Man’s Shirt into Purse by Judy Streger–Cost: FREE
Instead of donating her husband’s old shirt, Judy transformed it into a cute clutch!

Credit Card Choker by Scavenging–Cost: FREE
More great ideas for recycling your credit cards (and other obsolete cards)!

Q-Tip Counting Trays by Mama Jenn–Cost: FREE

Make this great preschool counting activity with common household items!

Songbirdtiff created a craftspace where there was no room to do so by creating this quick and dirty inspiration board with a few nails, some string, and some clothespins.
You can create this type of inspiration board nearly anywhere, and in any shape or size. I love the ingenuity, so check out her tip and quit making the excuse that you “don’t have room!” to do …

I found this cute octagonal placemat at the dollar store and I immediately envisioned it as a pleated clutch. Then I found a dollar store purse with hoop handles so I picked it up to cannibalize for its hoops (maybe I’ll repurpose the cheapo fabric part too, but that’s another project). I’ve had the placemat in my dollar store crafting stash for a couple months …

Check out these super cute canisters made with stuff from the dollar store! I love the clever use of glass marbles. I wonder what kinds of fun things are kept inside? They’d be super cute on a vanity table or in a powder room. You could even skip the marbles and use the canisters to hold your Father’s Day gift, whatever that might be. Or, …

Reader Jeri created these awesome earrings with floral decorating wire she found at the dollar store. She graciously wrote a tutorial exclusively for Dollar Store Crafts and shares it with us today! Visit Jeri’s shop at Kitty’s Purse Shop.

Special Tool: To make these earrings, Jeri recommends buying a pair of special pliers:
I will tell you that I did invest in a pliers that has rubber …

Valerie at The Crafty Classroom has tons of great ideas for cute crafts, with a good emphasis on Japanese-themed crafts. I love this wooden frame finished with origami paper! This project is simple enough for kids to make, but looks pretty enough for even the most modern of decor. [click here for complete project instructions]
One of my favorite parts about this project is that the …

Just Call Me Jamin hosts an American Girl Club in which dollar store crafts abound (all American Girl book themed, of course!). One week she provided a tea towel, some ribbon, and a needle and thread for each girl to make her own apron to go along with the book Felicity. I love spreading dollar store crafting to younger generations! [click here for full project …

Reliable dollar store crafter and loyal reader SongbirdTiff did it again with this great tip for a cute way to help your helpers sort laundry. She took a fun three-part dollar store frame and inserted instructions for sorting whites, darks, and light colored laundry (for those family members who are laundry-sorting challenged!). This is a cute way to get the message across and help people …

This puppet theatre is another great dollar store craft from the Craftster $10 Challenge from last year. Craftster user nomij constructed it (painstakingly, it appears!) out of tablecloths, a garden stake armature, and electrical tape, among other things. One of my favorite things about the Craftster challenge entries is the extreme creativity of the entrants! [click here for more photos and info]

I love toys that …

Craftster user hatch_handicrafts built this cool kitchen caddy using picture frames and canvases she got at the dollar store. Note some of the cool features of the caddy: glass shelving (from the glass in the frames), the bottom shelf made with bamboo skewers, and the wine glass holders made from the wooden pegs on the backs of the frames. Building small furniture with dollar store …