70+ CHRISTMAS DIY DOLLAR TREE DECOR CRAFTS!

Pipe cleaners used to be just fuzzy - not tinselly. They were used and still are to clean out 'old man' - Santa type pipes! 😊 The wire helps the cleaner to get in all the nooks and crannies.

Jesus is the Reason For the Season🤗 Blessings to all Good Cheer, and Happy New Year😁Peace to All the world & Joy to Everyone

I'm a 73 yr old crafter since age 5. I'm so happy to see you with a few crafts I haven't done. Yay! Thanks for the inspiration. 💜

Candy cane wreath is beautiful! Those things are called pipe cleaners because men push them thru the stem of their tobacco pipe to clean them. My dad used to get upset cuz us kids would take them to bend them into stick people and then he wouldn’t have any to clean his pipe! I am 73 years old so that was way back when smoking wasn’t looked down on to the point where mom would let me wrap a box of cigarettes to give him for Christmas and later cans of pipe tobacco.(I was between 5 to 8 years old then.) My dad switched to pipe smoking so he wouldn't smoke so many cigarettes. Eventually he quit smoking all together. I ain’t gonna lie, some of the pipe tobacco he smoked smelled good!!

Lots of good ideas which look beautiful - I wish we had Dollar Tree in UK. Pipe cleaners are exactly that, designed to clean out the stems of tobacco pipes.

many, many....many moons ago the pipe cleaner was exactly that. i used to get to help my father clean his pipe with a bit brushier version of these. run it in the mouthpiece and it would come out the bowl on the other end. people are ingenious and began using them for all kinds of other things and now they are what you see today. 😉

The original pipe cleaners were about 5" long and made of soft cotton. Pipe smokers rammed them up the pipe to clean out the tobacco tar. Since they were so generally useful and pipe smoking fell into disfavor, they became available in longer lengths and exotic materials. The pipe cleaner name has stuck, honoring the origin.

To many to choose. They’re all remarkable. But I do love the leopard wreath.

Your gold vase and red poinsettias are gorgeous

Pipe cleaners are pipe cleaners and are used for cleaning pipes. Crafters started using them decades ago because they're super handy. In fact, my mothers Christmas count down calendar with pipe cleaner candy canes was over 50 years old before we lost it to a flood. Target does not sell them because they are a "smoking" product, however, they sell wire craft sticks. Real pipe cleaners are awesome.😎

Mixing a little bit of Corn starch with your dollar tree paint it makes it smoother and more opaque! (Less coats) helps save on paint too

Each item is fantastic. Your house must look amazing at Christmas. I favor the snowman. I enjoy painting snowmen and ginger bread people. I especially like crocheting ornaments.

Loved all of it! Jesus is the reason for the season for sure!!!

The tinsel wire is originally called pipe cleaners. I think they were either brown or black and they were used to clean pipes of the ashes that were left inside the pipe. When I first heard of chenille stems, I had no idea, that was what pipe cleaners were called.

"Pipe cleaners" used to be made from a more fuzzy type material & actually used to clean out pipes(hence where they got their name). But now are used for many different things(like crafts).

The green pine star would look good with a little flocking😁🤗🤗👏

Thank you for the inspiration for my Christmas this year..you done a wonderful Job!!💚💛💙💙💜❤😇😇😇😊😊😊God Bless🙏🙏🙏you and your Family

They are called pipe cleaners because they were used to clean out the mouth piece & neck of a smoking pipe(tobacco). Pipes were very popular in the 50's-70's. My dad had a rack of them and some were hand carved and beautiful. I remember my dad cleaning his out before filling & smoking. There was a cup on the rack the hold the "pipe cleaners ".

I love the bauble with the glitter inside and pink bow, could be nice for someone who's having a baby girl or has just had a baby girl.

It never ceases to amaze me that so many things are called 'rustic' or 'country', when they're almost always some city or well-to-do person's idea of what they think country is. That said, you have a lot of wonderful ideas her to do on a budget. Thanks.