It’s time to link up for this month’s craft challenge, sponsored by Dollar Tree!  This month’s theme is based on some of our favorite dollar store crafting items:  school supplies!  Submit your craft below and you might be our lucky winner, who will walk away with a $100 Dollar Tree gift card!  (Imagine all the school supplies you could buy with that!)  So, readers…  What can you make using school supplies as craft supplies?

Are you ready?  First let’s recap the challenge rules:

1. Post your project on your blog, or as a post in the “Community” Section on Dollar Store Crafts. A photo of your project is required, as well as a list of materials used.

2. Submit a link to your project using the linky submission that will at the bottom of the contest entry post.

Dates: August 1st, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT). Linky Party closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on August 7th, 2012.

Multiple entries by the same person are accepted, however, only one prize will be awarded.

Eligibility: Residents of the USA, 18 and older

Winner Selection: There will be 1 Winner, chosen by a team of 3 judges who include 2 members of the Dollar Store Crafts staff, and one independent person with expertise in the area of crafting. Entries will be judged on the basis of the following criteria: originality, usefulness, creativity, clarity of instructions, and availability of materials at dollar stores.

Prize: $100 gift card to Dollar Tree.

And now for the entries!