Last week I had a very specific objective when I went to the dollar store:

To start this blog
To make an inexpensive easy costume using stuff I got there

This week’s trip was a little less focused, so I got a bunch of random stuff!

I have a specific project in mind for these, though:

Stay tuned to find out. I hope it doesn’t turn out too Kountry. You …

This is one of those amazing, inexpensive projects that has near-instant gratification and will encourage fun and conversation between your Halloween party attendees. Alexa at The Swell Life has put together a tutorial for these cupcake picks that celebrate halloween costumes past by using old h’ween photos – sheer genius!
See the post for instructions!
To buy (or scrounge from what you already have):

Scrapbook papers in various …

Assuming a pair of those magic gloves cost a dollar, this chipmunk will cost you fifty cents to make! Amazing!

Project design available at The Storque (link via whipup), and more fun projects available in the new book from Penguin Happy Gloves: Charming Softy Friends Made from Colorful Gloves by Miyako Kanamori.
The book looks amazing – can’t wait to get my *ahem* mitts on it.
Total …

Check out this amazing corset made by Craftster user fishie using ALL dollar store stuff! I am especially excited about the zip ties used for boning – sheer genius!

Supplies used:

3 Silk-brocade pillow cases, 2 for $1.95, 1 for $1.50 (you’ll find out later why one was cheaper)
1 package of zip-ties, $1.65
1 pink kid’s scarf, $1

TOTAL: $8.05

I found this great idea for a pumpkin monogram at The Shabby Nest. The pumpkin pictured was made using upholstery tacks, but you could easily substitute regular thumbtacks painted black for a similarly classy effect.

Maya*made got some coffee bean sacks from her local coffee roaster (for FREE! they have a ton of these and were glad to get rid of them. Score! Do the same at your local roaster!) and covered a garage saled bulletin board with it for some instant coffeehouse chic in her office.
Instructions at the maya*made blog.
Materials needed:
coffee sack (FREE)
bulletin board (they sell small ones or …

A little ingenuity and some dollar scores (pool noodles, pantyhose), and these awesome props for a theater production of “The Producers” was born. Check out the tutorial for creating these awesome props (and general good info for prop-making) at this Craftster thread.

Cathie Filian, host of the DIY network show Creative Juice has posted this great tutorial for making these amazing Halloween candles from dollar store finds.
If I was going to make these truly, completely from dollar store stuff, I would probably just hot glue the letters to the candles, but the extra embellishments Cathie adds (pearlized pigments to make the letters shimmer, and chain to hang …

Check out this stylish purse that craftista Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club and Craft Lab fame made for an episode of Stylicious. It was made from a dollar store photo album and other supplies. I really love the wooden snakes used for a handle – genius! I also love the duct tape colors she used!
The materials are pretty numerous, so I estimate that it …

You can find a lot of great materials at the dollar store with which to make great no-sew costumes that are quick and easy! Your child will look sweet dressed as a petite piece of candy, and everyone will think you are the world’s greatest parent for making your kid’s costume!
Total cost for costume: $5
Time needed: 30 minutes

To buy at the dollar store:

2 round placemats
package …