Outer Banks Shopping

Arts and Crafts

When you’re on vacation it’s a good time to get crafty. Not the kind of crafty that involves scheming and tomfoolery, but the kind where your mind turns into a creative think tank and you whip up an impressive scrapbook from all of the pictures you took over the trip or a beautifully knitted pair of socks. Thanks to Outer Banks art shops, you can enjoy making crafts and artwork, like scrapbooking, pottery, beading or knitting. If you’d prefer to find some art made by professionals, a plethora of stores carry products from local artisans. The Outer Banks holds galleries, art and pottery studios, showrooms and jewelers filled with local products, many of which incorporate a coastal-theme into their work. Other shops on the beach, while not specifically art stores, sell locals’ crafts, like soaps, candles, textiles and woodwork. Outer Banks artwork makes for great gifts to bring home to your family and friends and astound them with the beautiful craftsmanship that thrives in the Outer Banks. Check out the below listings of Outer Banks art stores and get ready for some aesthetic fun.


Outer Banks Shopping by Area

Corolla | Duck & Southern Shores | Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills & Nags Head
Roanoke Island & Manteo | Hatteras Island | Ocracoke Island

Outer Banks Shopping by Category

Absolutely Outer Banks

Outer Banks Arts and Arts & Crafts
3708 N Croatan Highway, The Bypass, MP 4.5, Kitty Hawk
(252) 255-1606

Art and function come together at Absolutely Outer Banks, located at milepost 4.5 on the Bypass in Kitty Hawk. With a beautiful and spacious interior,...read more

Art and function come together at Absolutely Outer Banks, located at milepost 4.5 on the...read more

Blue Pelican Gallery Gifts & Yarn

Outer Banks Arts and Arts & Crafts
57762 N.C. Highway 12, Hatteras Village
(252) 986-2244

In a charming restored 1950s Hatteras cottage, Blue Pelican Gallery offers an eclectic mix of artwork, most of it local. Owner/artist Jennifer Johnson is a...read more

In a charming restored 1950s Hatteras cottage, Blue Pelican Gallery offers an eclectic mix of...read more

Cotton Gin

Outer Banks Arts and Arts & Crafts
Multiple locations

The Cotton Gin has been a coastal shopping tradition for more than 50 years. The original Cotton Gin has stood in the same location in Jarvisburg since 1929...read more

The Cotton Gin has been a coastal shopping tradition for more than 50 years. The...read more

Kitty Hawk Kites

Outer Banks Arts and Arts & Crafts
270 Irvin Garrish Highway, Community Square, Ocracoke
(252) 928-4563

With stores all along the Outer Banks, Kitty Hawk Kites is an OBX tradition for families and adventure seekers. The Kitty Hawk Kites in Ocracoke is a family...read more

With stores all along the Outer Banks, Kitty Hawk Kites is an OBX tradition for...read more

Silver Bonsai Gallery

Outer Banks Arts and Arts & Crafts
905 S. U.S. Highway 64, Manteo
(252) 475-1413

Start your visit to Manteo at Silver Bonsai Gallery, right along the main highway. Each visit is an opportunity to enter an inspiring world of fine...read more

Start your visit to Manteo at Silver Bonsai Gallery, right along the main highway. Each...read more

Spry Creek

Outer Banks Arts and Arts & Crafts
1122 Corolla Village Road, Corolla
(252) 453-0199

Spry Creek is one of the highlights of the Historic Corolla Village and is owned by deeply rooted Outer Banker Karen Scarborough Whitfield and her husband,...read more

Spry Creek is one of the highlights of the Historic Corolla Village and is owned...read more

Village Craftsmen

Outer Banks Arts and Arts & Crafts
Ocracoke Civic & Business Association Contributor
170 Howard Street #248, Ocracoke
(252) 928-5541

Walking to Village Craftsmen is almost as much fun as visiting the store. It's at the end of live-oak covered, historic Howard Street, about a block from...read more

Walking to Village Craftsmen is almost as much fun as visiting the store. It's at...read more

3 Island Girls offers new, vintage, upcycled and repurposed items, including furniture, locally made eco-art, gifts and home decor. You're sure to find the...read more

Ace Hardware sells everything for the home, garden and yard. Most people know Ace as a traditional hardware store, a place to find tools, paint, hardware...read more

AR Workshop is a national boutique DIY workshop franchise, and now there's a location in Kill Devil Hills. They offer instructor-led workshop classes, DIY...read more

This gallery is filled with a wide variety of local art and oil paintings, so many that you’re sure to find one you like. Once you have selected a painting...read more

This family-owned and -operated gem can now be found right on the sound, just across the street from the old location, in the same building as Austin's...read more