DIY Dollar Store Art

August 10, 2021 by Denise - 26 Comments

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HOW TO TURN INEXPENSIVE DOLLAR STORE FRAMES AND FAUX GREENERY INTO GORGEOUS 3D-INSPIRED WALL ART!

This may be one of the easiest and fastest DIY projects I’ve ever shared with you! I’ve used dollar store supplies to create this DIY Dollar Store Art but you can easily do this with what you have at home! Super simple but I LOVE how it all came together. I hope it inspires some crafty ideas for you as well. These will be perfect for staging and styling my painted furniture!

It’s also Trash To Treasure Tuesday where I share my bestie blogging friends’ makeovers. I’ll be sharing their links below and can’t wait to see what they’ve transformed this month as well.

Here are the dollar store frames I started with. Have you noticed the dollar store doesn’t have anything priced at a dollar anymore? 😆 The faux greenery are bits I’ve had laying around for years but they originally came from the dollar store as well.

Here’s the new look… 3D wall art!

What do you think, aren’t they cute? The total cost is less than $4 each!

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SOURCE LIST

Dollar Store Frames
Faux Greenery
Marble Contact Paper
Hot Glue Gun
Utility Craft Knife
Gold Spray Paint

DOLLAR STORE DIY WALL ART

This entire project can be put together in about 15 minutes minus the dry time for the spray paint. There are also SO many possibilities in what you can put in these frames. Dried flowers or greenery, baby shoes, branches, shells, any kind of momentos really. If you can glue it down and you like the looks of it, it can work!

TAKE APART FRAME

I started by removing the backs and matting from the dollar store frames.

ADD MARBLE CONTACT PAPER

Any paper backing will work for this project but I decided on some leftover marble contact paper I had from this marble table makeover I did back in September of 2019.

No measuring was required. I laid the cardboard backing of the frame onto the contact paper and cut around it using a utility craft knife. I peeled off the contact paper and positioned the top perfectly on the corners. Then using a craft stick I smoothed it out as I was adhering it so there were no bubbles or creases.

SPRAY PAINT GREENERY

To create the gold greenery I used metallic paint and primer in this Champagne Mist. Two coats were required and I let it dry for about an hour between each coat.

CUT TO SIZE

Once it was dry, I cut the ferns to fit inside the frame.

GLUE

After eyeballing the center, I hot glue gunned the gold greenery onto the Marble contact paper.

DONE! Here’s the finished look…

AND NOW FOR SOME TRASH TO TREASURE FUN!

You’re going to LOVE what my creative team of T2T ladies do! Below are their BEFORE photos. Visit the links underneath to see the amazing AFTERS and learn how they did it! I’m heading over to take a peek as well! x

1. CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL DIYER

2. PRODIGAL PIECES

3. GIRL IN THE GARAGE

4. ARTSY CHICKS RULE

5. SALVAGED INSPIRATIONS (HAPPY YOU’RE HERE!)

Here’s another look at this before and after. I hope it’s inspired you and given you some new ideas for your projects.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS DIY DOLLAR STORE ART. FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE… I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING FROM YOU. IT MAKES MY DAY! 🙂

Happy furniture painting friends!

Denise x

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