39 Easy Dollar Store Crafts

Looking for some cheap but cool crafts to make this weekend? As you may know, dollar store crafts are some of the best around these days, as for a buck you can buy some pretty fabulous crafting items and make some pretty impressive stuff. I am amazed by what some of my favorite DIY bloggers have come up with, honestly. I only wish to be so creative. However, I have learned this year that all dollar store DIYs are not created equally. Some look impressive and are, but can you say “Pinterest fail?” Unless you are super artistic or have a month of time on your hands, you simply can not pull them off. Please… I will take the easy ones, thank you. Fortunately, I culled some of my favorite ideas for Pinterest and I wanted to share them with you. Whether you are looking for a crafty DIY gift idea or some new home decor on the cheap, these step by step tutorials for dollar store crafts will have you busy making tons of super cool things. Check out the best of the dollar store DIYs…

Easy Dollar Store Crafts

I’ve got a DIY craft to share, and it may even help you get organized. Crafting and organizing all at once? Sign me up! I have to admit that my paper clutter has gotten out of control lately… to-do lists, post-its, receipts, mail. I just can’t keep up. I decided a clipboard would help keep my to-do list in check, and if the clipboard was cute and colorful I might be more inclined to work on that list.

This is one of the easiest and most inexpensive projects in the history of DIY. I used leftover vases, purchased from Dollar Tree, that we used for our wedding. Hello, $1 vases and a $4 can of spray paint. For the first vase, I used painters tape and washi tape, then I painted the vase with Krylon 24k gold spray paint. Two light coats is all it took – don’t go bananas or you’ll get drips. I waited about 5 minutes and carefully peeled off the tape. Don’t wait too long, it looks amazing.

Dollar Store craft ideas abound on the internet and I’m always amazed at people’s creativity. Why can’t I think of these amazing cheap crafts while shopping at Dollar Tree? Well, thisDIY home crafts piece that I found is made entirely from items found at the Dollar Tree. If you want to be even more thrifty, you can make this craft with an old book instead of buying one new for your dollar store home decor project. Book folding art? Book flowers? I wasn’t really sure what to call this project. Its called “Book Topiary.” How awesome and original!

I saw these adorable Labrador Bookends at Pottery Barn, which means definitely not in my price range though I loved them so much! So, one day while shopping I spotted some little plastic elephants in the dollar bin at Michael’s and just knew they had to come home with me! since my youngest Son was born, I find myself drawn to elephants for some reason. There’s some connection between the two. My aunt says it has something to do with the strong maternal instincts Mommy elephants have when their babies are born. What it is, I just love them! So I picked up two elephants from the store and came home to see what else I needed to DIY some bookends. I had a couple of spare pieces of 1 x 4’s at home, so I decided to use those to create the base of my bookends. I cut the 1 x 4’s into four 5″ pieces and sanded down the edges, glued the elephants on and spray painted them turquoise like the ones at Pottery Barn and they looked amazing!