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Welcome to our Creative Craft hop for February 2024, I want to mention, Sara Birdz of a Feather, she is our host every month, she does a fantastic job gathering up talented crafters to provide you inspiration. This month we have 11 crafters sharing step by step creative crafts with you, at the bottom of my page, I will share each participant’s link to their craft.
To view all of my creative crafts you can view it here CREATIVE CRAFT.
Do you want to see a functional and cute Dollar Tree soap dish? I’m honestly loving this one and will be making one for Kristin to place on the countertop near the sink in her laundry room.
This was made from two items from Dollar Tree, Jenga blocks and 4 mini wooden cubes. I used other items I had on hand. If you are interested in the tutorial on how I made this keep on reading!
DIY FAUX BAMBOO SOAP DISH
Open the box of the game pieces. Pick out 31 tiles. I am using the neutral blocks for my soap dish.
Step One:
Take 6 pieces and glue three together to form a long piece. Do the steps again. You should have two pieces with 3 tiles glued together.
Step Two:
Grab 16 pieces and glue two pieces together. You should have 8 two-tile pieces.
Step Three:
Build the base starting with the pieces of the 3 tiles glued together. Laying them flat on the table.
Glue a two-tile piece to the ends of the three-tile pieces.
Placing them down on the short edge side.
I used a toothpick to clean the excess glue off of the tiles.
Continue to glue the two-tile pieces evenly.
Step Four:
Add feet to the base. Using 4 wooden mini cubes glue to each corner.
Step Five:
Frame the top of your base. After the glue has dried, turn the base over.
To frame the two ends, take one tile and glue it down.
Measure the opening, cut a piece to size. Sand the rough edges and glue down.
Do the same to the other end.
Step Six:
Trimming out your soap dish.
To each side of the dish glue tiles to the unfinished ends.
Do the same to the other side.
Step Seven:
Fill in all the cracks with wood filler. Since I am staining my soap dish, I used stainable filler.
Once dry, sand the entire piece with 120 grit sandpaper.
With a damp cloth, wipe away any dust from sanding.
Last Step:
Stain or paint your soap dish. I am using Minwax Hickory. Applied two coats, sanding between coats. Let dry sanded the entire piece again, wipe away dust from sanding. Apply two coats of Poly, sanding between coats as well.
Let dry for several hours and then style it as you like.
This wasn’t a quick craft, but in the long run it was super fun to make, I love how it turned out. I hope I gave you some ideas to create something out of those Jenga tiles in Dollar Tree. I have made a few items from them. If you want to check those out you can view here DOLLAR TREE WOODEN LINK CHAIN – DOLLAR TREE MIRROR WITH JENGA BLOCKS – DIY DOLLAR TREE TRAY.
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Decorating our home on a budget is my thrill. I think a home can look beautiful without breaking the bank. Your home should bring the best out of you and make you feel happy. You should smile every time you enter your home. 🙂
How creative Terrie, and super cute! So smart to use Jenga blocks, great idea~
Wow! This is stunning. What a difference the stain makes. I actually need a new soap dish so might have to attempt this.
Your faux bamboo soap dish turned out great! It looks very unique. I think this would make a real nice housewarming gift with a handmade soap.
This looks awesome and is such a creative project. All from game pieces too! Makes me want to go shopping for a box to figure out something to make with them. So glad you join the hop each month. Pinned.
Your tumbling tower soap dish looks amazing, Terri! I ordered several boxes of the tower from the dollar tree for my craft class that I have each month. But I had a time trying to decide what craft to do so I put them aside. But thanks to you, we can now make a soap dish like yours! Which would be so cool! The construction looks like it would be fun and easy – perfect for the ladies to make! Thanks for sharing!
This is such a great idea. Love this so cute
Girl! Just when I think I’ve seen everything that you could come up with you surprise me! I have bought several of these over the years and some can be quite pricey. I love yours! It gives such a warm and inviting bit of color to the room and looks fantastic.
Terrie, I’m all about thrifty projects that look high end, and you’ve nailed it, Friend! What a smart way to craft with dollar store supplies! Blessings, Cecilia @ My Thrift Store Addiction
I never would have seen Jenga blocks as a soap dish, Terrie. You have great creative vision!
Wow, wow, wow Terrie! Who knew you could take such readily available pieces from the dollar store and transform them into something this amazing! The outcome is so impressive.