Welcome to day 4 of Homemade Costume week. This bumblebee Halloween costume looks great in person, and could not be simpler to make. A black shirt, yellow duct tape, some pipe cleaners, and a pair of dollar store wings. You can make this one in about 15 minutes. I made this quick and easy no-sew costume for Kaboose, and you can find the instructions for …

Welcome to Day 3 of Homemade Costume Week at Dollar Store Crafts! This week, I’m bringing you several costume ideas that are simple, no-sew, and frugal. Today’s featured costume is the no-sew Octopus costume. I used several pairs of striped knee socks to create the octopus legs. You can find knee socks at the dollar store, or shop at Target or Wal-mart for …

Su didn’t originally intend to share her whisk jewelry tree on her website, Vively Online.  That is, until her husband saw it and said, “A whisk!   You gotta be s&*##ing me.  This is something you have to share.”  I agree with him; if I didn’t know, I’d never guess it was made from any type of kitchen utensil!  This ingenious design is perfect for …

It’s Day 2 of Homemade Costume Week at Dollar Store Crafts! This week, I’m bringing you several costume ideas that are simple, no-sew, and frugal, of course! Today’s featured costume is the no-sew Spider costume. I used dollar store socks to create the spider’s spooky extra legs. I couldn’t find a stocking cap at the dollar store when I was working on the costume (high …

I recently made a few no-sew costumes for Kaboose.com, so I wanted to show them off to you. I’ll post one a day for the next several days: Homemade Costume Week. These costumes are simple, no-sew, and frugal, of course! My favorite idea was this one: a Paper Doll costume. I loved playing with paper dolls as a kid, and so the idea of dressing …

Everyone loves quick and easy ideas! Here are some great Halloween crafts from Better Homes & Gardens that can be done with dollar store materials. First up is this awesome spooky silhouette project. You don’t have to be artistic, because BHG even has the spooky templates available for download – just cut them out of black cardstock. Buy a dollar store frame and paint it …

Chalkboard paint is incredible stuff with thousands of potential applications.  However, it doesn’t exactly fall into the category of “budget craft supplies”; an 8 ounce container can cost upwards of $10.  Additionally, chalkboard paint takes a long time to dry.  What can you do if you don’t have three days to wait before you can write on the surface?  Clara from Bloomzine came up with …

Want to make Halloween decorations that cost about a dollar but look like Martha made them? Jenn from Rook No. 17 shows us how to go “dollar store cheap to boutique chic” with some glittered skulls from the dollar store. You probably know that newsprint, book pages, and sheet music are a hot decorator item (just check this amazing ruffly book page wreath by Living …

First of all, I want to know where Nikki from Nikki’s Nifty Knacks shops, because she found some K&Company Amy Butler fabric tags and buttons at her favorite dollar store. Say what? That’s amazing. Then she found a sweatshirt for just one buck at her dollar store, too (I have actually seen those at my local Dollar Tree – amazing deal!). She combined the two …

What do you do with your plastic grocery bags? I leave mine stuffed inside another plastic bag and hanging on a doorknob in the pantry. Not the most attractive or convenient way to store them! Check this great tidy tip from A Lil Bird told me – you can fold your grocery bags neatly in tucked triangular formation (kind of like you fold the American …