Dollar Store Christmas: A Dollar Tree Display

Here is another fun Dollar Tree Idea!!

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Dollar Store Christmas: White Chocolate Candy Cane Pudding Cookies

White Chocolate Candy Cane Pudding Cookies

adapted from this great original recipe found over at Chef in Training

2-1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup butter

3/4 cups brown sugar

1/4 cup sugar

1 (3.4 oz) package Candy Cane Pudding Mix

3/4 cup yellow, white or vanilla cake mix

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 package (12 oz) white chocolate chips

1/4 to 1/2 cup crushed candy canes, on top of cookies

Preheat oven to 350. Stir together flour, salt and baking soda and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars together. Add in pudding package and cake mix and beat until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until smooth. Add flour mixture slowly until well incorporated. Add in the entire bag of white chocolate chips and mix. Scoop out 1" balls onto a greased baking sheet. Flatten and sprinkle with candy canes before baking. Bake at 350 for 10 - 12 minutes.

Dollar Store Christmas: 8 inexpensive Gift Ideas!

Here are 8 cute ideas from Teaching Heart Net

 Print the files and get the little treats and fill up a basket of gifts for giving out to your favorite peoople.  The ideas are below and if you would like to purchase the tags and other winter DIY printables, click here. 

I will start with a free one you can print and use today!!!

BONUS: Chip and Dip Neighbor Gift.  You can download and print the tag here for free!!!  Hope you “dip” into a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

1.) We WHISK You a Merry Kissmass.  Just a dollar store whisk filled with Hershey Kisses.  The tag is super cute!

2.) May Your Christmas Be Filled With Light.  Just a small Christmas scented candle with a cute tag attached. 

3.) MAy your cup be filled with Christmas Cheer.  Fill a mug or cup like below with candy and attach a tag!

4.)A dish towel set with a cute tag with a holiday poem…  So cute!

5.) May you wrap-up a wonderful Christmas – Dollar store wrapping paper and attach a cute tag.

6.) Give the gift of reading – any book and a cute tag. 

7.) – Oven Mitt Gift – Got the oven mitt at the dollar store and I added spaghettie and pesto sauce.  Dinner is ready over the busy holiday!

8.) I’d have to be nuts to miss the chance to wish you a Merry Christmas. – My favorite nuts with cute tag attached!!! 

Dollar Store Christmas: A Gift Idea.....

Ok, so here's another inexpensive fun little gift..

 What you need: Clear frames (I BOUGHT mine at Dollar Tree for, you guessed IT ... $ 1.00) Post-IT's (I BOUGHT A Generic pack at Wal-Mart for $ 1.74. Had enough in this one pack for 5 presents) Scrapbook paper / embellishments (Already HAD These.) I Think IT's Pretty Self Explanatory how to do this project Little, but here Goes ... Cut Scrapbook paper to fit frame, stick Post-ITS on the Front, and attach Ribbon or embellishment. Done. :) 

Dollar Store Decorating: Make your Own Elf On the Shelf

     This idea comes from Kristian B. 

Instead of purchasing the expensive "Elf on the Shelf," I picked up this guy at The Dollar Tree. Then I typed up a cute note, and my daughter found him the day after Thanksgiving with a Christmas Countdown Calendar. So fun!

Do you have a Frugal Holiday Idea or Dollar Tree Project to share?

Email Me at tricitiesfrugalchick@gmail.com

Dollar Store Decorating: Acorn Frame & Cute Candle

This Cute Idea comes from 320 Sycamore .. check out her blog for more ideas!

First up, an acorn frame. We collected some acorns on a hike we took last month,

I just picked up a dollar store frame, and hot glued them around the edge. I included a picture form the hike. I just want to kiss those cute faces.

From that same dollar tree, I grabbed some cinnamon sticks, and a vanilla candle.

I cut the cinnamon sticks with my little garden pruner and hot glued them to the candle.

That’s it.

Craft Store Coupons!!

Michaels:

*40% off any one regular priced item coupon – valid through 11/9*25% Entire Purchase of wall & tabletop frames, framed art & shadow boxes coupon – valid through 11/9*50% Off Custom framing classic collections - valid through 11/9

Hobby Lobby-

*40% off one regular priced item coupon – valid through 11/9

Dollar Store Decorating: Turn Dollar Store Decor into something fabulous !

Here is a simple idea for The holidays!! 

Simple DIY Instructions from Sisteroo

1. Buy tacky bright artificial fall foliage, pumpkins, apples, etc. Throw in a few pine cones for texture.

2. Spray paint with Krylon gold and silver metallic spray paint. I used silver as the base, and puffed just the tiniest wisps of gold paint from a distance--just to dust the tops of the items with pale gold dust.

3. Dot a few of the pumpkins with glue and sprinkle on a bit of silver glitter.

4. Arrange. If you have a thick satin ribbon, wrap it around the edge of your awesome glittery pile of harvest bounty.

Dollar Store Decorating: Christmas Village Makeover

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For the How to on how to do this yourself.. 

Visit Shabby Sweet Cottage

Dollar Store Decorating: Cute Halloween Candle Idea

How about our Spooky Halloween Candles? 

 This idea comes from Crafty in Crosby

The candles, spiders and skeleton all came from Dollar Tree.  

With the addition of a little burlap ribbon, they are fantastic!

Dollar Store Decorating: Upgrade the Dollar Tree Snowflake

Taking a break from the Fall & Halloween Ideas for a few cute

Christmas ones!

Here is a Mrs. Polly Roger's How Too  Upgrade

those super cheap cute snowflakes from

Dollar Tree!! The possibilities  are endless.. but here is my favorite one she did!

Dollar Store Decorating: Country Candle

Here is a cute idea for Christmas Gift!!

I am loving finding lots of ideas for these Dollar Tree Candles!! 

Dollar Store Decorating: Candy Cane Wreath

Candy Cane Wreath from At The Picket Fence

With Only 60 Days till Christmas, and it's freezing outside.. I wanted to bring you some cute Dollar Store Ideas for Christmas while they supplies are still plenty!

Supplies:

one white Styrofoam wreath form
9-10 packs of Dollar Tree acrylic candy canes (depending on size of wreath form)
white or iridescent glitter (optional)
white craft glue
hot glue gun and low temp glue sticks (appropriate for using on Styrofoam)
Ribbon for hanging

Tutorial:

This wreath couldn't have been easier! Begin by hot gluing your candy canes one at a time around your wreath.  Make sure that the ends are tight together, and ends of candy canes are right up against the opening of the wreath.  The tops of the candy canes will be farther apart then the bottom, and the first candy cane will rest on top of the next as seen in the picture below.

When you have all of the candy canes attached, if desired apply craft glue to outer edge and inner edge of wreath and sprinkle with glitter for a pretty finish!

and hang in a fun place to show off your awesome new wreath! Make sure you go visit her blog for two more ideas!!

Dollar Store Decorating: Chef Skeleton

Dollar Tree Decor: Jointed skeleton Child's apron Baking spoon Drawn chef's hat= $3

Dollar Store Decorating: Make your Own Halloween Candles

Here is a simple idea using Candles from The Dollar Tree, hand painted letters, and then 

attaching them to the candle..

 So Simple ( They have these letters at Michael's)

and cute!!

Dollar Store Decorating: Spoofy Up A Skull

Here is an cool idea!~!

For the Complete How Too head to  The V Spot Blog

Dollar Store Decorating: Orange Sweater Vase

Orange Sweater Dollar Store Vase from Posed Perfection

Offers a Super and Frugal idea.. ( This would cute for Christmas too)

Follow the link for directions 

Orange Sweater Dollar Store Vase