Luxury on a Budget: High-End DIYs with Dollar Tree Toys!

[@rese7878]

Ok, the dirt bike book ends surprised me, and it's actually genius and turned out great.

[@dianechristy8011]

I am in love with the sconces. That was just the needest idea.

[@rese7878]

Ok that antler bowl😍

[@sharonhendrix9539]

LOVE all the diys my grandson want me to fix him a bedroom in the spare room if he will sleep in it alone he’s only five he will love the book ends you gave me a lot of ideas!!!💕🥰

[@crystal13l]

For some reason this video showed up on my feed today! I’m so glad! This was great, thank you!

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

I’m glad you found my video!

[@robylove9190]

It was fun to look back at these videos. Wishing you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and prosperous 2025.

[@jonimosteller8946]

These are all great ideas, but I love the sconces!!!

[@LazyIRanch]

Happy New Year to Jamie, the man whose smile and positive energy could light up the whole room! I'm a 63 year old grey-haired woman who still loves to buy toys (for myself). I can't help but grow old... but Growing UP? That's optional! There are at least two things I buy at Dollar Tree for pure silliness! That's the wiggle eyes and the rolls of thin double stick tape I put on the back. I carry a ziplock baggie full of googly eyes with tape on the back, ready to add to whatever I come across that needs a touch of silly. I live pretty far off the grid on 20 acres of wilderness, and it takes me an hour to get to civilization. I only go to town once, maybe twice a month. When I do, I leave googly eyes affixed to posters, ads, cans of product... the makeup aisle at the local drugstores have so many opportunities for embellishing with wiggle eyes!🤪 Even though it does no lasting harm as they are easy to remove, I figure some day I'm gonna get caught. If and when I do, I insist on the local paper doing a story with my pic. That will be my punchline, as I will insist that they refer to this as the "Googly-eyed Granny Caper". As they snap my picture, I will quickly look all the way to my left, because my right eye (lazy eye) can't move to the left, and looks straight ahead. It only becomes obvious that I have a "googly eye" myself when I look all the way to my left. Things are pretty tense in our country, and I am inspired by dear, kind folks like Jamie to bring a little fun and humor to everyday life. Jamie is a treasure! Now, let's go play with some toys!😃🏍

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

I love your sense of humor, and I'm so glad you're enjoying the video! Keep spreading the joy!

[@Ms.Jo.Inspired]

Jamie, I admire your creativity in using Dollar Tree toys to make such stylish decor. Great DIYs!

[@dawnrowland5495]

You creative people always amaze me !!! LOL Everything you come up with I love !!!

[@graciechapa2566]

Your ideas to using toys to make DIYs, are awesome !! I love them all. 🌹🌹🌹

[@riccibeck1010]

Super cute ideas!!! Can’t wait to make the bookends for my grandson and…I want to little plane clips for myself 🤣

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

They're so easy to make! You'll love them!

[@number1nanaof2]

Oh my goodness! You never cease to amaze. Who knew? That is what is so remarkable about watching all of you diyers... We ordinary folks go into the DT etc and we see what we see. You go in with your magic eyes and look at a toy motorcycle and see book ends. 🤪

[@VeronicaP-qz5jp]

YOU DID A GREAT JOB,, LOVE EVERYTHING,, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR IDEAS

[@donnas1389]

I really really love how these all turned out! Everything was so cute and very practical! Thank you, Jamie, so much for sharing these ideas! ❤❤

[@janicelabuda8540]

Your ideas are so creative and stylish. Thank you. Happy 2025!

[@sweetsue51]

I absolutely Love the Motorcycle book ends actually I loved everything GREAT Tutorial. Thank You

[@lechatbotte.]

Happy New Year Jamie 🎉

[@lyllydd]

That map memo board is

[@memj89]

Oh my goodness. I had no clue that you can turn toys into something so cool. Thanks for sharing. May you have a Blessed day.

[@deborahcraftylady24]

You are so talented. Wishing you the best in this new year.

[@adventurebythemile]

Everything is so creative I’m so impressed!!😊❤❤❤❤😊

[@SandyGeddry]

Very creative ideas. I love the cat toy balls. It doesn’t get any easier. Happy New Year.

[@vickiehughes9798]

Jamie, brilliant ideas with toys, love them. Happy New Year to you and your family..🥰🤗

[@MooMoo0422]

I love these projects! Very doable and can match your own decor. Very creative! ❤

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

Thanks so much! I love to make DIY projects that are fun and affordable!

[@lyndamadrid-miller695]

FYI. To take the knot out use a staple remover and the teeth will hold onto the knot SO easy.😊

[@KreativeKerri]

Love this. Thank you!

[@theresagomez2605]

@@lyndamadrid-miller695 great tip!

[@barbarawalsh4936]

💗❤💙💜 the projects you come up with. Those sconces were great. I made 2 and sprayed them Sea Green for my living-room.

[@wendymelton8438]

Loved all the crafts but I did have a favorite: the wall sconces! Those would be great at a party, and I would love to hear what guests had to say about them!

[@michellemull6363]

Awesome awesome awesome ideas Jamie! I always make a craft and some candy for my grandkids for Valentine’s Day so these DIY‘s are perfect thank you so much. God bless and I hope you have a prosperous new year.

[@mariaa5572]

Loved this idea using the toys - great video! Happy New Year

[@tamalamozie5574]

These are absolutely awesome ideas... It's nice to look back and be reminded....👍🤗❤️

[@roseoreillysievers6057]

The wall sconces look awesome. I had no idea that's what yu had in mind when you bought the plastic ball popper

[@Di3-z]

I loved them all! But I will be making the sconces for sure. Happy New Year🎉

[@cynthiamcgee8109]

Hello Jamie, love the motorcycle book ends the best. Im going to make a pair for my grandson. I think he will be very excited to get them. Thanks for sharing your idea's. Happy New Year!

[@angelaporch2984]

Great video. Thanks for sharing hugs to you and Mr Otis

[@lesliepowell6471]

Dear Otis, your dad is brilliant! Tell him I loved all of his wonderful diys! Learned a lot to!

[@terirachelsims8928]

Happy New Year! I love to paint the plastic wild animals or insects from the toy section.

[@amadamojicaperaita1040]

Love all the DIY

[@karenloague8473]

Love the airplane board idea. My grandson is an airline pilot so this is a great idea. Thanks for your ideas

[@pattscollectons1234]

Totally love ❤️ the Book Ends and the Wall Scones. These are some great ideas Jamie thanks for sharing. Happy New Year.

[@hellothisisroberta]

All great ideas! I remember some of these videos and don't know why I haven't copied the projects already.

[@rese7878]

So I keep commenting during this video, but I'm up to the summer toy you used as lights, and oh my damn I'm loving this video. If I missed any of this during the year, I'm so sorry.

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

I'm so glad you're loving the video!

[@rese7878]

@@TheCraftyDIYGuy thank you for your creations😊

[@barbaradigennaro1450]

Happy New Year to you and Mr.Otis. I love the book ends. Looking forward to what you are going to create for 2025. Have a blessed day.

[@krislee72]

Awesome. I just found you. Such a nice change from all the lovely ladies that craft

[@adventurebythemile]

I’m dying to go to Daiso!!!!!

[@cindydavis1443]

OOOh - I am definitely keeping the sconces in mind for Halloween if I am doing a medieval or dungeon theme

[@minx-black-kat]

Jamie, you are so clever!! You come up with the coolest ideas!!! Thank You!! 💚 💛 💚

[@mariamercado3946]

Happy New Year, Jamie. Love all the diys they are all so cute. Love the creative use of the toys.

[@monabarnett3395]

These are all fantastic, I love the bookends and the memo board.

[@theresapatrono4062]

It is amazing what you can do with toys. Great diy's. Hope you had a Happy New Year. Have an awesome weekend.

[@Somegirljax]

The bookends… genius!

[@amandawilliams2266]

Glue botox 😂😂😂 glotox jaime❤❤ such cool pieces . So many ideas are bubbling in my brain thank you for sharing ❤

[@PaulaCiemko]

❤ VERY COOL!! THANKS!!

[@Cheray_]

You are def the king of toys to tresured decor! Hope you have a great 2025!!❤️🤗

[@maritzarivera5207]

Super cute ideas 😍😍

[@veronicacalloway2795]

You always outdo yourself!!!! Everything looks great

[@DenaeK]

You are so creative!! 🤩

[@DawnDavidson]

Loved the plane memo board. Sadly, my Dad - an Air Force Pilot - passed away last spring, or I’d have made one for him. He would have loved it! I even have the paper in the condo that would have been perfect. For that project, I might have turned the whole thing to be landscape instead of portrait, to give a little more space for each airplane/memo. And how cute would it be to turn the planes the other way, so they look like they are dragging the memos behind them, like those advertising planes? Love your project ideas!

[@DeborahBoothe-n5w]

Those were some fun things to make.

[@brendalucas1632]

Nice projects. Happy New Year 🎉

[@55delynn]

Thanks for sharing

[@patbuegeler7770]

❤❤❤❤ Great projects. Like what you did with all the toys. Very cute.

[@judithsouth3887]

great thinking out side the box!!!

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

I’m so glad you liked the video! There are so many ways to make something special on a budget!

[@marlenecooper2656]

I love the bookends and lanterns!

[@dianepereira1860]

What a great imagination and creativity!! ❤

[@marlenedial4418]

I enjoyed this video and all of your DIY’s. Very creative and inspiring in fact I could see myself making a few of them. Like the book ends and the catch all with the candle stick holders and the frisbee like things for trays that were glued to the top of them.

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

I'm so glad!

[@Bonnie-qc3mr]

happy new year and thanks so much for the ideas

[@lynb2039]

The bookends are great - AS AWARDS! in place of trad trophies 😊

[@christinedarcangelo4199]

Very creative video . Loved it .Great job

[@yolandakirtley8546]

Happy New Years Jamie to you and your family and friends. Loved all your ideals ❤❤

[@carmencirino4669]

Hi Jamie like always great DIY's. Wishing you a Happy New Year.

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

I’m so glad you liked the video!

[@anitawells3705]

Love your ideas 💡

[@pauladavis3937]

Happy New Year 🎉

[@DawnDavidson]

The wall sconces are really cool. :) It’s amazing what some metallic spray paint can do! 😂 I wonder if you get an even nicer effect by doing some dry brushing with either a black, a silver, or maybe a verdigris green? Make them look a bit weathered and pop some of the texture up. Love your creativity!

[@emilygilstrap31]

Those lights would be cool on a storage shed/ she/he shed or pool house/shed

[@maryhutto5112]

Great DIYs thanks for sharing 🥰 Happy New Year 🎆🎉2025

[@lisajames8653]

So fun!TFS❤

[@lynb2039]

UNUSUAL, SUPERCREATIVE, ATTRACTIVE AND FUN IDEAS! Challenging to find craft projects for the boys and men - you solved it for me. I love ALL of your ideas - 1srxmer and SUBSCRIBED. KEEP EM COMING YOURE GREAT!

[@wavyliketheocean3486]

Happy new year Jamie and Otis and family 🎉 that motorcycle 🏍️ has got to be my favorite I use toys before too to make decors it’s fun 😊 wow the lights looks awesome 😎 have a wonderful weekend 🦋🌈🐈💙

[@deniseview4253]

Such cute ideas! ❤

[@nicolelane4551]

Love the light idea so cool glad i found your channel

[@danettemartin7778]

Great Video!! Love the ideas using toys

[@tinasweeney4392]

Stumbled across this delightful video today, and omgosh, you're AMAZING! I kept forgetting I had already liked the video after the motorcycle bookends and tried to give you a double like after seeing the "ball shooter thing" (lol) I will be trying to make both those things I mentioned!

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

Thanks so much! I hope you love how they turn out!

[@niecey918]

Maybe put long tooth picks through the motorcycle wheels so they dont move while the glue sets. Then pull them out before paint.

[@hartmanartsource]

When trying to untie a stubborn knot, take the end of the string or rope, and twist it in the same direction it’s spun in, making the string smaller. It will slip out without much effort.

[@pinkbutterfly6878]

Ur cat can play with the ball left over from the ball game project.

[@DawnDavidson]

They were! 😂 🐈🎾

[@krystleburgess1052]

Happy New Year! If you turn your board long ways, you could hold more post it notes. Thank you, k

[@kruszer]

Where were you before I spent a bunch on generic metal book ends? :P These look great!

[@dianeharcrow4056]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@rachelburrier1944]

❤

[@bethlahore8929]

Could you post a link for the roadway tape? My grandson turns 9 next month, I'd like to make the magnet board for cars for him

[@TheCraftyDIYGuy]

here you go! a.co/d/7YOYqVp

[@bethlahore8929]

@TheCraftyDIYGuy thank you so much Jamie! Hope your year is full of nice surprises, health and prosperity. Love to you

[@connieborg6471]

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[@KreativeKerri]

Ball shooter thing should be the official name of these toys.

[@michelleduncum9873]

What kind of glue do you use in your hot glue gun? Is it a different hold than regular hot glue sticks?

[@suzannelalala]

✈️🏍️

[@brendabrown2]

I was about to be annoyed but you surprised me...I thought you were going to be another youtuber that would tear the motorcycles apart for only the wheels! And throw the rest in the trash. That and when they would buy a toilet plunger for the wood and throw rubber part away!!!! Thank you😂

[@hennyvanveldhuizen5976]

Sorry but it still looks like plastic to me

[@DawnDavidson]

If you like the ideas, you might consider adding some dry brushing and/or sanding the items a bit, to give it a bit more texture or weathering. I’ve also seen some people add a textured paint as a base coat to make things look less plastic-y as well. I’ve seen stuff that looks like “hammered metal” and some that looks like sandstone. They can really change the look of a piece without a lot more cost or effort. The “hammered metal” effect would have been great on either the 3 lanterns or the wall sconces, I think.