Valentine's Day gift ideas for 2024 that you can easily create using Dollar Tree supplies
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In this video, Jen from My Cre Crafts shares three affordable and easy-to-make Valentine's Day gift ideas that can be created entirely using supplies from Dollar Tree. The first project features a charming Hershey's Kisses bowl decorated with custom vinyl hearts. Using Design Space software, she demonstrates how to download a free SVG image of the iconic kisses logo, resize it to fit a small fishbowl glass, and cut it out using stencil vinyl on a Cricut machine. She provides practical tips for weeding the design efficiently and transferring it onto the curved surface of the bowl by making small notches in the transfer tape with scissors, which helps the material conform to the round shape without wrinkling.
The second craft involves customizing a standard Dollar Tree mug with an adorable gnome image sourced from Design Bundles. Similar to the first project, Jen uses stencil vinyl to cut out the design, emphasizing that white vinyl works well for this application without needing color changes. She walks viewers through the process of applying transfer tape, scraping the design firmly onto the adhesive, and then carefully peeling it off once the letters are securely stuck. This segment highlights how simple digital assets can be transformed into personalized home decor items quickly, making them perfect last-minute gifts that are both cute and budget-friendly.
For the third idea, Jen tackles a unique challenge by attempting to use Dollar Tree's own brand of vinyl for the first time on cereal bowls printed with the phrase "Somebody Seriously Loves You." Initially encountering some cutting inconsistencies, she experiments with different settings in her Cricut machine, eventually finding success with the Washi tape setting. She is pleasantly surprised by how easily the Dollar Tree vinyl weeds out and adheres to the bowl, noting that it moves slightly more than standard 651 vinyl but still bonds effectively once pressed down hard with a scraper. After applying the design to the center of the bowl and letting it sit for a few days to ensure the adhesive sets properly, she plans to fill the customized container with cereal and a small bunny toy.
Overall, the video serves as an encouraging guide for crafters looking to create festive gifts on a tight budget without sacrificing quality. Jen's enthusiasm is evident as she shares her genuine surprise at the performance of Dollar Tree vinyl, proving that inexpensive materials can yield professional-looking results with the right techniques. By combining free digital images, basic crafting tools like scrapers and transfer tape, and items purchased from the dollar store, viewers can create three distinct and thoughtful Valentine's Day presents. The video concludes with an invitation for viewers to try these projects themselves and share their experiences with Dollar Tree supplies in the comments section.
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hey guys it's Jen from my cre crafts in
today's video I will be showing you
three Dollar Tree last minute
Valentine's Day gifts to give they are
quick easy and affordable and everything
I use came from the dollar store please
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so our first project is going to be this
Hershey Kisses Bowl so easy to create
these they turn out so
cute so to get started I'm starting in
design space I'm going to go to images
and I'm going to find the image that I
want to use I'm just going to type in
kisses 0.25 cents and then this is going
to come up if you have the Cricut access
you will get this for free then all I
want to do is actually change the size
on this I'm just going to make it a
little bit smaller you need to figure
out what size you want yours to be on
your container but I'm just going to
eyeball it and make it a little bit
smaller go up to make it and I'll show
you what it looks like there's the black
here's the red then I'm going to go to
continue and I'm just going to pick
which setting I want to use for my
Cricut maker so I'm going to choose the
stencil finy for this particular
project now I just put in a brand new
blade so this cut out really really well
and it was very easy to weed I'll show
you really quick here it was so easy to
weed now if you do happen to have any
issues with your vinyl not coming up
properly or if it's not cutting all the
way through I would definitely check in
to changing your blade it was a game
Cher for me when I bought new blades and
I put this new one
in I picked up three bags of these
Hershey Kisses I also picked up a few of
these Fishbowl glasses and here's my
finished results of my vinyl The Next
Step you're going to want to do is take
some transfer tape make sure you go over
the hearts first because that goes over
the kisses part just going to take my
scraper and scrape it on really well so
it sticks onto the transfer tape I like
to flip my designs over when I'm taking
my uh vinyl off then you can see if
you're going to miss anything on there
then you just want to line your hearts
up with your other piece then again what
I like to do is flip my design upside
down so I make sure I'm not missing any
vinyl pieces and everything comes up so
this is the fish bowl that I'm going to
be using they come in two different
sizes I think I got the smaller one here
you're just going to have to make sure
you clean it really well with alcohol
and make sure it's dry before you put
your design on it so a quick tip if you
didn't already know I'm just taking my
scissors and cutting little notches in
between each piece here being very
careful not to get part of the file it
just helps you transfer your file onto a
curved surface now just carefully put on
your file onto your bowl and you can use
your thumbs and spread it out I normally
start from the center and then push my
way out and making sure that I push
really hard on each letter getting them
to stick properly then once you get it
all on take the top piece of your
transfer tape and peel back very
carefully and slowly I don't know about
you but I really love how this turned
out I can't wait to put it on my counter
so my next craft is going to be this
Dollar Tree mug using a gnome from
design
bundles so I'm starting in design space
I'm going to go to my upload button and
view all and I'm going to type in Gnome
I've already uploaded this into design
space I got this from uh design bundles
and I'll leave the link below in case
you're interested in this cute little
gnome so the only thing I have to do for
this project is just resize it and you
want to resize it to whatever size you'd
like and whatever size you think will
fit onto your mug then I'm going to go
to make it I'm going to show you what it
looks like here I didn't bother with
changing the color cuz I'm just just
going to do it white anyway then it's
going to ask me to select my base
material and I always select stencil
vinyl so here it goes I'm just putting
it in my Cricut Machine and I'm just
going to cut it out in the white vinyl
next I'm going to show you how easily it
is to weed out this is such a cute
little SVG file and he would be great
for any project that you have then I'm
just going to take some transfer tape
put it over my file and then use my
scraper and scrape it onto it really
hard then I'm going to peel it back and
I'm going to do the same thing as I said
before is just make little slits in it
so it goes onto my mug even easier then
once you're finished you go ahead and
peel back the transfer tape Now isn't he
cute all right so let's get started on
our third Dollar Store craft idea so I
bought some cereal bowls and I wanted to
customize these so I did the ones that
said somebody seriously loves you with
Easter coming up really quickly I
thought it would be a great time to show
you guys how to personalize these I'm
also using Dollar Store vinyl for the
first time so so we're going to see how
these turn out so I'm starting in design
space I'm going to go to upload and find
the image that I want to use I'm going
to click add to Canvas and once it
brings it up it's going to be rather
small I'm just going to make it really
large so you can see what it looks like
I'm going to show you really quick if
you go to the color box you can change
this to whatever color that you would
like um I'm just going to be cutting
this out in pink Dollar Store vinyl so
I'm just going to leave it as this
purple color now I'm just making it a
little bit smaller um I want to make
sure that I'm not going over 2x two 3x3
um I really want to stay in that size
range so it fits on my bowl properly I'm
going to go down to the bottom where it
says attach and I'm going to push that
so all of the things on the side here
are going to cut as one whole piece I'm
going to go ahead and click make it show
you what it looks like here click
continue and then I'm going to show you
which setting I use so I've never used
Dollar Store vinyl before so I'm just
going to pick this stencil vinyl and see
how that cuts
out
all right so it looks like it didn't cut
out very well um I'm going to try this
again and I'm going to try it on a
different setting I'm going to try the
washi tape uh some of it turned out
really well over here if you can see
this it turned out here but not so much
over here so I'm going to try this again
on the washi tape I believe it's called
setting and then I'll show you what it
looks like so second time this one is
actually called the Washi sheet setting
so we're going to try this one and see
if this one works out instead otherwise
I'm thinking I might need to make the um
image a little bit bigger so we're going
to try this and see if this turns out on
here all right so this is finished we
will see what this looks like okay much
better on the
Washi setting so I'm going to show you
guys how it weeds out you know it's hard
to see here but I'm going to show you
how it weeds
out so since it's a smaller font I like
to go in and take the little pieces out
um instead of taking the whole piece of
vinyl back and then going in and weeding
it just makes the process a little bit
easier so that's what I'm doing here so
once I get out the little tiny pieces I
go ahead and peel back the vinyl itself
I am pleasantly surprised at how easily
this is actually weeding that is a
smaller font so the pieces are going to
be a little bit harder to get out so as
you can see I missed a few here I just
go back and push it down this vinyl
definitely gets a thumbs up so far for
me all right guys so that really did not
weed that bad actually surprisingly um
I'm really curious to see how it's going
to stick on the bowl I want to show you
one this is one I previously did it's a
different kind of file but it's a little
bit bigger um but I did this one just a
little bit smaller just to see what it
would look like on here again never used
this vinyl before so we're going to see
how it sticks onto um the bowl so I just
have a piece of transfer tape here I'm
going to put it right on top one thing
though with this uh vinyl I did notice
that it moves around a lot easier than
uh normal vinyl like
651 um so that was a little bit of a
difference um as you saw maybe you saw
in the video the little letters were
kind of moving all over the place so I
took a minute and I actually fixed those
so I put the transfer tape over I pushed
really hard with the um with the scraper
now I'm just going to take it flip it
upside down and see how well this comes
off oh wow guys I'm actually really
surprised wow I'm really surprised be
honest with you guys we're going to see
how well it sticks on there so what I
like to do is take a scissors and make
little notches in here without
cutting your piece or your file itself
this will help you with any kind of um
material or something that you're
putting it
on any kind of product that you're
putting it on this is kind of a round
Bowl so it's not going to lay flat so
putting those little Cuts in it really
really helps so move this stuff out of
the way and show you so first you want
to clean your bolt with alcohol first
which I already did and let it dry and
then just find a center part on here I'm
trying to go a little bit higher up so
that we see it a little bit better there
is a lip at the top here so I'm just
trying to barely go over that
lip and then just go straight on it oh
yeah definitely those little Cuts in
there really really help lay it
flat it just gives
the transfer tape a little bit of extra
oomph I guess a little bit of extra uh
area to lay on so just taking my thumb
and pushing it all over and the tricky
part is is now that we have Cuts in this
sometimes it um comes off in pieces but
I'm going to go careful with this and if
it does come off I'm just pushing it
down with my
thumb and we'll
see yeah I'm
show you a little closer I'm really
impressed by this to be honest with you
have you guys ever used Dollar Tree
vinyl before this is my first time and
like I said I'm very impressed by it to
be honest I thought it was going to not
work so well so have you guys used it
before leave some comments down below I
would love to hear it I'm sure our
everyone else watching would love to
hear it too um what have you made with
it how did you think about it you know
what what are your thoughts on this I'm
actually very very ressed by this it
went on really smooth I really I do
actually like it that it's a little bit
smaller than this one this one was a
different file like I said it's a little
bit bigger but I actually do like this
that this one's just a little bit tinier
so we're going to let this sit you know
for a couple of days um and see how it
hardens cuz you can easily just move
these things and you shouldn't be able
to so I'm going to let this one sit I'm
actually going to uh finish this up I
have some bags that I bought from the
dollar store and I have like a little
bunny and some cereal that I'm going to
put in here so stay tuned to the end to
see what I do with these guys I hope you
guys like these three Valentine's Day
Dollar Store items that I created using
all dollar store supplies I'm really
excited about this so um give me a
thumbs up if you like this video stay
tuned to the end to see what they all
look like and see how I finish this one
up but I'm really excited about this I
think I might be trying this more I'm
going to try that Glitter one so uh
leave some comments down below see what
I do with the glitter one but I'm really
excited to keep going so stay tuned then
guys thanks a lot for watching