Art Supplies

Art & Craft Supplies at Discount Office

The art-room essentials NZ schools, ECEs, after-school programs and home crafters reorder term after term — acrylics, watercolours, oils and poster paints, brushes, easels and canvases, drawing and painting pads, PVA, hot glue and craft glue, modelling clay, glitter and craft kits, plus the aprons, splash mats and storage that keep it manageable. Chromacryl, Bockingford, Marbig, Art Advantage and the brands NZ teachers already trust. Stocked in Auckland and dispatched same or next business day for most orders, with free delivery on orders over $30 NZ-wide.

Paints — pick by what they're painting on

Quick guide to the four main types we stock:

• Poster paints — water-based, washable, cheapest per litre. Best for ECE, primary, large-group sessions and butcher paper.
• Acrylic paints (Chromacryl is the NZ classroom standard) — opaque, fast-drying, water-cleanup. Works on canvas, paper, board, ceramic. Best for primary upwards.
• Watercolours — for older students and finer work; pair with proper watercolour paper like Bockingford so the paint sits properly.
• Oil paints — slower-drying, traditional. Senior secondary and adult work only.

Specialty colours too — metallic, fluorescent, glitter, face paints, finger paints and blackboard paint.

Paper, pads and canvases

The right surface makes the project. We stock cartridge and sketching pads, watercolour pads (Bockingford 300gsm is the school favourite), pastelmat, foamboards, and stretched canvases and panels in the standard NZ school sizes.

Glue, clay and craft

PVA glue by the litre or 5-litre for general classroom use, hot glue guns and refills for craft and display work, craft glue, glue sticks and coloured glue for younger groups. Modelling clay and play dough, glitter and coloured sand, paper mâché, complete craft kits and sticker-making for self-contained sessions.

The setup — easels, aprons, storage

Tabletop and full-height easels, drawing boards, aprons and smocks in child and adult sizes, splash mats and non-spill paint pots and trays. Storage cases, folders and display books for finished work and term-by-term archiving.

Buying for a school, ECE, kura or community group?

Discount Office has supplied NZ schools, ECEs, churches and community programs for years. Open a credit account for 20th-of-the-month terms (we work with school office staff regularly), request a quote for a term's worth of supplies, or set up a recurring delivery if you go through the same Chromacryl, PVA and brushes every term. Bulk pricing kicks in automatically — most paints and pads have 5-pack and 10-pack tiers.