Inspired greatly by all the wonderful frugal craft sites I've found over the past 18 hours or so, I decided to take a quick trip to Dollar Tree for some supplies today. I had certain craft projects in mind when going in, and picked up a few other ideas after looking around.
In total, I spent $13 on supplies at Dollar Tree, and $1.97 on ribbon at Walmart. Here's what I got:
4 Decorative Towels
1 2-pack of Pot Holders
2 1-pack of Pot Holders
1 2-pack of Dish Cloths
1 pair of knee high socks
4 knit scarves
Not pictured is the spool of white grosgrain ribbon I bought at Walmart.
To see what all I intend to make from the supplies, and instructions on how to make these easy craft items, check out my blog post, Dollar Store Craft Day, at My Frugal Family.
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When I lived up north, before Dollar Tree came along,t here was an awesome dollar store called Dollar Daze. It was a chain, but a local chain. It was huge, and they often got in some really awesome things for a slight mark up from the dollar price tag. One year, I found the Betty Crocker mini fill cake pans for $3 each. I bought several, and sold most of them on Ebay for $5-15 each. So nice... I miss the store, but the past few times I went to it while up there, I noticed the quality has gone down, and there are more and more higher priced items. They had things like $10 bratz dolls. While about 85% of the store is $1 or under, it used to be 95% at least.
I'm going to keep them in mind