra glue (super glue, I think) the tassel will fall out, so don’t use it on a bag without fixing this first.

Pompom keychain: on clearance for $2 AUD (was $3). The yarn here is really soft and nice to stroke. It’s not quite as soft as the plush pompom keychains, but the colours are really bright in person. Also available in an orange, yellow and pink version.

If you’re after textured fidget stim toys you can attach to bags, belts, cases or belt loops, K-Mart seems to have a lot of them.

[image description: three tassel or pompom keychains sitting on a purple blanket. All three keychains are faux-gold-plated nickel dog clips fastened to either a gold-coloured split ring or chain.

The first keychain features a small circle of pink leather attached to a larger circle of orange leather via two small jump rings; three yellow tassels of leather, as long as the two circles and clip put together, hang from the orange leather circle, also via jump rings. The pink circle is fastened to both a split ring and a dog clip, offering two attachment options.

The second keychain is a fluorescent rainbow cord tassel fastened to a faux-gold-plated nickel cap. The cap is attached to a split ring, which is attached to a dog clip.

The third keychain is a dark blue, yellow-green and light blue crochet yarn pompom attached to a dog clip via a short length of gold-coloured chain.]

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[image description: two chain tassel bag charms on black cards reading “bag charm, accessories and $4”. Yellow $2 price tags are stuck to the black cards. The chains of tassels are made from embroidery thread and feature either orange, yellow, light pink, fuchsia and purple or aqua, light green, grey-blue, medium blue and dark blue. Both are fastened to a gold-coloured split ring and lobster clip.]

K-Mart in Footscray had these chain tassel bag charms in the women’s accessory section on sale for half price at $2 AUD. These are lovely and stimmy! The thread is soft and I can sit there for quite some time roughing up the threads and smoothing them out again. I can also twirl these around my finger or pull at the threads - I think they have a wide variety of stimmy applications.

These were the only colours available.

The downside of these things is that I wouldn’t actually attach them to a bag for fear of the thread attachment from the uppermost tassel to the split ring breaking. It’s a relatively thin knotted piece of thread, and I know from the cobra stitch thread attachments I’ve made for attaching USB drives to my keychain that thread/light cord wears and frays surprisingly fast. I’d coat the knotted thread section with something (PVA glue/Mod Podge, clear nail polish or Fray Check) to stiffen and reinforce it, but I know from experience that only helps delay the end, not halt it. That knotted attachment is simply not thick enough or strong enough to hold up to wear on a bag you carry outside or use heavily.

For an inside pocket in a bag or on a small case that gets infrequent use and is stored carefully inside something else - maybe something like a pencil case or a stim toy storage case - I think it’d do fine, but be weary that this isn’t something to hang from a belt loop or external zipper pull.

The price, though, for something colourful, soft and stimmy, is great!

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Panpride. Saw these adorable keychains at the general dollar and couldn't help but get them.

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