Craftster user RondaS embellished these cool bamboo placemats with some pretty leaf drawings. This is a great way to customize bamboo placemats you can find at the dollar store. I found some of this type of placemat at the dollar store a few days ago and was imagining all the crafting possibilities, but I didn’t think of actually embellishing them to use as, gasp, placemats!
When …

Craftster user TPK made cute throw pillows from some Magic Towel washcloths (the kind that come compressed in a tablet and expand when you put them in water) printed with Sesame Street characters. She added brightly colored homemade tassels to the corners for these fun, retro throw pillows.
My local dollar store usually has some form of magic towel washcloths or the other. It seems like …

Kathryn at Crafts and Creations With KMom14 posted this cute dollar store craft project: a girly monster coin purse. Inspired by the Monster Coin Purse at Cut Out + Keep, she created the girly monster with supplies she purchased at the dollar store, including a little sewing kit she used to stitch it together!
This project is quick, fun, and cheap. Kathryn said it took her …

I love this faux cuckoo clock made by flickr user Nofury. I love the cuckoo clock motif, but you can adapt this project to reflect anything you love. You could paint a faux grandfather clock, or any kind of scene or object you like.
Nofury painted a piece of wood (some stenciling, some hand painting), sealed it, drilled a hole in it and added the clock …

I bought three frames at the dollar store to frame some cupcakes that I needlefelted. The frames were square and had a nice wooden finish, but I had to modify them a bit to make them work for my project.
I added a gingham fabric background and a polka-dotted ribbon to up the cuteness factor. The ribbon also served to add perspective to what would have …

Claire at Poopscape has a ton of super cool project tutorials going on, including this cool bleached stencil placemat project. Since the dollar store has a huge selection of placemats, I dub this project right up our collective alley! Claire’s tute has a large “test the bleach and see how it reacts” component, so I suggest picking up an extra test placemat to cut up …

Kris at Jesse Kate Designs made this adorable Valentine’s day centerpiece out of a cute clear ice cream glass she got at the dollar store. Add a bit of brightly colored candy and a couple other cute embellishments (don’t you love the Pixie Stix straws?), and you have a quick and pretty decoration for your Valentine party. If you don’t have time to do this …

Natalie at Organic Stills recently posted about her yarn dyeing project. There are many tutorials about dyeing with drink mix, but Natalie actually used Kool-Aid she bought at the dollar store (12 packs for $1). She dyed yarn she got from unraveling a thrift store sweater.
If you are unfamiliar with the concept of unraveling sweaters for yarn, check out this tutorial. You’re unlikely to find …

Candletech has instructions for the coolest candle-making project I have EVER seen! Using balloons filled with lukewarm water, you can make these amazing candle luminaries by dipping balloons in wax. I love the organic shape of the luminaries, and this project looks so fun! They are so elegant, and nobody would ever guess you used dollar store materials for this project! These would be great …

Craftster user (and Dollar Store Crafts reader) nat_attack created some cool wall decals for her apartment using contact paper from the dollar store. She was inspired by wall decals from blik, but the price of those decals left her less than inspired. She cut out a flock of flying birds, some mushrooms, and this cool bonsai tree, and has plans for a peacock feather motif …