We use the sandwich baggies. These come in a pack of 5 colors- yellow, red, blue, white, and black. Suduko books! )I personally love finding fun things when I work. Pros| They hold a good amount of water, dont shed any paint bristles mid painting, and come in a variety of shapes. If you can't find them in the toiletry aisle, check by the registers. These are great to have to take dinners to folks who are under the weather, just had a baby or for holiday gift giving :). child with a Dollar Store pregnancy test! Measuring spoons are FANTASTIC. I also love the gross grain and satin ribbons, the gift bags, greeting cards as well as the activity books for children- some are educational and some are for fun. They come in sets of two, all different sizes, with lids! Thanks for the information! How many pregnancy tests to you ladies use? I've also found Cover Girl make up repackaged in generic looking packaging. The fake nails only come 12 to a pack, all different sizes. They also sell OPTs. LOVE DOLLAR TREE! terrible quality.Spray bottles- Yes. Their bath fizzies, bath salts and bubble bath make nice gifts to others or for yourself. Works pretty good! Super cheap. Other than that, just the eggs. )- hand sanitizer-painters tape. More bath products like shampoo, soap, hairspraythose would be great to know about! and I found they actually work great and the ink lasts for awhile. I found a one-piece swimsuit in the baby section. The shower curtain liners seem like a good idea, but they last 3 months tops. Cons | The brown round paintbrush does not form a sharp pointed tip. This has gotten a little TL:DR, but I will add my bit to make it even longer. :P)I like to buy my plastic storage containers at the dollar store and laundry baskets. The 99 Cent Only chain now carries great Produce and Deli items so I can do most of my grocery shopping there now and save a ton of money! I was very pleased. I have to disagree about the window cleaner, and possibly the furniture cleaner as well. Back to school sales are a much better price and you can even get Crayola or CRazyArt which are good too. I live about 5 blocks from the dollar store and also spend WAY too much time there. You just can't beat a good pregnancy test for $1. I would add toothbrushes to the list and sharpies. Our snag is the coloring books (spiderman, hello kitty, mickey) and the pre-school tracing books. YUCK! As a server I go through pens like crazy (people stealing them, letting other servers borrow them ect.) I decided if it comes in wipe form, it isnt a good buy, go for the sprayable liquid instead (I tried multisurface wipes, and glass cleaner wipes). So I would keep your eyes out for that.Same with the canned meat- I LOVE vienna sausage (I'm trying to not eat it because it is TERRIBLE for you), they have it 2 for $1, and at the grocery store they have it 2 for 95 cents. throw a pack in your car, purse, etc-i agree about tissue paper, bows, ribbon, party supplies in general-battery tea lights. Cheap dish soap is a big waste, the cotton swabs are really bad too. PASS on dollar store clothes pins if you want to do anything like you know hang up clothes to dry. I love this! I use that on my dry itchy skin, and it is great!
We didn't use a florist for our wedding, I did it myself! It's poor quality. My husband and me were laughing so much! GREAT for giving treats to friends at holidays.-i also pick up the candy (hershey's, PB cups, m&m's, etc) mostly because the kids i work with will only go for name brand stuff. We headed to the Dollar Tree and got empty spray bottles, ajax powder, CLR-type stuff, rubber gloves, scrub brushes, swiffer-style duster with refills, heavy duty trash bags, a shammy cloth, and paper towels to tackle the mess. Also great for cheap holiday stuff. Simple Book Binding Technique with a 5 step tutorial video, Introducing MONO Drawing pens and why I LOVE them already. I know I've bought these at Michael's before for WAY more! Turns out after calling the company the products were made in 2006 and 2008 and have a MAX 3 year shelf life. I have to really watch myself with that.Thanks for the tips and I am pinning this also! Those el-cheapo shower curtains are great for covering a craft table when you know you're about to make a major mess (painting with kids comes to mind). Often since they are cheaper they do not detect the pregnancy hormones as early on as possible, leading to women taking the test and thinking they're not pregnant. Epic post, and I had to LOL at the potted meat comment. Love this!The pregnancy tests are awesome- they're SO expensive at other stores! I never noticed shower curtains there. They more than often give false results. Cons | You get only the primary colors, not the finest quality of watercolors, student grade, and have a slightly chalky feel to them. I worked at a crisis pregnancy center and have been instructed by the manufacture as how to handle and store the test. The generic ones I get at the grocery store actually work A LOT better. I found out I was pregnant with my fourth (and last!) I always get steals, and thanks for the tip on the pregnancy tests.its pretty cool to know that you can find out if you are pregnant for only $1! Can't spend 8 cents per ponytail holder for 18 braids a week! Im opening a set of Dollar Tree Watercolor Paints and Im so curious to see how good they are. Love the dollar store!!! I recently bought some paper lanterns and decals and spruced up my kitchen bar area for $6. I agree about the cotton swabs, those things are awful. Decent replacements for kitchen items, that will last till you can save for the nicer ones! Up in a little section by the registers (usually) they have the same type of pregnancy test for 88! Craft and teacher supplies are great items to get at the Dollar Store! Glass vasesCrest toothpastetoothbrushesShower soapScrapbook tape runners - sometimes they have thosedog treatsfirst aid supplies for the camp kit - because they don't get used but a couple of times anyway, so no use buying very expensive onesand you can never tell what you will find on the craft aisle!I go to a Food Swap every month, where I have to have cute containers to package my food in (read: GLASS) and I can always find really cute things to put my stuff in that is way cheaper than using Mason Jars, Pass on dollar store snag free elastics!! !Batterieshair moussesame brand as other stores, only $1helps tame my frizziessilk flowers for wreaths/crafts. Just in case you or a friend need one! I also pick up dial bar soap, soft soap hand soap, name brand toothpaste, comet cleaning powder, hefty zip lock bags, frozen French fries..basically I go there before I head to Walmart. Our dollar store doesn't have a pregnancy test. I used to work in an OB/GYN office and we used those same kind! They're also great for covering patio furniture in the winter or making makeshift "greenhouses" when a freeze comes. They also have the colored stones to go in the bottom of the vases. I know it is weird, but my sister uses luvs diapers (I know it's not a doller store item, but just an example of how things are different) She lives across the country from me, and gets really good diapers, I know they are good because I have used diapers from her. Spray bottles, little organizational bins, air freshener spray. So worth stocking up on them! The most inexpensive I've found at Bed Bath and Beyond are $10. !Don't buy them and definitely don't give them away!!! A swimsuit for a buckpractically disposable! Good idea for a post, though. I buy these all the time because I have hermit crabs that need to be able to get in and out of the water dishes. Those are a joke! When it comes to finding a TRUE dollar store, go to Deal's or Dollar Tree.
Excellent post! All kinds of great stuff at the dollar tree ;). They are great and just a buck!You can also sometimes get balloon weights there, much cheaper than the party store.Posterboard.Books---hardback nice books are often there.I would not buy the crayons either.Food:Whales are good (cheddar knock off of goldfish crackers). Funnels/thin plastic cutting boards/ measuring cups and spoons- Funnels are great quality. These are good. There is a mix of square and round paintbrushes. Found those for less than $1 at Walmart too.However, my best snag was last year when my daughter was 12 months old. (cold, flu, cough drops) Nail polish! ps - my 8 yr old was once a positive $1 store pregnancy test .. :D Danielle CraftPlayLove.com. I was just there yesterday and found a deal on cheapie reading glasses - $1 there, $15 at HEB. AS AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE I EARN FROM QUALIFYING PURCHASES. Ive been Watercoloring for a few years now. - they don't have a huge variety, but the stock changes frequently, so you'll never know what you will find), and my last thing is some of the little erasers for kids (the shaped ones) - these work great in I Spy bags or sensory bottles, where they just get sealed up and never used. I have to disagree with you on the potted meat issueIt is no different than the potted meat in the grocery storesHave never had a problem with it, or the prepackaged Pepperoni or SalamiCheaper than the other storesWill agree on the Qtips, but all cheap brands seem to have the cotton fall off if I had seen this post long ago i could have saved a lot of time and money..I agree with you.a thing to snag is the silver traysthey are so pretty to take to a party when I bring a dish to shareand i can just leave the tray..for 1$ it is ok! I make it a rule not to buy most foods at the dollar store. Again used another EPT and negative. for only a $1 !!! I too, love the Dollar store. If I had to choose something to pass on I would say the batteries. A Dollar Tree worker told me that the local health department buys the pregnancy test by the case and then charges $12.I purchased one at the age of 39 simply to find out that God answered our prayers many years after they were prayed and baby # 3 was on the way. The toilet bowl cleaner called "the works" is pretty good too. This is where I go to browse for craft project ideas. And that's another one-time use item. They are filmy and you cant see clearly out of them no matter how much you clean them. So I have to say, we've been buying the sun dish soap and I'll be honest, we picked up a bottle at Fred Meyer (Kroger) and it was super liquidy but the stuff from dollar tree (same brand, size, fragrance) was thicker. I have bought a fair share of the pregnancy tests ;) And they work great. It only costs a few cents and makes my customers feel like they got something special because they get a cute package to open when their order arrives. Super weird I know, but true. You left out gift wrap, but really any party supplies are good. I've had good luck with their throw away pans (I love using these during the holidays) and their pregnancy tests! Stay away from their frozen fruit. Fun Post!!! Super worried about those Watch those clear plastic and "silver" serving trays..many have stickers on the bottom that say not to serve food on them because of the LEAD content! !However, there are many items that just arent worth it!Lately, the Dollar Stores around here sell meats and fish. Family Dollar and Dollar General are $1 and UP. I also buy the hand soap for our kitchen and bathroom sinks. They will tell you if the deal you made was a good one. oh man what a great post! I am a dollar store junkie! It is not called pate, that is the french word. I work with horses, so I am always snagging the cheap wash cloths for the barn. I've found some name brand makeup as well. I never would have gotten them though. 
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