Exhibit 32.1

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

     In connection with the filing of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Michaels Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the period ended November 1, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:

(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 as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

Date: December 16, 2003	/s/ R. Michael Rouleau
	R. Michael Rouleau
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
	/s/ Jeffrey N. Boyer
	Jeffrey N. Boyer
	Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

     The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.