Recently, I told you that I met up with Breanna, a DSC fan, for a day of Dollar Store Craft shopping at Dollar Tree. She shared a great 15 second tutorial for making cool glass pedestal apothecary jars. I made another video that shows some of the things we found on our trip. If you aren’t a video watcher, I rounded up the highlights from …

On my last several trips to the dollar store, I’ve seen lots of packages of those trendy shaped rubber bands. I stumbled across this adorable tutorial on The Soap Queen’s blog, which uses melt and pour soap along with those rubber bands to make a super-cute party favor or gift. [how to make rubber band embedded soap]
You might not remember, but one of my very …

My dollar store has a lot of these pirate play sets in stock right now, and they include a foam pirate hat. It’s cute, but it’s not as cool as a tricorn pirate hat (a la Captain Jack Sparrow), so I quickly hacked my dollar store pirate hat into a tricorn hat. Much more piratey! Just in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day, September …

Whether we want to admit it or not, fall is nearly upon us.  That means it’s time to start thinking about Halloween crafts!  I had Halloween on the brain at Dollar Tree the other day, and after finding an 18 inch straw wreath form, I decided that a festive Halloween wreath was in order.
Unfortunately, my local store doesn’t have much Halloween merchandise out yet, so …

Inspired by a project she saw in a booklet from Lowe’s, Kristi (aka Cupcake Mama) from Cupcake Daze came up with her own version of a slate tile tic-tac-toe board.  She used a slate floor tile as the base, with felt stick-on pads underneath to avoid scratching your table top.  The X and O markers are made by simply painting the letters onto stones, which …

I’ve always secretly hoped that my first child will be a girl, largely because of adorable projects like this rose petal dress.  DSC reader Emmylou Hart came up with this cute little number for her blog, sewn, using a light pink girls t-shirt and a bag of silk rose petals.  The instructions will make any size dress from infant up to 4t.  Emmylou also has …

Sugar skulls are a traditional part of the Day of the Dead (aka Dia de los Muertos) decorations and ritual. Usually they’re not made to be eaten, but I found these cool skull ice cube trays at the dollar store, and I thought it would be fun to make edible skull decorations. Making edible skulls is cheap, and so easy even a preschooler can do …

I bought a suede shirt at the thrift store several years ago and have been hoarding it until the right project came along. A couple months ago, I realized that was silly — there will always be another unwanted leather garment to be found at a thrift store, so I might as well use this one. In the spirit of stashbusting, I decided to cut …

This week, I met up with Breanna for a dollar store crafting date. Breanna is a fan of Dollar Store Crafts, and we met through the DSC Facebook page. I had a great time checking out the Dollar Tree with her. She shared a couple of her favorite dollar store crafting ideas with me, including this DIY apothecary project. It’s so simple and cheap, that …

The dollar store has an entire aisle of faux flowers. I admit, these have stumped me. I am not much of a faux flowers person, so I just never buy them and never make anything with them. This idea, by Holiday Crafts and Creations, is a wedding kissing ball, or pomander. The pomanders shown in this photo are made with handmade paper daisies (awesome!), but …