DIY St. Patrick's Day Centerpiece

DIY on a Dollar Store Budget

Thank you for joining me for the St. Patrick’s Day Blog Hop! 

I’ve joined the team of 16 talented bloggers to share St. Patrick’s Day crafts. We were given a budget of no more than $10 and challenged to craft a creation using items from the dollar store or the dollar section of other local stores.

I chose 8 dollar store items to make a St. Patrick's Day Centerpiece.

• 1 felt hat
• 1 package of two round floral foam
• 4 green tipped white carnation bunches
• 1 green carnation bunch
• 1 package of 12 foam shamrocks (contains 6 glittered and 6 plain green) but I only used the 6 glittered

And...

• Some hot glue and glue gun
• Wire cutters
• 4 pennies

1. To make the hat bouquet, I started by gluing on a glittered foam shamrock on each side of the hat. (off centered to the right on each side) 

2. Then inserted the floral foam; snugged tightly into the hat.

3. Using wire cutters, snipped off each individual flower about 4" to 5".

4. Inserted all of the flowers into the foam to create a tight bouquet.

1. To make the penny shamrock picks, I glued pennies onto 4 of the glittered shamrocks.

2. Using 2 of the leftover wire stems from the flower bunches, I cut off the straggly stem parts to make a long straight stem and glued it onto the back of 2 of the shamrocks.

3. Then "sandwiched" each shamrock with hot glue to have it the same on each side of the pick.

4. Finally, inserted them into the carnation bouquet. 

I think to glam it up for the table, I'll add some of those gold foil covered chocolate coins... sitting in the flowers. Just for a little dessert fun; after St. Patrick's Day dinner! 

What do you think for $8.00 (... and four cents!)

Kinda' cute!!! 

Let’s meet all of the crafty bloggers...

and check out the rest of the budget crafts! 

Megan at C’mon Get Crafty

Erlene at My Pinterventures

Victoria at Dazzle While Frazzled

Kim at Made in a Day

Lyn at MidMichiganMom

Robin at Redo It Yourself Inspirations

Karen at Garden Chick

Marie at DIY Adulation

Terri at Our Good Life

Sherry at Olives-N-Okra

Raquel at Organized Island

Michelle at Our Crafty Mom

Betsy at Happily Ever After, Etc

Tammy at One More Time

Molly at Just a Little Creativity

Rebekah at Crayons in My Camera Bag

Do you have a budget friendly St. Patrick’s Day craft to share? Link up your project below and be seen on all 16 blogs. Thank you for stopping by!

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Dollar Store Holiday Bouquet: Great Gift Idea

NOT a sponsored post.

The most thrilling dollar store days are during the Christmas season. Wrapping paper and gift bags galore! The gift boxes can be super pretty. There are packages of decorative gift bag tissue available too. Oh, and matching holiday tablecloths, napkins and cups (great for school parties)! Why pay $5-$10 each for wrapping supplies when you can be creative for less?

One of my favorites has been the velvet gift boxes. I have used bunches of them for gift cards, ornaments, and small gifts. But I saved one to decorate at home.

The other gift boxes work nicely too. I stopped today and snapped this photo while getting wrapping paper.

Anyhow; for this totally inexpensive Christmas bouquet, you'll need a gift box and craft foam. Both available at the dollar store. 

So far, it's just $2.

Then snag up two bunches of dollar store pointsettias. I chose the red velvet coated kind to go with my gift box. 

Cut the foam to fit your box. Glue the base of the foam to the inside base of the box.

Cut the flowers individually with a stem long enough to stick into the foam. (There are wire cutters available at the dollar store floral area too.)

Arrange the flowers the way you like it. Insert other "picks or sprigs" if you want to. I did. I had three picks left over from other holiday crafts. (Berries and glitter balls.)

(So far, it's just $4.)

And that's it! So easy that the kids can do this for teacher gifts!!!! Let them make some of their own! 

It could become a home decor piece the teacher likes a lot!

This simple bouquet idea has so many holiday options... white pointsettias... pine cone sprigs... just berries... get creative and make your own style!

To buy similar, even at inexpensive department stores, could be about $10-$15 and your child can give it as a gift for about $4. 

Go ahead and stick a floral greeting pick in it! How sweet is that!?!

It takes very little time. 

And very little cost. 

But I warn you... you may want to keep one yourself!