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How to Make a Fall Basket Using Dollar Store Items

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Making a fall basket using dollar store items and a thrift store find wicker basket is a fun decor piece for fall. It’s a quick and easy fall craft. Decorating for fall always means adding some fun and whimsical decor to our home. Making a fall basket using dollar store items combined with a thrift store find basket kept the cost very low for this.

 Fall Wicker Basket with pumpkins, scarecrows, and floral stems

I create crafts and decor pieces using dollar store items often so I’m always happy when our monthly challenge is to make a craft using mostly items that were purchased at a dollar store. It’s fun to join in with a group of talented bloggers and see all of the creativity. 

Dollar Store Craft Challenge

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How to Make a Fall Basket Using Dollar Store Items

Supplies Used

    • Basket
    • Floral Stems
    • Pumpkin Picks
    • Scarecrow Picks
    • Mini Hay Bale
    • Small Pumpkins
    • Ribbon
    • Wooden Pumpkin
    • Raffia
    • Wood Skewers
    • Craft Paint
    • Pearl Head Pins
    • Hot Glue

The basket is one that I bought at my local Goodwill a while ago. I liked the color and the sections of it. When I was sorting through items to use for this project, this basket was the perfect choice. The divided sections made it easier to place the assortment of fall decor pieces inside of it. The handle will be covered once I add all of the fun items to the basket.

Wicker basket with four sections and handle

I use raffia to fill the basket so that the items wouldn’t sink down too far into the basket. 

Raffia in wicker basket

Before I shopped at the Dollar Tree for some new items, I sorted through my fall craft stash and found pumpkins and scarecrows that I bought there last year. This year I bought mini hay bales, glittery copper pumpkin picks, raffia, and fall floral stems. 

Fall craft items for a fall basket

I wanted to have different heights for the various items that would go into the basket. I used one of my craft stash pumpkins as a base and a smaller one that I had painted with gold glitter. 

Pumpkin, ribbon, scarecrow picks

  • Remove the stems from the pumpkins
  • Press the scarecrow floral pick into the center of the small pumpkin.

Scarecrow floral pick pressed onto small pumpkin

  • Add ribbon to the larger pumpkin. Either pin or glue in place.
  • Press the scarecrow pick and small pumpkin into the center of the larger pumpkin.

Small pumpkins on top of each other with scarecrow picks

The hay bales have metal wrapped around them. I didn’t like the look of that, so I covered them with raffia.

  • Wrap raffia around the metal on the mini hay bale. Either pin or glue the raffia in place.
  • Press the scarecrow and pumpkin pick through the center of the mini hay bale.

Mini hay bale wrapped with strips of raffia

The fun part is putting all of the items into the basket, keeping it balanced and giving it a layered look. I adjusted the placement of items until I was happy with how it was looking. 

Fall basket with dollar store pumpkins,scarecrow, and floral stems

I painted a few small pumpkins blue and orange using Waverly Chalk Paint. To hold them in place I used wood skewers inserted into the bottoms of the pumpkins. I was happy to have found the glittery copper pumpkin picks at the Dollar Tree. 

 

fall basket made using dollar store craft items

I added in some filler to the back of the basket to help the floral stems stay taller than the other items. A couple more scarecrows were attached to pumpkins and layered in place. More pumpkins were added until the basket was full.

collage photo of fall basket made using dollar store items

The finishing touch was to add a strip of ribbon around the basket and a wooden pumpkin that I had in my craft stash. These are hot glued in place. 

Fall basket with wooden pumpkin and ribbon

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Fall Wicker Basket with dollar store fall craft items

This is a fun fall decor piece for our sun room. I like to use casual and cute decor for this space during fall. I made sure to use colors that would go well with my Tic Tac Toe Game Board.

 

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How to Make a Fall Basket Using Dollar Store Items

Wicker Basket filled with dollar store pumpkins, scarecrows, and floral stems

What’s the latest craft you’ve made using dollar store items? 

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  1. Marci says

    ‘Lovely arrangement! You were very clever stacking the cute scarecrow face with the pumpkins. Thank you for the step by step directions for achieving that look. What a great basket, too! I love how it is divided. pinning -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

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  6. Laurie says

    Beverly, Wow! Amazing what you can do with a few Dollar Store pieces! Love the scarecrows and pumpkin assortment and you arranged it beautifully. Pinning

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    • Beverly says

      Thank you for your thoughts, Laura. Fortunately, Charleston came through the storm with very minor impacts. We returned home last night and everything was fine here.

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  13. Leanna says

    Hi Beverly. It amazes me what you created using dollar store supplies. Its truly a gift to take something that looks so mass produced and turn it into a beautiful arrangement like this.

    Your arrangement is beautiful and it looks very boutique. Gorgeous job.

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    • Beverly says

      It’s always fun to design a decor piece on a budget and using dollar store items is a great way to do that. I’m alwaYS AMAZED AT THE MANY WAYS DOLLAR STORE PUMPKINS CAN BE MADE TO LOOK SO LOVELY. tHANK YOU, lEANNA.

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  17. Michele says

    This is just the cutest! What an added bonus that it’s inexpensive to make. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at the Whimsical Wednesdays link Party and have a wonderful week!

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