Exhibit 32.1

A.C. MOORE ARTS & CRAFTS, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), the undersigned officer of A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”) does hereby certify with respect to this Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 (the “Report”) that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: March 31, 2011	/s/ Joseph A. Jeffries
	Joseph A. Jeffries
	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. 10-K/A