Have you checked the wedding section at Dollar Tree lately? They always have lots of good stuff to craft with. One of our readers, Jennifer, over at the Dollar Store Crafts Facebook page just brought home a load of closeout wedding stuff and wants to know what to make with it:
All right, so my dollar store had some of the wedding stuff discounted 75% off! I knew I could make crafts with them, but I am lacking some ideas. I ended up with the 80 packs of gold rings, the packs of small clear plastic Cinderella shoes and some small plastic swans. Any suggestions? I was thinking of doing a mod podge/glitter combo on the shoes to make them sparkle, but other than that I cant think of anything. Oh and be on the lookout for clearanced wedding stuff! We stopped by another dollar store and they had them 50% off.
So, what to do with:
- plastic slippers
- wedding rings
- small plastic swan containers
Go to it, readers!
image: Beckie from Infarrantly Creative (she made Ruby Slippers!)
14 Comments
heidi@thecraftmonkey
the wedding rings I would make bracelets or necklaces with. I think they are the kind that are adjustable right? so they could be used like jump rings to link them together. And then you could spray paint them fun colors. You could also make earrings too!
The swans would be fun to turn into tea light holders (but probably want to use battery operated candles} they could also be painted fun colors. If they float you could float them on a pool at a party!
the shoes would be cute to turn into necklaces. Drill a little hole or use a little jewelry pennant thing {that’s a technical term}
Jenna
I can’t take credit for the idea but I have seen the shoes turned into ruby red slippers with glitter and added to a Wizard of Oz frame. I love the idea.
http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2010/10/no-place-like-home-frame.html
christy
The glass slippers would be perfect for a little girl’s princess themed party!
Tammy
I’ve used the swans at my daughter’s princess party years ago…had them at each place setting w/ little candy inside. Each of the girls also got a shoe w/ their name painted on the side that went in the favor bag.
Jennie
Thank you all for the wonderful ideas! The hole in the shoes/swans are a bit too small/oddly shaped for traditional tea light holders, but I wonder if I could turn them into candles? Has anyone ever attempted this? I am a bit concerned about the plastic melting so if I do I may try the first lighting on a safe surface.
Combining the glitter to make the shoes sparkle and then turning them into a necklace could be fun too! And I could use the rings for the chain!
My daughter is unfortunately now 6 and over the princess theme for parties, but we can still have fun doing crafts with them. 2-4 years ago I would have jumped on the chance to use them for a birthday party for her.
Has anyone else found these discounts?
Kathie
They would be good for party favors if you had a Cinderella themed birthday party!
Karen
Hmm, this is hard.. I’ve already started to think about Halloween. Could you paint the shoes black and do something to look like a witches party? Maybe pair with some little brooms or something? Or maybe a wreath with the black shoes that says “This little witch says, NO SHOES in the house!” ok, lame.. but something along those lines?
Alissa
If you take all the plastic shoes that you’ve made sparkly and then stick some wire to them you can make place card/photo stands. Glue one end of the wire into the back of the shoe, then bend the other end of the wire into a curl or spiral. Depending on the size of the card to be displayed, you might have to use more than one shoe per card, or stick a rock into the shoe to give it more weight.
Staci
I had a princess themed wedding and used the glass slippers as favors. I took coordinating colors of tulle and tied rock candy in them with a little bow and they fit perfectly in the shoe and then set them on a table that had a pumpkin stagecoach. They were soooo cute if I say so myself :)
Lori
If the shoes are big enough it would be cute to put a small plant in them
Sharon Whitaker
As a Activity Director in a nursing home, I have to come up with allot of ideas and believe me the $$ Stores and Thrift stores are my friends! I bought these shoes for Mothers Day. I cut a piece of lace and glued in into the shoe, put a tube of lipstick and then tied a ribbon around the lipstick to hold it in place. All the ladies on Mothers day got one and they loved them! (If I had of thought of it, I could have dressed up the shoes with rinestones on the toe and heel of the shoe)
Shirley
The shoes can easily be used for any decoration, especially on cakes or cupcakes i.e. a ladies party, showers, etc. You could get really quirky and put little “footsteps” with the shoes in a flower bed or pot. Everything works on cakes. Just think outside the box. A carousel cake with something like “go for the gold ring” and a ring hanging on a stick or something, like the old real carousel rings (any not in “the know,” carousels once had an “arm” that moved in and out from the wall next to the carousel. Riders would try to grab a brass ring from the arm as they rode by. If a rider got the ring they got a free ride). I always do an imagine search for whatever I am thinking about or looking for. Often I find great pics with a good website.
Shirley
Correction. “IMAGE” search. Pictures.
LIS
I WOULD USE THE GLASS SLIPPERS FOR A DINNER PARTY FOR HIGHSCHOOL PROM … PLACE SETTINGS…
I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THEM … HOW LONG AGO WERE THESE PURCHASED AT A $ STORE?