Michaels: Possible $4 Grab Bags or Boxes

By Mary | Senior Staff Writer

Jan 23, 2017 @ 12:34 PM MST

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Michaels shoppers!

You may want to swing by your nearest store to see if they are offering up $4 Grab Bags and/or Boxes! In the past, readers have been able to find lots of awesome goodies that were valued at more than $4!

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Check out this email from a Hip2Save reader…

Grab boxes at Michaels are only $4 this year but some are way bigger boxes. Can’t wait to dig in! This was just one of the $4 boxes…19 t-shirts and 2 signs! I got mostly t-shirts, but the big one is large tubes of ornaments with probably 5 or 6 of them inside. And one is cards, ribbons, scented pine cones and kids magic erase boards!

(Thanks, Kirsten!)

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Izzy January 23, 2017 at 12:45 pm MST

I got mine too, cannot wait to open them

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Collin (Mrs. Hip) January 23, 2017 at 4:17 pm MST

Awesome!

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Kirsten January 23, 2017 at 12:48 pm MST

I brought one into work with me. ..had to peek! Will dig into the rest tonight!

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Misty January 23, 2017 at 12:48 pm MST

Wow! Sure wish I had one near me!

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bee January 23, 2017 at 12:52 pm MST

how many can you buy?

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meli January 23, 2017 at 12:57 pm MST

What is everyone getting i cant go till tomorrow

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Erica January 23, 2017 at 12:58 pm MST

Pokemon shirts!!!! <3 <3

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Kirsten January 23, 2017 at 2:08 pm MST

I got 17 Pokémon shirts!

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Krystina January 23, 2017 at 6:41 pm MST

haha i know my son would love that! i should check my local store! thanks!

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Karen January 23, 2017 at 1:02 pm MST

Are these how they get rid of left over Christmas stuff? I went to our michaels last week… bunch of odds and end stuff.

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Jsturner1 January 23, 2017 at 1:15 pm MST

Yes it is. I went last week and asked if they were doing it this year. The girl told me there wasn’t enough left over for them to do that.

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Tammie W January 23, 2017 at 1:24 pm MST

I got three boxes and they are awesome. 16 adult coloring books, tons of Christmas ribbon and I think 7 boxes of Christmas cards

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Collin (Mrs. Hip) January 23, 2017 at 4:18 pm MST

Great score!

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Angela January 23, 2017 at 2:00 pm MST

Ours are in plastic Michael’s bags. You can see what is in them. All Christmas junk.

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tipaye January 23, 2017 at 2:32 pm MST

I was able to get the last bag left at my store. Yes, some junk, but I ended up keeping 2/3 of the bag & just dropped the rest off at Goodwill. Well worth the $4, thank you! 🙂

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Collin (Mrs. Hip) January 23, 2017 at 4:19 pm MST

You’re so welonlinee!

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Theresa January 23, 2017 at 2:38 pm MST

Mine just had plastic bags in Long Island NY ..Got 5 adult coloring books for$4 the rest were filled with mutiple boxes of christmas cards

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Mel January 23, 2017 at 4:19 pm MST

Just wondering what part of Long Island? Idk if I should bother trying tomorrow

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Deanna January 23, 2017 at 2:53 pm MST

Does every Michael’s do this??

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Allison January 23, 2017 at 3:45 pm MST

Thank you so much for posting Collin! I picked up two mystery boxes! Both of my boxes contained large K’nex building sets for boys and girls and pokemon shirts and adult coloring books! For fun, I looked up the value on the K’nex sets and both are listed on Amazon for $24.55! I was super excited to get these, as I will be saving these for my son and daughters birthdays!

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Collin (Mrs. Hip) January 23, 2017 at 4:19 pm MST

How cool! You’re so welonlinee Allison!

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Laura January 23, 2017 at 3:51 pm MST

I picked up some bags today and lucked out that I got a 7 ft prelight tree for $4. Also had some wreaths and garland that were like $60 each in groups of 2 or 3 for $4 as well!

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kirstenz59 January 23, 2017 at 5:39 pm MST

My store still had some boxes left tonight!

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Collin (Mrs. Hip) January 23, 2017 at 6:21 pm MST

Yay!

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jessica citso January 23, 2017 at 7:54 pm MST

my bag had a few justin beiber duck tapes, some minion jewelry, and a bunch of glass paint

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riss January 23, 2017 at 8:00 pm MST

My store has 2 boxes of Christmas picks left. The boxes are about 2.5 ft x 1 ft size, so I’m thinking that’s a lot of picks. And there are boxes of Xmas cards, and some other Xmas stuff, which I have no need. Maybe next year…..

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Urvi January 23, 2017 at 9:21 pm MST

Disappointed. Mine were bags full of random Christmas junk (cardboard glitter “y” ornament anyone? ) 😀 last years bags at least contained mugs n ribbons and stuff I used for gifting / decorating.
S’allright. Worth a shot.

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Adrian T January 23, 2017 at 10:09 pm MST

Do they just put these out? Or is it something you have to ask for?

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Roxy January 23, 2017 at 10:26 pm MST

They put them out at the front of the store.

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Marion January 24, 2017 at 1:59 am MST

Spent $12 on 3 bags….total value of items $352. 11 boxes of xmas cards, 6 ribbons, 6 cat toys, 3 watches, santa headband, 3 cups/mug, 7 wood ornament/sticks, 3 Pkg tags, 2 ornaments, bag of Mickey buttons, 2 sticker bags, 1 Journaling card & sticker Pkg, 8 wax stick kits=1 happy girl. More than I was hoping for. Thanks Collin for the heads up!😉🤗

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Bridgette January 24, 2017 at 5:50 am MST

Once items go to 90% then they do grab bags. usually it is the seasonal stuff so that is why it was Christmas “junk” as some say. To a lot it is a good deal and a way to clean the store to make room for the new items.

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Denise January 24, 2017 at 10:54 am MST

WHEEEE!!! I just picked up 15 boxes from two Long Island Michaels.. you should actually call before you go and they will tell you if they have them. I only opened a few really quick but it’s WELL worth it..I’m a craft hoarder so I will use the items, resell or give away/donate to school! I love Michaels does this!

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Maile January 24, 2017 at 11:07 am MST

My store just brought out two giant bins while I was there this morning. So don’t give up if you’re interested! Tons of really good stuff, including full-size light up garlands, Christmas signs, plenty of craft stuff, and tons of big K’nex sets.

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Emily M Ballou January 24, 2017 at 11:44 am MST

I just scored 6 bags with a variety of awesome stuff in Rockville, MD. Mostly Christmas items- some that I eyed at full price at the beginning of the season! Every bag had 3 boxes of Christmas cards, 3-5 rolls of wired ribbon, signs (as pictured in the original post), and or ornaments, etc. My favorite bags were 9′-12′ faux pine garland or two sets of 3′ crossed skis with faux pine swag and checkered ribbon (these both had cards and rolls of ribbon, too!) TOTAL SCORE.

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Kirsten January 24, 2017 at 1:52 pm MST

still several boxes in Brighton, MI….looks like mostly ornaments left.

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Stephanie January 24, 2017 at 2:11 pm MST

I spent $4 on a grab bag and got back $90 worth of items. My bag included an adult L Pokemon shirt, 2 trinket trays, 1 coffee mug, 2 boxes of Christmas cards,1 box of ornament hooks and 2 bottles of Scentsicles scented ornaments (which are basically scented Christmas smelling sticks). It was totally worth it to me but I had to kind of dig thru the bags to make sure that it was stuff that I wanted. Almost all of the bags that I went thru had the Scentsicles scented ornaments in it, along with boxes of Christmas cards and other small ornaments. A couple of bags had mini 2017 planners and small thank you type cards.

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Emily January 24, 2017 at 10:44 pm MST

Does anyone know do they ever do grab bags any other time of the year?

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leigh December 9, 2018 at 11:02 pm MST

i was wondering the same thing

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Ma January 25, 2017 at 11:08 am MST

Today, they had bags of glass ornaments & xmas cards boxes. I got a 3 boxes taped together that had 12 nice red berry sprigs in each box. They retailed for 1.49/sprig.

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Suzy January 25, 2017 at 12:52 pm MST

Went to Bay Shore Long Island store and every bag had Christmas cards. But went to North Babylon store and purchased
two bags: a few metal letter ornaments, green star ornaments, a makeup train case, and an adult coloring book.

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Melissa March 1, 2017 at 7:50 pm MST

I bought my very first boxes yesterday 3 to be exact I got a very nice day planner and a bunch of Valentine’s items and a grand total of 28 boxes of Valentine’s day cards lol good thing I have school aged grandsons and nieces. But does anyone know how often Michaels does their grab bag/boxes?

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