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Last weekend I was able to go into one of my favorite places on earth, the Dollar Tree. I took in $16 cash so I wouldn’t end up spending $50. Am I the only one who has walked out of the Dollar Tree with $50 in $1 items? Maybe it’s just me. 🙂
Here’s my stack of items before I pruned my picks before check out. I had about $20 worth of items in this stack and I needed to put a few items back.
This is what I finally settled on:
- Two dry erase boards with dry erase markers (for my 2 & 4 yr olds)
- One ABC and lined letter writing dry erase board (for my 6 yr old)
- Two Elmo Alphabet workbooks (for my 2 & 4 yr olds)
- One Alphabet Domino Game (for my 6 yr old)
- One 20 piece box of sidewalk chalk (we have several chalk board walls in our house)
- One 2-pack of scissors
- Two 3-packs of stick glue
- Five colorful storage containers
I bought the fun colored plastic containers to use creatively for storage. I used one for a large crayon tub. I used another one to store stencils and another container to hold markers.
Our older boys always have duct tape and tools available for different project inspirations. I just threw their latest collection of supplies in its own storage tub as well.
Here’s Naomi and Gabriel enjoying a clean work area and the new marker tub. Look closely at this picture. Can you tell that Gabriel has been enjoying the markers a little too much? 🙂
And don’t think our work area is picture perfect by any means. Next up I’m sharing with you the huge mess that I finally cleaned up in this room.
So tell me, what are some of your favorite items to pick up at the Dollar Tree?
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I admit to loving their posters for school! We have quite a few of them up on our walls and I always look through them for new ones.
Carisa, we have several of their posters. Right now I don’t have any of them up, but during different season they’ve graced our walls.
I tend to stay out of the dollar stores (I have that same problem of buying $50 of $1 items as you :)) but those tubs are neat, I think I’m going to have to go stock up on some of those. Thanks for showing off what they have!
Drawing pads and coloring books. We go through them quickly.
Dollar Tree was made for me!!!!
I’ll need to go see if ours has the glue sticks. They have great supplies when you are creative. We love the stickers for our little ones. Love the workbook they have.
I love the Dollar Tree, and since I am totally redoing our classroom I have been getting a lot of things. I love the containers, and I’m getting a bunch of binders. Some of the other items I have been buying from there are posters, stickers, small rewards, paper and folders, to name a few.
I love Dollar Tree! I haven’t seen the dry erase boards at mine yet, but I just LOVE their workbook section! What Gabriel does with markers, my daughter does with paint!
Unless there is something I absolutely NEED, I don’t go in any type of dollar store–I too can easily spend way too much money there. It doesn’t help that the closest dollar store is next door to the pizza place we go to turn in our book reading coupons! One item I do stock up on when I go is art/drawing paper. Same pads as other stores only about $3-5 cheaper. Come to think about it–new school year–about time to stock up.
I am on a first name basis with every cashier at our local Dollar Tree. We are in there at least 3 times a week (sometimes 3 times in one day). In my defense, it is the closest store to my house. The manager will hold stuff for me if it’s something good. I love using the precut shapes and sentence strips. I have also found some great writing prompt activities. Dollar Tree is awesome. We check there first for everything.
The storage bins are one of my favorite items at the Dollar Tree! I love just going and seeing what they have from time to time. I also love their coloring book selection as well as their school supply section. I found a cardboard clock to hang on our playroom wall to teach the girls how to tell time. I always find something. But I think that’s a problem! 😉
I have seen those storage bins and never thought of using them for the things you showed. We’ve been using gallon zip lock bags to keep them portable, but then they get scattered. Love it that your pictures are “real”. I’m so tired of staged pictures when I’m trying to live in the real world. 🙂
My cashiers comment on how they have watched my kids grow up. My list – cards, crafts, preg tests, toothbrushes and paste, crafts galore!!!
Just found your blog! Love it! Love the child covered in markers so cute!
I have the oval tubs too. I have them in 3 sizes! I also pick up the workbooks sometimes too, for when I don’t have anything printed. I have scored some great workbooks that were dry erase so those have been fabulous. I found some tactile letters in there a few days ago so I thought that was great.
“staged” photos…yes I agree. Tired of the pinterest photos of everything looking amazing when you try to duplicate it in real life, it looks so ordinary! Lol.
I am also one of those people who can easily load up on $1 items. If you have a Walgreens nearby, you might check their summer markdowns in the summer/toy aisle. Ours had the same sidewalk chalk for .49 per box. There are other items which could be used for those with younger homeschool children in their markdowns.
Haven’t used ours yet. Found composition books for K-2 kids at a Dollar Tree. Has a blank area on the top and lines below for copywork or creating their own story.
The dollar store is awesome! 🙂