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Sell your Hobby Lobby gift card for cash

We buy Hobby Lobby gift cards at 80% of the balance, $10 to $2,000 per card, paid by PayPal or Cash App within 24 hours.

Hobby Lobby credit sits in the same project-money category as any craft retailer: given to encourage a hobby, spent in a burst on materials, and then left with a remainder once the project is finished or abandoned.

There is a practical constraint specific to the chain that keeps some balances stuck. Hobby Lobby is closed on Sundays, which for a lot of households removes the one day genuinely available for a browsing trip to a large craft store. That is a small thing, but it is enough to keep pushing a visit back.

The range is also very physical — fabric, frames, floral, seasonal decor — and much of it rewards being seen in person. Credit that really wants a store visit is credit that waits on the calendar rather than on the wallet.

Our rate is 80% of the verified balance, flat, from $10 to $2,000 per card. A $250 card pays $200. Part-used cards are priced the same per dollar.

Hobby Lobby cards do not expire and can be used in store and online, including for the custom framing service. As with any craft retailer, framing is the quickest way to convert a larger balance into a single useful thing rather than a basket of supplies you may not get round to using.

Sell when the store is not accessible on the days you are free, when the hobby has stopped, or when the card was a gift from someone who assumed you craft more than you do. There is no way to move craft credit to another retailer, so a card for a chain you do not visit will not resolve itself.

The chain does not run a loyalty programme or send targeted offers, so there is no mechanism nudging you back into the store the way there is at most retailers. That matters more than it sounds: a card from a chain that never contacts you is a card you will genuinely forget about, which is why Hobby Lobby balances tend to surface years later during a clear-out.

The balance checker lives at hobbylobby.com/giftcard and takes the card number. Read the figure from there before submitting rather than relying on the original amount.

We verify before paying. A lower confirmed balance means a recalculated offer at the same rate, shown to you before anything is sent, and declining costs nothing and leaves you the card.

Your cash offer
$0.00
80% of the balance · $10–$2,000 per card

Nothing is final until you submit. You can still back out at review.

Hobby Lobby payout table

What we pay for a Hobby Lobby card at 80%
Card balanceYou get
$25.00$20.00
$50.00$40.00
$100.00$80.00
$250.00$200.00
$500.00$400.00

How to check your Hobby Lobby balance

Check it on Hobby Lobby's own site before you sell. You will need the full card number and the PIN — usually under a scratch-off strip on the back, or in the confirmation email for a digital card. Enter the balance here exactly as it reads.

Check your Hobby Lobby balance

When you get paid

Three ways out, no fees on any of them. There is no bank transfer option — we removed it deliberately.

  • PayPal Initiated within 24 hoursUsually the same afternoon once the balance is confirmed.
  • Cash App Initiated within 24 hoursSent to your $Cashtag. Same timing as PayPal.
  • Paper check 5–7 business daysPosted to you. Slower, because the mail is the mail.
  • Card data encrypted and admin-onlyThe full number and PIN are visible to the verification admin and nobody else — not other sellers, not support staff.
  • No fees, everNo listing fee, no commission, no payout fee. The number you accept is the number that arrives.
  • We buy it outrightThere is nothing to list and no buyer to wait on. Once we own the card, the resale risk is ours, not yours.

Selling a Hobby Lobby gift card: common questions

80% of the balance we verify with Hobby Lobby. A $100.00 card pays $80.00 and a $250.00 card pays $200.00. The rate is flat — it does not improve with larger balances and it does not drop for smaller ones.

$10.00. Below that the payment processing costs more than the trade is worth to either of us. The most we take on a single Hobby Lobby card is $2,000.00; if yours is larger, submit it as two cards.

PayPal and Cash App payments are initiated within 24 hours of you submitting the card, and often the same afternoon. A paper check takes 5 to 7 business days because it goes through the mail. The only thing standing between you and the money is the balance check.

We recalculate at the same 80% rate and show you the corrected offer before any money moves. If the new number does not work for you, say no and keep the card. People misremember balances constantly and it is not held against you.

Yes, and most of what we buy is partially used. A Hobby Lobby card with $37.18 left is worth the same per dollar as a full one. Enter the exact remaining balance, down to the cents, as long as it is at least $10.00.

Other toy, craft and hobby cards we buy

Same process, same payout timing. See all toy, craft and hobby brands.