Dollar Tree Boho Ornament DIY

My daughter and I have been doing a lot of holiday crafts this season, especially ornaments. We love crafting at our house, but there seems to be something extra special about crafting during the holidays!  I wanted to share this quick and easy boho ornament that we made. We used supplies from our dollar tree stash and this craft literally cost pennies to make!

Supplies used:

Dollar Tree Coaster (these kind normally come in a set of 4)

Photo of your choice

Dollar Tree Mop Head or Jute Twine

Mod Podge

Small Paint Brush

Hot Glue Gun

Trace around your coaster and trim photo to fit.

 Then use a paint brush to spread a thin layer of mod podge to the coaster. Place your photo and gently smooth out any air bubbles.  Let dry completely.  I brushed another thin layer over the photo to give it more of a matte linen finish and to add a layer of protection.   Let this dry completely.  You can use a hair dryer or heat gun to speed things up a bit!

 Then, I glued a piece of the mop string around the edges to give it a boho look and embellished it with a bow.  You can also use jute twine instead of the mop string for a different look. Don’t forget your finger protectors! I’m super clumsy and always burn myself!

Glue a scrap piece of string to the back to use as the ornament hanger.  Now your ornament is ready to hang on your tree. These also make great gifts.  I made this one for my mom.

Dollar Store Red Truck Ornament DIY

Lately I’ve been obsessed with all things red truck!  When I saw this inexpensive set of ornaments at the dollar store, I immediately grabbed a few packs.  They are a little small to place on a larger tree as-is, but they’d be perfect for a mini tree - not to mention the crafting possibilities for these are endless!! I mean...how stinkin’ cute are they!?  

And 4/$1... yes, please!

My first thought for these was to use them to embellish gifts, which is super cute!!

Next, I thought  these would make great holiday napkin rings!  Don’t they look perfect with my mixture of vintage & Pioneer Woman plates!?

My daughter  and I were talking earlier this week about homeschool and she mentioned that the only thing she missed about being in school was making Christmas ornaments. I immediately knew that this crafting mama had to do something about that, so I pulled these babies out to see what I could come up with. We had just bought  some fake snow from dollar tree, so I thought we’d add them into a snowy background. Normally I would use scrap wood or wooden coasters for crafts like this, but I didn’t have any on hand. I remembered that I had a lot of these wooden candle lids saved from another craft so I grabbed those instead. 

Materials used:

Glue Gun

Glue Sticks

Dollar Store Truck Ornaments 

Wooden Candle Lids or Wooden Coasters

Tacky Glue or Mod Podge

Fake Snow

Twine or Scrap Ribbon

Scrap Wrapping Paper or Scrapbooking Paper (optional)

I started by removing the seals from the candle lid.

Then we removed the wire from the truck ornament and set it aside. (We will reuse this for the ornament hanger later.)

Add a this layer of glue to the bottom half of the wooden lid. You may need to spread it out with a small paintbrush.

Sprinkle fake snow over the glue and let dry. You can use a heat gun or hair dryer for this step. 

Then, hot glue the truck on top of the snow. You may need to press it firmly in place until it dries. 

Then finish off by adding a bow embellishment with some bakers twine. You can use jute twine or scrap ribbon. 

For adding the wire hanger, I used a large safety pin to poke holes into the wooden lid and hot glued the wire in place. We added her name and date to the back and then added them to the tree!

You can mix this project up a bit by decoupaging some scrap wrapping paper, scrapbook paper, etc to the lid instead of the snow.

This ended up being a very inexpensive, kid friendly project for my daughter and I.