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Okay, I don’t know about you, but I don’t really go all out when it comes to gift wrapping. I mean I have a 6 year old, a 5 year old and a 3 year old…. they tear that wrapping paper up! LOL!

I think the only person who cares about not ripping wrapping paper in my circle is my dad and I get frustrated just looking at him taking his time not to mess up the wrapping paper.

I’m like “Open it up already!”

Ha! So when it actually comes to making them a little bit prettier, I head to Dollar Tree….. cause I know it’s going to get ripped up anyway!

And if you feel the same way I do, make sure you check out my ideas below.

Welcome to Day 9 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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It’s Day 9 and we are sharing Pretty Gift Wrapping Ideas!

Dollar Tree Christmas Gift Wrap Ideas

The first thing I do when I want to make a present look nicer is add a simple ribbon. Seriously that is all it takes. I wrap it horizontally and vertically and tie it in the front with a bow.

Boom!

But if you want it to look a little fancier, take a garland pick (the same I used to spruce up my Dollar Tree Farmhouse Trees) and bend it in order to form a wreath. Add it to the ribbon and you’re done!

Okay if that is not your cup of tea, you can always add a bow with a little bit of greenery.

Or you can always add an additional “gift” by adding an ornament that matches the theme of your paper.

Or you can add a little bit of effort and make one yourself! I literally made the ornament below with popsicle sticks and wooden dowels. I freehanded the reindeer with a paint pen and added a red nose. Cute!

All of the items I used were from Dollar Tree including the ribbon. The only thing I did not use from Dollar Tree was the wooden dowel that I used to make the frame of the ornament above.

Simple and inexpensive yet totally makes a statement and elevates your gift wrap. How awesome is that!?

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So there comes a time in a kid’s life where they enter that in between stage… ya know, not a “kid” anymore and not a teen either. That “tween” stage. It’s at this awkward time that we scratch our heads the hardest and ask, “What in the world am I going to get him/her?!”

Well I have a few nieces in that stage (and you may too) so I thought I would share this cute little gem I found at my local $5 and Below store….

Welcome to Day 8 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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It’s Day 8 and we are sharing Christmas In A Jar Ideas!

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Easy Christmas in a Jar for a Tween

As you know by now I am a little obsessed with Dollar Tree and I go there for all things crafty. However, I saw a $5 and Below from the corner of my eye while shopping a couple of weeks ago and decided to try it again…

The first time I went I wasn’t impressed, but I guess Dollar Tree has become such a big hit that they had to “up the ante”. 

And let me tell you I was so happy they did! They have all sorts of goodies (that are actually nice!) in there and since nothing is over $5 it is all very reasonable.

While strolling through the store, I came across this little beauty:

Isn’t it adorable!?

It’s a frickin’ mason jar with nail polish and accessories inside and you can use the container to drink cause it has a frickin’ straw! 😱

I felt like a 90’s teenager who won front row tickets to see NSYNC!

Okay maybe not that excited… 

But still! I just had to get it!

The colors were girly but not too girly.

The nail polish wasn’t too “adult”.

They could all be contained in the jar for no clutter (thinking like a mom here).

It was a done deal for me…

The only, and I mean only, thing is that the cup is not glass (which may be a good thing for a Tween) but that was the only downside.

But you can totally get all kinds of stylish ones in different colors like the ones below if you are looking for something a little more “higher end” – you can totally DIY this and I probably would have if the idea had crossed my mind without seeing this first. But it looks like the universe gave me a break. 😂

Now, of course this isn’t the only thing I would get a niece for Christmas, but it is a nice little side gift.😉

And of course you can always fill it up with the polishes and accessories of your choice if you wish to piece them together yourself.

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Happy Monday! I am back at it again this week for more Christmas goodness!

Welcome to Day 7 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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It’s Day 7 and we are sharing Holiday Decor Ideas!

So, as you know I created a YouTube channel in order to share my projects there as well. Since becoming part of the YouTube community I have joined in on several challenges and have gotten to know other Youtubers.

One of my favorite challenges is the $5 Goodwill Challenge and there is one every season. I thought my project for this Christmas edition was perfect since I decided to created a Christmas centerpiece out of the candleholder I bought for $2.92 at my local Goodwill.

I used that outdated candleholder and turned it into this!!!

Of course, I made a DIY burlap box to go around it as well and in my latest video, I show you just how to make it…. sometimes, things are better seen than read. 😉

Most of the items you see are from Dollar Tree and the burlap was leftover from another project…

I wanted to keep this centerpiece neutral and rustic and I think I achieved just that!

Now grab a coffee and a donut (or two) sit back and enjoy the tutorial below!

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Happy Friday friends! Today I hope to get you inspired so that you can hurry to your nearest Dollar Tree and get to crafting over the weekend. I am so in love with my Farmhouse inspired berry ornament and I think you will be too. Plus it’s super fun to make!

Welcome to Day 6 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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It’s Day 6 and we are sharing DIY Ornament Ideas!

DIY Dollar Tree Farmhouse Ornament

I am not going to keep you waiting so we are going to get right into it!

Here’s what you need:

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• Dollar Tree Berry Bush
• Glue Gun
• Dollar Tree Styrofoam Balls (or Dollar Tree ornaments)
• Acrylic Paint (optional)
• Glossy Mod Podge
• Twine
• Ribbon
• Scissors

Cut a piece of twine and add it to your ornament (adhere with hot glue)

Then pull off the berries from the berry bushes. Try to be gentle with them.

Then start hot-gluing them on the styrofoam ball.

You will notice little white spots on them from where they were originally glued, just try to glue that side onto the styrofoam ball. 

Try to glue them as close as possible and work your way around the entire ball.

If there are any bare white spots you can touch them up with red acrylic paint. Then apply glossy mod podge to seal it all around.

Finally when it’s dry, just hot glue a small ribbon on top and hang on your tree!

Didn’t these turn out amazing?!?! I simply love them.

If you love these, you will love my fabric ones below as well. Make sure to check out my YouTube channel to see the tutorial on those!

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Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I am excited to be sharing another fun DIY today that you can do with your kids! PLUS, I have a FREE printable pattern for you at the end of this post that you can use to make your own as well! 

Welcome to Day 4 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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It’s Day 4 and we are sharing Kids Christmas Craft Ideas!

DIY Dollar Tree Christmas Woodland Animals

If you have been here for a bit you know I have a slight obsession with hoarding collecting craft materials so you would not be surprised to know that I had a few extra Dollar Tree foam pumpkins lying around after my Fall crafts this year ( i.e. my Dollar Tree succulent pumpkin planters).

I wanted to repurpose them for a Christmas DIY and started gathering inspiration online, but most people only use them to create snowmen. I am not necessarily fond of snowmen in my Christmas decor…

I mean, did you see my rustic snowman ornament from last year??? Yep, that’s as “snowman” as  it gets for me. 😂

So I kept thinking and I came across some cute woodland ornaments on Pinterest and BINGO! There it was. My new idea!

I was determined to make these foam pumpkins into woodland animals and do them with my kiddos (more so my oldest, my son gets bored easily and my littlest…. well,  she’s too young to work with hot glue).

But alas! I was able to do it and I am going to share with you how.

Here is what you need:

SUPPLIES:

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• Dollar Tree Foam Pumpkins
• Felt Sheets
• Googly eyes
• Craft pom poms
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun
• Acrylic Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Misc. Christmas Foliage

Okay so first, grab your pumpkin. You can remove the stem or keep it on. We removed it. You can also paint the pumpkin your desired color. Since we were making a fox we didn’t have to paint this one, but if you were to make a reindeer you would paint it light brown. If you wanted to paint a raccoon, you would paint it gray etc.

Next you want to cover the top, I simply cut out an orange circle of felt and we hot glued it on (you won’t notice this later on).

Afterwards, you want to cut out white pieces of felt for the face.

And place them as follows:

Then glue a pom pom on the center of those white pieces for the nose.

After that, you want to add the google eyes. You can start seeing the little guy come together now… however, I think he got into a fight since his nose is slightly crooked (my daughter and I laughed at that).

Then you want to cut ears out of both white and orange felt and glue them together.

Then you glue toothpicks to the back of them. You can totally add the toothpick in between the felt sheets too. 

Then you want to add hot glue on the bottoms of the ears and the tip of the toothpick before you insert it into the pumpkin.

My daughter was getting so excited by this point (and momma was totally relieved that he actually resembled something close to a fox… remember I was winging this as I went here).

But of course, we were not done yet!!!

We had to add some Christmas flair! And since I had some leftover garland picks that I used to fluff my Dollar Tree Farmhouse Christmas Trees I decided to use one to add a little crown to the top of the fox.

And then a bow and some berries and then he…. I mean she…. was done!

We love how it turned out, crooked nose and all!

As well as the other little woodland animals we came up with…

Eek! This was so fun!

I think we did pretty good. Whatcha think?!

If you love these fun woodland animals as much as we do, make sure to download the patterns I created for them. They are nothing fancy, but it will save you the trouble of figuring it out yourself. Scroll a little more to get access to them! 

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And don’t forget to grab your free pattern below!

I hope you have been enjoying the 12 Days of Christmas so far and have been getting a ton of inspiration and ideas for your holidays. If you love anything farmhouse then you are sure to love today’s DIY I have for you!

Welcome to Day 3 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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It’s Day 3 and we are sharing DIY Christmas Countdown Calendar Ideas!

DIY Letterboard Christmas Countdown Ornament

Supplies:

• 1/4″ square dowel
• 1 black felt sheet
• 1 pack of round wood dowels from Dollar Tree
• Glue Gun
• Small piece of poster board
• Ribbon
• Letter board letters
• Mini Miter Box Saw Kit

First gather your materials, these are extremely inexpensive. You are looking at about $2.50 below.

Then you want to cut the mini round dowels and take away 2 1/4″ off of them since they are a little too long. Isn’t my little mini saw the cutest?!

Next, you need to cut little felt sheets to fit over the dowels.

Glue the felt down with hot glue.

After gluing them with the felt, you want to glue them all together (side by side) and frame them with the square dowel.

You will need to cut 2 of the square dowel pieces to 4 1/4″ and the other 2 square dowels at 5″.

You can see how I glued them together below.

RELATED: Last Year’s Dollar Tree Countdown to Christmas

You will need to add a piece of poster board (or cardboard) to the back to keep them all together.

Then finally, you add a ribbon to hang onto your tree and you can can also add one on the front for decoration.

Finally you will add your letters. But a word of caution…

Since this is not made like the regular letter boards with the right pressure to hold the letters, it will be a little harder for them to stay on so I suggest to glue the “Days Till Xmas” part and leave the numbers free.

If you don’t wish to glue the letters down, then I would suggest using popsicle sticks instead of the round dowels.. You can also find them at Dollar Tree. For that you will need to glue 2 popsicle sticks together before covering them in felt.

Since the popsicle sticks aren’t as round, the gaps between them won’t be as large so they will hold the letters better.

I hope you liked this cute farmhouse inspired DIY! I absolutely love this DIY Letterboard Christmas Countdown Ornament and I cannot wait to use it this Christmas season!

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As always you can check the video tutorial below….

Welcome to Day 1 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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It’s Day 1 and we are sharing DIY Wreath Ideas!

DIY Lit Birch Wreath – Pottery Barn Dupe

For my DIY Wreath, I decided to do something totally different and out of my comfort zone, because I figured everyone would be expecting a traditional Christmas wreath. I saw this amazing looking lit birch wreath on Pottery Barn’s site.

Yeah, it was pretty but too expensive so I decided to recreate it myself.

And don’t forget you can always see a video tutorial of this project on my YouTube channel. 

I had this foam wreath from Dollar Tree in my craft stash…

I painted it with a tan acrylic paint I had on hand.

I decided to use some “faux” wood scrapbook paper from Hobby Lobby, but since it was one-sided I had to paint the other side. And I just brushed on that tan acrylic paint along with some great and white. I just used long streaks and alternated the colors.

Below you can see what both sides looked like.

Okay so after the paint dried, I created a leaf template from poster board and I traced it on the paper and began to cut the small leaves. I used 3 sheets total for this 10 inch wreath…

After they were all cut, I used a hot glue stick (not hot of course) to create a curve on the leaves.

Then I began hot-gluing them to the wreath. I made sure to place both front and backs of the paper randomly and I also did not add any leaves on the back so that it would lay flat up against the wall.

This is what the wreath looked like after it had all the leaves on it.

Then since the original had glitter on it I mixed some gold and silver from my stash (gotta love that stash!) and added to it randomly as well.

I decided to also dry-brush some gold acrylic paint throughout it as well. The best brush to use for this is a fan brush.

Then finally, I sprayed it with some spray adhesive so that the glitter wouldn’t keep going everywhere.

I think I still have glitter on me 😂

And voila! I had my own “birch” wreath!

I added the same kind of fairy lights that I used for my farmhouse floral sconces and it works great!

Whatcha think? I know it’s different, but I am so glad I tried it! The original cost $129 and mine only cost $3.25! Can’t beat that.

If you liked it too, please pin and share with your friends!

I will see you guys Wednesday!

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