Some really super ideas. I love the place mat pillows and the plastic placemats in the fridge. Well done. I went into the Dollar Tree near me and was blown away by the people following Covid protocols and the exemplary service from the gentleman at the register. Watching him almost scientifically pack the customer ahead of me was unreal. He ended by handing her the Graham cracker pie crust so it wouldn’t break. Any supermarket wouldn’t care. I had a similar experience in Family Dollar today, sane company. The cashier came out from behind the register to show me where everything was. Well done!!! I will ll be back, shopping in your stores is a pleasure.
And mine are absolute dumps. Poor management and a turnstile of managers and always understaffed and downright filthy. In other areas they are beautiful! Make me want to drive out of state to shop!
It’s sad when it seems people just watch these things to find criticism. Don’t watch it if you aren’t looking for some great ideas. I personally am very happy to have found this video. Great ideas.
Like i said you got brainwash to even think using china items are safe. Thay are not safe. 99% of dollar store products will end up in garbage > landfill
I really like the placemat idea. My new house has glass upper cabinets and bright colored mats would look great . Also I HATE wiping out the fridge shelves-mats would be great there.
I was just there this past weekend dropped 50 bucks easy!! Love it!! I line my fridge with the long flat foil pans easy to clean!! also I use the baskets in my personal bathroom!! 😍🤩♥️
Oh. That is a great idea about the foil pans. Also makes looking for stuff in the back by just pulling it out some. Thank you for this great idea. Heading there this weekend. FYI. Hope they are not made in China.
Such great ideas! I especially love the one for the fridge. Just went to buy some items at the $1 store to organize my makeup collection. It's a great place to find some pretty things to make your clutter like neat and lovely.
Thank you for these ideas. They'll come in handy with the spring coming up. I really like the laundry bin idea to take to the beach you don't have to worry about LARGE amounts of sand because they'll fall through the openings, the toys will dry quickly and it's easier to transport. Thank you for you time & ideas
I keep these types of mesh bags in the toy trunk we carry in the van for summer toys and towel (and a few squirt guns.) When the nice weather arrives the niece and nephew always make sure I have that oy trunk along and the mesh bag is a good way to carry the basketball, soccer ball, small bouncy balls for kickball or whatever.
I used different sized plastic boxes to organize our camper. I attached them to the walls with command hooks then hung them through the holes in the baskets. Can't put heavy things in them but it did a great job. I'm so proud of it!😌
I thought so too but unless you glue them in place they just slide down to the bottom of the hangers, no matter how tightly you wrap them. I had 200 hangers to do and almost all had this problem soon after I did this. I should have glued them when I first did it. I didn't have time or energy to mess with it again. I just went to Walmart and bought thin space saving hangers that are covered in a velvety material. Now no slippage and I have more room in my closet!
Moved to apt. in ver old home. Many doors had about a 1/2" clearance to the floor (must have all been carpeted at some time), which caused a lot of draft. Instead of paying $10+ for those draft dogers, I bought a couple pool noodles, cut them to length, sliced lengthwise on one side, then slipped the noodle around the bottom of the door...no more drafts.
@@---nj7hl I love my pool noodles!!! I have them everywhere I can find a place for them, even made a hernia pillow for my preggy friend lol. Love all the colors and sizes. Great at the bottom of a dried or fake flower arrangement
Last Christmas I bought the clear dinner plates to make pretty cookie trays for gifts. Decoupage fabric to bottom of plate and let dry. I liked the smaller bread plate size for candy holders too. You can even get dishwasher safe decoupage. These gifts were so pretty plus inexpensive!
I Love it, thanks for sharing. Another reason I love inexpensive things is because I love to change and move things around when I am feeling some kinda way, it helps me focus and stay on track. This is one small thing that makes me a bit happier. Life is good when you know the truth and stay in your lane. 👍👍👍👍
LOVE me some Dollar Tree time. I already use several of these Dollar Store ideas. Place mat fridge liners, Dollar Tree little rectangular baskets hung with Command Hooks (Wal-Mart) on back of door spice rack & storage for sponges, hot melt fragrance wax for wax melt burners, pencils etc.
I live next to a flower shop. The small wreaths START at $85 and go up. A plain, undecorated Christmas wreath...just the greens...starts at $50. $300 for a beautiful, well-made arrangement is not unusual.
Hi, everyone. This isn't a Dollar store idea, but it's very useful and practical: If you are like me, you have a drawer filled with address stickers...some accurate, some not, but about 3.45M of them! I recently found a great use for them: as precut pieces of clear sticky tape, (i.e. Scotch tape). Of course, its not for public things, just the scads of uses for clear sticky tape in the home. I started using it shyly, but then more and more and am delighted each time I find an additional application. And, these labels are strong. I used to shred them, and still do with some, but now I have a piece of tape all ready to peel off the paper! Hope this helps others out there. : )
The little organize bins very frustrating. I cant never find a combination that works perfectly for any of my drawers. So I bought a couple foam board, glue gun and a exacto knife. Once you figure out the measurement, sky is the limit.
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I had the same problem with my drawers. They were either too high, too low, or that last one just didn't fit right! Thanks for the idea, I use foam board for a lot of things, now that will be my new project 😀👍
I agree. The bins are not squared correctly and they all have a lip at the top so they don’t nest or fit well side-by-side in the drawers which makes some wasted space.
I love using the toy noodles in my boots, so they don't get ruined. Just cut them to the size of your boot legs and insert. I once used newspaper, but that got really messy. Thank you for the video..
I thought so too but unless you glue them in place they just slide down to the bottom of the hangers, no matter how tightly you wrap them. I had 200 hangers to do and almost all had this problem soon after I did this. I should have glued them when I first did it. I didn't have time or energy to mess with it again. I just went to Walmart and bought thin space saving hangers that are covered in a velvety material. Now no slippage and I have more room in my closet!
Thank you !!!! I find a lot of the ideas fun for young teens to make a few dollars at craft/veggie/lula roe outside events. This is fabulous and gives kids earning potential / good funding ideas for young athletes. With parental supervision, I think it is much better then kids standing outside of stores begging.
iLOVE the Dollar Stores.Sometimes u can really find expensive looking things for your home. Also,when going to the movies,we go there and load my purse up with goodies instead of having to pay 5 bux for a damn box of candies.
Great tips. I have used some of the small bins to un- clutter draws and as silverware seperator. Also for almost anything in pantry to keep things organized.
A Dollar Store treat while working on your crafts: $3.00. Cherry pie filling, already made angel food cake or similar dessert, and whipped cream. Add walnuts or pecans. Total $4.00, 4-5 servings.
For my daughter's 6th Birthday party we took the kids to our local McDonald's . They each picked which kids meal they wanted and after went to the play area where they had different activities. Instead of goodie bags we went to the dollar store across the street and gave each kid three dollars to pick out any 3 things they wanted. They had a great time picking out what they wanted . It was such an easy but fun day and it only cost 50.00 dollars and change for her Birthday.
Don't use hot glue for the felt piece throw. When you wash the throw, it'll fall apart. Instead, either sew the pieces together or use permanent fabric glue.
Don't use hot glue for weighty glass. It is a temporary bond at best and will quickly fail. Hot glue works best on porous surfaces and will not tolerate being outdoors for long if used on smooth surfaces.
redcrimson I'm no expert but what is your end use? Kinda depends on the environment (heat, cold, moisture) and how much stress it will need to endure. How about Loctite Glass Glue? I've never used it but it's worth a try. One thing you might consider is using fabric as a base for gluing the stones and then wrap that decorated fabric around the glass. Depends on the shape I imagine, but I decorated an "up light" that way (minus the stones). Remember that you'll eventually need to clean your project. Will it hold up to washing or will you need to use a spray cleaner like the stuff I use to clean "silk" flowers? -- or maybe just a dusting will suffice. The Loctite says it's safe for the dishwasher. If true, that's pretty tough stuff.
A tip for hot glue: Say you want to glue together two stainless steel spoons or other smooth materials. If you lay some glue on one spoon and then press another onto it, it will stick for a while but won't take much stress or big temperature swings such as outdoors in New England. But if you wrap the glue around the two objects it will hold far better. Even if the glue bond fails, the spoons will still hold because they are "trapped" in the glue. Yes, the glue will show but you can cover it with findings or a "silk" flower etc. Edit: for something like the above you would use High Temp glue. Never low temp - which is more flexible and softens with heat faster (such as direct sunlight).
Need a bit of insulation for a window or glass door in the winter..?? the dollar store carries poster board that is paper on outsides with a styrofoam material in the middle.. they're a decent like 3ftx2ft size.. where else will you find insulation that size for a buck. I've had some in the windows of my travel trailer and they've held up for two years now..
My dollar tree is clean and organized. My favorite buy was butter dishes, the top, turned up side down is the perfect size box to hold things in my narrow medicine cabinet. For real. But, after watching this video I think I will make gifts out of the bottoms.... clear plastic chimes hanging from wire coat hangers on yarn wrapped in pipe cleaners. Maybe I'll roll up baby socks and tie them in the center to look like flowers and glue them on the coat hanger......my friends will appreciate the decorative gift.(okay, I'm making this part up, lol).
If your fridge has wire racks, do not cover them with anything. This blocks circulation of cold air to keep your foods cold. You will be calling out a repairman for service unnecessarily.
that's fine, but there are those of use who have maintained our fridges (like me) and I am still using my fridge that I bought back in 1975 - and it has wire shelves - in fact the original user manual instructs the user to NOT cover the shelves with a solid sheet because it will impede the proper flow of cooling air
Wow, Who know! Last month cleaned my refrigerator and cover the glass shelf with plate mats from the Dollar Tree. I used the table cloth as a liner for my dog and place on the deck with training pads for my dog. Maybe, I should do a video.
Some are just small stores, we have one now thats in another town and it's frigging huge, 10 times the size, like a supermarket, well a smaller one hah! And they have more and better stuff, same company though. Just watch, things are now made for the dollar store, cat treats at Walmart are actually cheaper because you get more, and Easter grass, like 88 cents at Walmart. I bought the plastic shoe boxes and found better ones at Walmart for 88 cents. But the BIG dollar tree had bigger ones and nicer ones for a dollar. Just like when you grocery shop, the price on the left in orange is by volume, so you can compare sizes, guess what though, bigger used to always mean cheaper. NO MORE, they know this and that most don't bother looking at volume prices, since they are all measure using the same, gallon, lb, etc, the higher price is instantly the worst price, and frequently i am finding manufacturers charging more per volume in LARGE sizes not smaller. Like a small ketchup might cost less per volume than the bigger one, so LOOK PEOPLE DON'T BE IGNORANT. They are ripping you off, like a lb of coffee is now 13 oz, and 5 lbs of sugar is 3 or 4 lbs now, same price, LESS PRODUCT. Don't be tricked.
When I lived in California we had a GIANT dollar tree that had anything. When we moved our dollar tree here is tiny. I had to have a special order delivered to the store just to get enough of the item I needed.
This is a wonderful video. I never would have thought of some of this and it's so great. I'm getting those refrigerator mats and labels today. Life just got a whole lot easier for me: thank you so much!
Dried spray glue leaves enough grip to keep your clothes from falling off. Just wipe your hangers with alcohol or windex, let it completely dry, then spray glue along the top edges of your hanging hangers (not the hook). Let dry before use, or your clothes might not want to let go. Also, make sure you are upwind of the spray so you don't get any on you or inhale it.
So glad I saw this video there are 9 ideas I have to try and the chandelier idea is just perfect timing!!! You saved me from spending 85 $ at target this will be a fun craft idea and something I can take pride in I did myself and it looks great
you can also accordion-fold dollar store table runners, neckties and socks to make the ring holder tray. anything long and silky. no cotton batting necessary. you can hot glue the accordion to the bottom of the tray for stability if you want.
U can also use the small foam curlers that look like a mini pool noodle and cover with fabric or contact p and cut them to the size of small boxes and put together in a larger box
See if you can find a DVD of the movie "The Cheap Detective", with Peter Falk and Ann-Margret. The way she pronounces "baubles" is something of a plot point. (The movie's dated 1978, so it's been waiting almost 43 years for you to hear it.)
My mom made Christmas wreaths with wire hangers using different colors of yarn and adding details ! I remember her doing that in 80s ! She sold a bunch !