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
Inside the Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS) Museum, this gift shop helps fund the society’s ongoing projects. OPS stocks items relating to the island's...read more
If you have a young person in your life, be sure to stop in this sweet toy shop in Downtown Manteo. The neighborhood toy store offers a wide selection of...read more
The Outer Banks Mall offers one-stop shopping for a variety of goods. Foodwise, you'll find Fresh Market and Food Lion for groceries, GNC for health food...read more
Dog lovers will fall in love with this store, which has everything imaginable for four-legged friends. Any dog you know would appreciate some of the natural...read more
This is a fun store with distinctive crafts and gifts and lots of whimsy. Over the Moon carries several lines of pottery, handbags, blown glass, recycled...read more
The southernmost building on the soundside in Salvo, this gallery is housed in an exquisite replica of an 1874 life-saving station. The building itself...read more
Red Drum Pottery is the working studio of potters Wes Lassiter and Rhonda Bates. You can often catch the friendly potters at the wheel, and you can see...read more
ReStyle Market is a huge consignment store with several different vendors. Flip Your Closet, a favorite local clothing consignment shop, is the anchor,...read more
This little museum and gallery is behind the home of the owner on Ananias Dare Street across the main highway from the downtown area. Herbert Bliven runs a...read more
Roanoke Island Artisans is a place for nurturing your creative self. It's a working art studio where you can create your own crafts and masterpieces in...read more
Experience a new adventure in an old world at Roanoke Island Festival Park. This 25-acre historic site allows guests of all...read more
Quilters will rejoice to find this dedicated quilting-supply shop in Nags Head. The Rusty Crow has been an online business for two decades and this is their...read more
