PLEXIGLAS^® offcuts – PLEXIGLAS^® acrylic 3 mm, mixed colours

The craft table is set, the children are already sitting there full of anticipation – all that's missing is material that really looks the part. With these PLEXIGLAS^® acrylic offcuts in 3 mm thickness, you have colourful PLEXIGLAS^® pieces to hand that are made for crafting, decorating and engraving – sold by the kilo, in lots of different colours. A few pieces become pendants, decorations or parts for model making, and an ordinary afternoon turns into a proper craft project.

What changes for you

• You always have material within reach for spontaneous ideas – because the offcuts come by the kilo in different lengths, widths and colours.
• Your decorations hold up outdoors too – thanks to weatherproof, frost-resistant and UV-stable acrylic.
• You're working with genuine branded material rather than cheap plastic – these are exclusively PLEXIGLAS^® in GS quality.
• You save yourself expensive new cuts for small projects – offcuts are perfectly sufficient for pendants, embellishments and engravings.
• Your results look clean and precise. That's because every cut is lasered, and the surface is glossy once you peel off the protective film.

Why these acrylic offcuts make a difference day to day

If you love crafting, you'll know the feeling: a whole sheet is hardly worth it for small projects, and yet that's exactly when the right piece is missing. With a stash of coloured offcuts, you simply dip into the box, pick out the shape and colour and get started – whether you're crafting with children, making Christmas decorations or building models. That way, offcuts become something that looks as if it was planned all along.

Material & finish

The offcuts are made of cast acrylic (GS) – the type that is considered particularly durable and engraves well. All cuts are lasered, the finish is clean, and once you peel off the protective film, the glossy surface is revealed. Good to know: the individual pieces don't always have straight edges, and some are rounded – as craft material, that's not a drawback but often a design feature. The material is made in Thuringia, Germany.

Dimensions & technical details

• Material: cast acrylic (GS), branded PLEXIGLAS^®
• Material thickness: approx. 3 mm
• Length: between 5 cm and 100 cm
• Width: between 5 cm and 20 cm, occasionally more
• Surface: glossy once the protective film is removed
• Cuts: lasered
• weatherproof, frost-resistant and UV-stable
• Delivery: unsorted, sold by the kilo, sizes and colours cannot be chosen

How to use the acrylic offcuts

• Crafting with children: everyone picks their favourite colour from the box – and in the end, home-made window pictures hang up that can stand up to sunshine and time.
• During Advent: you cut small shapes for Christmas decorations or for making an advent calendar – the glossy acrylic catches the candlelight beautifully.
• In model making: coloured pieces become windows, signs or details – dimensionally accurate and clean thanks to the 3 mm thickness.
• For engraving and embellishing: engrave a name, date or design – and an offcut becomes a personalised pendant or a little gift, for Mother's Day or Father's Day, for example.
• In your shop or at your market stall: decorate or engrave price tags and small decorative pieces made from coloured acrylic. It's weather-resistant, so it also works outdoors at your stall.

Good to know about cast acrylic

With PLEXIGLAS^®, the abbreviation GS stands for “gegossen”, meaning cast – this production method makes the material particularly easy to engrave and work with and gives it its well-known durability. Together with its UV stability, this means for you: your craft projects won't lose their colour, even after years in the window or in the garden.

Care & durability

There isn't much you need to do: the protective film stays on the material until you work with it and protects the glossy surface. As the acrylic is weatherproof, frost-resistant and UV-stable, you can use finished pieces indoors and outdoors without a second thought – they keep their look for a long time.

Options & what's included

• Shipped unsorted, sold by the kilo.
• Different lengths, widths and colours, as shown in the pictures.
• Colours cannot be chosen – we send whatever is currently available.
• We mix the colours as well as we can, provided there are enough offcuts available.
• Edges are not always straight, and some pieces may be rounded.

Frequently asked questions

Can I choose colours or sizes? No, the offcuts are delivered unsorted and sold by the kilo. We mix the colours as well as possible, depending on current stock.

Is this genuine PLEXIGLAS^®? Yes, it's exclusively branded acrylic in GS quality, i.e. cast acrylic.

Are the offcuts suitable for outdoor use? Yes, the material is weatherproof, frost-resistant and UV-stable – colours and surface hold up outdoors too.

How big are the individual pieces? The length is between 5 and 100 cm, the width between 5 and 20 cm, occasionally more. The material thickness is approx. 3 mm.

Are the edges cut straight? Not always – all cuts are lasered, but some pieces may have rounded edges.

In the end, it's not about a box of acrylic. It's about the afternoon when colourful offcuts turn into something all your own – and the smile when the finished piece glows in the window. Simply add your kilo of offcuts from Bütic to your basket and let the next craft idea come.