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36 Useful Dollar Store Tricks
From organization, decoration, or just plain fun – there are awesome ideas for every room inside and outside the home.
Marilyn Caylor
08.22.19

Are you tight on cash or just looking to stick to a budget? Then the dollar store is your best friend!

These organization, decoration, and other fun tips will have you MacGyvering your way to the home of your dreams in no time!

Shower Caddy Snack Packs

Use shower caddies to divvy up snacks for movie night at home. It’s a great way to keep everyone’s candy, drinks and popcorn organized – and separate!! Since everyone gets to have their own snack box, the only thing the kiddos will be fighting over is which movie to watch.

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Picture Frame Terrarium

This mini terrarium looks like something that you’d buy at an expensive home decor store. But, believe it or not, it’s actually made from dollar store picture frames!

It’s as easy as gluing 4 frames together to form a cube. Then use a chop saw to cut the pieces of the frame for the pyramid on top. You can decorate the inside of this mini terrarium with candles, succulents, or whatever else strikes your fancy.

Check out the full tutorial here.

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Fruity Dots

Turn color dot stickers into “fruit” like lemons, apples, and watermelon. Just cut the dots into half moons, then make the “seeds” with a fine-tipped black pen.

You can use these stickers to decorate things like bullet journals, handmade cards, or gifts.

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Inexpensive Interior Design Hack

Use gold thumbtacks or pushpins to glam up old hand-me-down furniture. It’s perfect for those IKEA pieces that always end up looking rather plain after you assemble them.

The design possibilities here are endless. Use your imagination and have fun with it!

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DIY Flower Wreath

You can easily craft your own flower wreath using a wire coat hanger and dollar store flowers. Bend the coat hanger into a circle and then start stringing like you do with popcorn at Christmas, but with flowers.

Pack on as many different blooms as you like! Each one will look totally unique, and will only set you back about $15.

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Glass Bead Backsplash

The dollar store is a treasure trove of crafty items, and you can usually find glass beads or pebbles in the decoration aisle. Most people just stick them in glass jars and call it a day, but there are plenty of clever ways to use it.

Glue glass beads to your bookshelf to create a beautifully textured backsplash. What a neat accent feature!

Get step-by-step instructions here.

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Hula Hoop Play Tent

Create this fun play tent for your kids with a hula hoop and some curtains. Jazz it up with some fairy lights to give it some girly princess appeal.

The instructions on how to make this simple project can be found here.

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Rainbow Bubble Blowers

Keeping the kids entertained is a full time job. They can easily get bored with toys they’ve played with a bazillion times before.

But, when you throw a sock on a bubble blower and turn the suds into rainbow snakes, they’ll be begging for more!

This DIY here will teach you how to make one of these for your kids or grandkids. Basically all you need is an empty plastic water bottle, an old sock, and some duct tape.

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Lucky for you, the number of ways you can use dollar store items in your home doesn’t end here!

Watch the video below for 28 more Dollar Store ideas for every room inside and outside your home.

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