Hey, I’m Emily Jones. Welcome to Dollar Tree Craft. I’m the mom, the crafter, and honestly the slightly obsessive Dollar Tree shopper behind every tutorial on this site. If you’ve ever wandered the Dollar Tree aisles thinking “I bet I could turn this into something cute,” you and I are gonna get along great.
How this whole thing started
I started Dollar Tree Craft back in 2021 after a wreath I made for my front door went semi-viral on Pinterest. Total accident. I was a stay-at-home mom looking for cheap ways to decorate seasonally, and suddenly people were asking me “where did you get those supplies?” and “can you write a tutorial?”. So I did. Then I wrote another one. Then a hundred more.
Five years and over a thousand tutorials later, this is still my favorite hobby. I write every guide myself, I make every craft in my own kitchen, and I keep the prices honest. If a project costs $12 at Dollar Tree, I’ll tell you it costs $12. If it takes 35 minutes including dry time, I’ll tell you that too. No fluff, no fake “20 supplies for $5” lies you see on other blogs.
What you’ll find here
Everything on Dollar Tree Craft falls into a few core buckets that I keep coming back to year after year:
- Holiday & Seasonal Crafts. Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, and everything in between.
- Home Decor DIY. Wreaths, floral arrangements, tray decor, wall art, farmhouse-style accents.
- Jar Crafts & Centerpieces. My personal weakness. Mason jars, candle holders, lanterns, all the cozy stuff.
- Paper Crafts. Graduation crafts, party signs, gift card holders, kids’ projects.
- Organizing & Storage. Pretty bins, drawer organizers, command-center boards.
- Upcycling & Repurposing. Turning $1.25 finds into something that looks like Pottery Barn.
Every tutorial follows the same format on purpose. You’ll always get a real cost estimate (usually $9 to $17), a realistic time estimate (most projects take 20 to 45 minutes), an honest difficulty level, a clean materials list, and step-by-step photos. No surprises, no gotchas. I want you to be able to start a project at 7 PM and finish it before bedtime.
The Craftino app, same tutorials, in your pocket
A lot of you told me you craft while you’re away from your computer. In the car waiting for kids, at the lake house, at your sister’s place. So we built Craftino, a free mobile app that gives you the full tutorials with offline access, downloadable PDFs, and a built-in pro tip for every step.
- 1,000+ tutorials with photo step guides
- Pro Tips for every step (the stuff I tell my friends, not just the basics)
- Save crafts and browse fully offline
- Create your own create with steps
- Printable PDF guides for every project
- New ideas added every week
You can grab it free here:
Where else you can find me
If you want sneak peeks of projects before they hit the blog, or you just want to hang out with a bunch of other Dollar Tree crafters, this is where I live online:
- Pinterest: pinterest.com/dollartreecraft. This is where most of you found me. I post every craft there first.
- Instagram: @dollartreecraft. Behind-the-scenes, supply runs, fails, and finished projects.
- Facebook Group: Dollar Tree Craft Group. Come share your version of the projects. This is genuinely the friendliest little corner of the internet.
What I stand for
A few things I promise on this site:
- Real prices. I price every project based on what the supplies actually cost at Dollar Tree today, not five years ago.
- Tested steps. I make every project before I write the tutorial. The photos you see are mine.
- Beginner-friendly. If a 12-year-old can’t follow my steps, I rewrite them.
- No fluff intros. No “scroll past my life story to get to the recipe” energy. Just the craft.
- Honest difficulty. If something needs a hot glue gun and a steady hand, I say so up front.
One last thing
If you make one of my projects, I genuinely want to see it. Tag @dollartreecraft on Instagram or drop a photo in the Facebook group. Those are the moments that keep me crafting.
Thanks for being here. Now go grab your glue gun and let’s make something.
Emily 🌿
Want to dive in? Start with the latest tutorials on the homepage, or browse every project ever on the full sitemap.
