Check it out! I’m guest-posting today over at Dabbled, with a tutorial on how to make quick mittens out of a felted sweater. Click over to find out how!
You can find sweaters a-plenty at your local thrift stores, and I have seen loads of random clothing at my local Dollar Tree stores lately. There might be a wool sweater among them!
Project Materials:

Felted sweater, on hand
Scissors
Sewing …

The dollar store has so many cute ornaments this year. I picked up some shiny snowflakes and pretty red birds at the store, found some branches outside, and strung them together for a wintry mobile. You can use pretty much anything on your mobile, so pick your favorite things, attach them to a string and start making one!

Project Materials:

Assorted ornaments, $3 or on hand
Swirly ornament …

Reader Marcy from The Butterworth shared this simple but brilliant idea she had for creating vintage Santa art. She got all three of these works of art for a dollar. Can you figure out how? She happened to find some cardboard gift boxes with the Santa art on them and cleverly turned them into hanging art for her wall! If you can’t find already-printed gift …

I love the intricate look of this paper star. So elegant (especially with that fine dusting of glitter!) Make a woven star ornament using recycled cardboard, glue, and glitter. Project by INFUSEDgoods. Check out her video tutorial to learn how to do it. [click here for project page]
Project Estimate:

Recycled cardboard (thin), on hand
Glue, on hand
Paperclips, on hand
Glitter, on hand or $1

Total: FREE

Reader Nora at Fun to be Frugal sent me this awesome recycled advent calendar she made out of a cereal box and some holiday ads. So cute and simple! I love it. You can rummage around in your recycling bin right now and come up with the stuff to make one this weekend, just in time for December. [click here for Nora’s recycled advent calendar …

If you’ve waited until now to make this year’s handmade advent calendar, then you’ve probably waited too long! Don’t worry about it! You can whip up a quick advent calendar for your kiddos with just two items from the dollar store. Make one for each child in your family, or send it home with your scout troop or kids in your classroom. I used tree-shaped …

Happy Thanksgiving! Did you see my Pumpkin Turkey Centerpiece project over at Make & Takes? If you aren’t too busy cooking, you can make one with the kids today (or have them make it while you’re working!) I used my uncarved leftover pumpkins and on-hand paper to make it.
And, in case you’re reading blogs instead of having Thanksgiving, I’ve dug up the best ideas from …

Thank you to Pam from Gingerbread Snowflakes who wrote this tutorial just for Dollar Store Crafts. Please check out her blog, which is dedicated to holiday crafting, for some amazing projects, such as Tissue Paper Candle Decorations, Felted Dala Horse Ornaments, and her INCREDIBLE House Advent Calendar. She has so many wonderful ideas – I read her archives for hours when I first came across …

I dollar store craft-ized the traditional advent calendar by using a place mat for the calendar base, and paper gift tags for the ornaments. I’ve made several advent calendars in my lifetime, all in this same basic category: the picture up top, the numbered pockets below, and “ornaments” for each day to hang up on the top.
Project Estimate:

Place mat, $1
2 or 3 sheets of felt, …

I am so excited! I love those old tea towels that have calendars printed on them, and I thought, hey, we can make one of those on Dollar Store Crafts! And then I thought, and you know who would design a FABULOUS calendar? Cathe Holden from Just Something I Made, that’s who! I first became aware of Cathe’s genius when I somehow stumbled upon her …