Craft with me on a budget: Source materials from the Dollar Store!

This weekend I was feeling inspired. I wanted to take some found materials and turn them into beautiful garden decorations. In this post I'll show you how I created these decorations on the cheap!

First, I wandered around the edges of my garden and pulled weeds. As I did so, occasionally I would find little knick knacks and yard decorations from the previous owners. Various things that have been long forgotten and buried in dirt and weeds.

One of those items was a really nice, shiny silver teapot. I knew I could do something with that so I rescued it from its hiding place and cleaned it up.

With that project in mind, I went to the Dollar Tree. The dollar tree gets a bad rep for having cheap shit that's not even worth a buck. That may be true for some of it, but for the most part, the dollar store is a great place to find most items. The craft ailse is a super steal on most stuff. Here's a small list of craft items I've seen or purchased at my dollar tree store. See if any of it inspires you and then head to your local store and stock up! 😄

googly eyes
yarn
smooth rocks
white rocks
colored sand
fake flowers
fake succulents
marbles
butterfly and bird clips
mod podge!!!
hot glue gun refills
vases and decorative bowls
led candles and string lights
mason jars
glitter glue
Stencils

The list could go on and on. They've got loads. Some of it I even purchase and resell for more on Amazon. Its really good quality stuff you guys!

Ok, so for the teapot, I grabbed an artificial succulent and some white rocks. The succulent, luckily was the perfect size to fit in the opening of the teapot without falling through. I just hot glued it in place!

Added some rocks and a marble. Plus, a bird for good measure. Hot glue all in place. 💜💜💜

Easy!

Next, I had some decorative bowls from the dollar store. For these, I placed one led candle inside the bowl and then filled around it with rocks, sand and those wicker balls, all from the dollar tree. Total cost for all materials -$8. I was able to make 2 of them and still had rocks and sand leftover. 😍

Cool right?

For my last project, I had 2 plain pots that I wanted to decorate. My mom bought these for me, they are not from the dollar tree, but they aren't that expensive. I used some dollar tree materials in my crafting of them though. So let's see!

First, I tried stencils and spray paint. That didn't go well and I tried to fix the lettering with acrylic paint. I wasn't happy with how it was turning out though.


Spray painted some black over the whole thing and started over!

Don't be afraid to fail. You can always wing it! 😉

For the shooting stars, I crushed up some of the white rock with a hammer. (That's fun times, i highly recommend it). Then I painted on some mod podge in the shape I wanted and sprinkled the crushed rock over the glue. Once it was all dry, I put another coat of mod podge over it to seal everything.

I'm really happy with how it turned out in the end! 💜

This last one is my favourite though. I actually set that first one aside after I screwed up the stencil and began working on this one. I love how it turned out. Let's take a look!

I didn't get any progress pics of this one, I was in the zone. 🤣

First, I glued the marbles to look like a waterfall. Then I glued the white rocks all around the bottom and sides. Then I glued on the butterfly and painted the scene. Mod podge over the top to seal it and....

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Looks fancy right?
Don't forget, the butterfly, rocks and marbles are all from the dollar store! 😀

That's how I craft on a budget! Hopefully some of my tips and tricks will help you in your future crafting! Love and light to all who read this!

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