Dollar Store Garland Christmas Tree

Hi friends! I made a Dollar Store Garland Christmas Tree for the very first ever Dollar Store Design Squad party! I’ve put together a great group of bloggers to bring you awesome dollar store projects six times a year. I’ve tried to make it easy to remember. New projects will be on the FIRST Friday of EVEN months.

We have great holiday projects to share with you today.

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First, let’s see what I did .  .  .  .

I shopped for Christmas Items at the Dollar Tree. The main piece of my project is a birthday hat!

Here’s what I purchased for my Garland Tree

• XL Birthday Hat
• Red Garland (50 ft)
• Jingle Bell Garland
• Glitter Star Ornaments
• Glitter Angel Ornament
• Silver Garland
• Battery LED Lights (2 sets of 10)
• Small Tree Skirt

What I had on hand

• Red Spray Paint
• Drill
• Hot Glue Gun
• Painter’s Tape

Step 1

Use spray paint to paint the birthday hat red

To prevent the design of the birthday hat showing through the garland I spray painted the hat with two light coats.

Step 2

Put holes in birthday hat

I used my drill and a small bit to poke holes in the birthday hat so I could insert the LED lights.

Step 3

Wrap birthday hat with red garland

The 50 feet of garland easily filled all the space of the birthday hat. This is about halfway through. I wrapped from the top down, then worked my way up again. I didn’t use any glue for this step. I wanted to use spray adhesive but I couldn’t find it. I sprayed another light coat of paint and attached the garland while the paint was still tacky.

Step 4

Install battery operated LED lights

I used a little painter’s tape to help hold the hat in place as I installed the battery operated LED light sets.

Step 5

Decorate Garland Christmas Tree

Now, the fun begins! Decorate your garland Christmas tree. I used white and silver snowflake garland. (I ended up snipping the snowflakes off). I thought the jingle bells were small ornaments. They were in fact a garland. I cut them apart and hot glued the strings onto the red garland of the tree.  I placed the sliver glitter angel ornament on top of the garland tree as a tree topper. It had a bell inside of it—I just took it out.

Step 6

Add embellishments

I added these cute tinsel stars using hot glue.

Step 7

Admire your Garland Tree-Tweak

Make adjustments to get everything looking just so/so.

I dabbed a little hot glue on each light to secure it inside the birthday hat. NOTE: I accidentally picked up 1 set of white lights and 1 set of yellow lights. I didn’t realize it until I inserted the batteries and turned them on. 

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I hope you love these projects as much as I do!  The Dollar Store Design Squad is off to a fabulous start. I appreciate them coming through with such short notice.  🙂

gail