Dollar Tree Fall DIY's...Fast and Affordable!

A great pumpkin decorating idea for you. Now, I saw this set of three pumpkins at Dollar Tree. I love the shape of the pumpkins, but not necessarily the color, but we can easily change that. So I'm gonna spray all three of these pumpkins with the color Sand Dollar. This is starting to be my favorite spray paint. I've been using it in a lot of projects. Last year, if you were following me during the holidays, I created these borax ornaments. They were really pretty and they had these great crystals to them. And I thought, let's try it with the pumpkins. So you're going to start with a pot. Now, this pot needs to be designated for crafts. Outside of my pot, I wrote borax. This is an older pot that I'm gonna be using just for this project. And then I'm also going to mix in about a cup of borax. I'm gonna fill it up halfway with water. Now, to mix it, I'm gonna be using a paint stirrer. Then I'm gonna turn it on high heat and you just wanna leave it on the heat until all of your borax is dissolved. Then turn the heat off and you're going to place the pumpkins into the pot. You wanna let your pumpkin sit in there for at least 24 hours. What's gonna happen is they're going to create these really cool crystals on your pumpkins. Now, it's kind of in a random pattern, but it looks so cute. Now, if you want more crystals, leave it sitting in there for even longer. Like, I probably could have left mine in there for about two days. I just did the 24 hours, pulled them out, and then let them completely dry. Once they're dry, they look so pretty in your decor. And I love the crystal effect on these pumpkins. One of the biggest requests I get each year is to make a wreath. So I'm gonna be showing you how to use the Dollar Tree florals to put together a wreath. So I really liked these eucalyptus stems and I purchased them in all different colors. I also picked up one of the Dollar Tree floral foam wreaths and I'm gonna spray paint it on both sides with a white spray paint. Now, with my florals, I cut them down so that they were smaller in size. And then with a wreath, you wanna add as many florals as possible to make it look very full. So what I did with the florals is I'm going to add hot glue and then I'm gonna place them on in a crisscross pattern. You also wanna make sure that you mix the colors so it looks very organic. You don't wanna follow a specific pattern when you're putting them down. Just kinda add them sporadically. Keep adding the florals until you get all the way around to the other side. And then one thing I like to do is hang it up and look at it and make sure it looks okay and it doesn't need any more florals. Here's how it looks hanging on my wall. Next candy hack just takes a few minutes to do and it only takes two ingredients. You're gonna need some pretzel sticks and some Reese's miniatures. The thing that's gonna take you the longest is removing all the miniatures from the packaging and just place them upside down on a plate. Just place one pretzel in the top of the miniature. These could not be easier to make and kids love them. If you caught my last Dollar Tree Fall Shop With Me video, you saw that I found these gnomes. We pulled them straight out of the box and gnomes are always a really popular item at Dollar Tree, but I wanted to give you a way to style them with more of a modern decor. What you can do with these gnomes is spray paint them on the backside and the front side with a flat black spray paint. Once that dries, to bring out the detail in those gnomes, grab some gold Rub and Buff and I'm just going to use a foam brush and place that sparingly onto my gnomes. This is gonna bring back that detail and look really cool. And you can use any gold Rub and Buff color you like. You could also use silver as well. Have you ever wondered what to do with those affordable orange pumpkins? I have a hack for you so you can use them in your kitchen. So you're gonna start by removing the black handle. Next, you're gonna spray paint it a brown or terracotta color. I'm gonna spray paint on the underside first with a warm brown color. Then I'll flip it over. I'll spray paint the top and the inside. I wanted to give it a worn kind of cool look. So once my paint was dry, I came in with some Plaster of Paris. I'm gonna be using a sponge to apply it. So I'll dip my sponge into water and the plaster and I'll dab it around my entire piece. As the plaster dries, it's going to start looking a lot more white and bright. So just remember that when you're putting it on and it looks very muted. So I'm gonna put it all around my jack-o'-lantern and let that dry. Now, after it was dry, I felt like it was a little bit too much for me. So I decided to come back in with a terracotta color and using a sponge, I'm going to dab that all over my piece. Now, if the color is too intense, you can add in some water to your sponge and then just continue to add that terracotta color until you're happy with the way it looks. I would let it dry between each coat just so you can really see if you like it. Once it's dry, you're left with a piece like this that you can set out in your kitchen, put in your favorite utensils and it's a great decorative piece for your kitchen. For this next DIY, we're gonna make an acorn using a common Dollar Tree toy. So we're gonna be using this little Nerf football that they have. I'm gonna start by painting it a brown color. I'm gonna be using some Dollar Tree burlap. I'll wrap it around my football and then I'll hot glue it at the top. I'm gonna be pulling the burlap to make sure that it's as neat as possible and hot glue it in place. And then I'll cut off the excess burlap. Now, if you shop at Dollar Tree, you've probably seen these Dollar Tree rope bowls. I'm gonna be using the one with the black trim and I'll hot glue that to the top of my football as my acorn topper. Now, to finish it off with a stem, I'm gonna be using this stick that I had from my backyard. I'll cut off a smaller stick and I'm gonna hot glue that in place and add a little bit of moss to finish it off. One of the most popular mason jars at Dollar Tree are these ones that are in this really cute pumpkin shape. They come in a clear as well as an orange color. For this next DIY, I'm gonna be using a clear one. You also wanna pick up some sticker dots. These are over in like the craft section at Dollar Tree where the stickers are. So I'm gonna start by pulling off a row of the stickers and I'm gonna put them on the top portion of my jar and I'm gonna wrap them around the entire jar, putting them in the exact same place. When I was adding on the stickers, I noticed that there was about an inch or so at the bottom where I needed some additional stickers. So I will just cut them off and add them to the bottom. Next, I'm gonna spray paint the entire vase with a khaki color. So I'm going to do the bottom side and then flip it over to the front side and add in more of that khaki color. Next, I wanted to add this stone finish. I use this in a lot of my DIYs and this is a great spray paint to add to your collection. So I'll spray around the entire vase. Once my vase is dry, I'm gonna add in some of my favorite florals for this time of year. This pompous grass, I'll link it for you down below, but I'm just going to add in each of the pieces individually to really get that fullness that I'm going for. And here's how it looks in my decor. Dollar Tree has so many cute apple cider items out this year for fall. So I wanted to show you how you could put all these items together to create a really cute apple cider station if you're having company over. I'm gonna fill up one of my glass containers with apple cider. I'm also going to add in some oranges as well as apple slices. In the Dollar Tree Plus section, they have these $5 tables. I'll add that as well. Next, I like to start with my base pieces. So I'm gonna add in things I already have on hand, my bowls, I'm also going to add in a tray. The leaf tray I'm using was from Dollar Tree and get all of those main pieces down. Dollar Tree has these super cute signs that you can add to your grouping. I'm also gonna set out some of my mugs. Now from here, you can add in some fun ingredients that might work well with your apple cider as well as some snacks. So I have my cinnamon sticks. I'm also going to add my apples and some orange slices. I'll add some brown sugar and some donuts for a snack. This took just a few minutes to put together and it's super cute for your guests. Hey guys, I'm Liz and you're watching my second DIY channel where I post daily DIY videos. You may be familiar with my main channel, Liz's Fabric DIY, but I'm glad that you found me over here on my second channel. Make sure that you're subscribed so you just get notified every day when I post our daily DIY video.