DOLLAR TREE DIY _ Farmhouse White Washed Pots _ SPRING 2018

**DIY Dollar Tree Farmhouse Candle Decor: A Step-by-Step Guide**

Hi everyone! Today, we’re diving into another fun Dollar Tree DIY project, and I’m so excited to share this one with you because it’s not only incredibly easy but also budget-friendly. The total cost for me was just $8, and I want to walk you through every step of how I created this farmhouse-inspired decor.

### **Materials Needed**

As shown in the previous clip, here are all the materials you’ll need to create this look:

- White paint (purchased from Dollar Tree)

- Clay pots (available in various sizes at Dollar Tree)

- Floral foam

- Reindeer moss

- Hot glue gun and glue sticks

### **Getting Started: Painting the Clay Pots**

The very first thing I want to do is get out this white paint. At first, when I bought the white paint at Dollar Tree, I wasn’t sure if it would be enough. So, I pulled some white paint from my stash. However, I realized that you can definitely get away with just the little bucket of white paint from Dollar Tree.

I decided to start by painting the clay pots white. Now, I have to admit, I put way too much white paint on the first pot. If you find yourself doing the same thing and adding too much paint, don’t worry! You can use a little sponge or paper towel to soak up the excess paint. It’s important to let the paint dry completely before moving on to the next step.

### **Adding Structure with Floral Foam**

Once the clay pots are painted and dried, I realized that I needed some sort of structure inside the pots to hold the candle. The only thing that came to mind was floral foam. I purchased it from Dollar Tree, and they come in various shapes and sizes. I chose square foam because I thought it would fit perfectly into the clay pots.

To secure the foam inside the pot, I used my knife (a fun shoutout to #KnifeNight on Instagram!) to cut the foam down to size. If you’re not familiar with Knife Night, it’s just a lighthearted term people use on Instagram to share their knife-related activities—though in this case, we’re using it for a practical purpose!

### **Adding Reindeer Moss**

Next up is the reindeer moss, which I absolutely love from Dollar Tree. It’s so pretty, but I have to be honest—it smells a little funky. However, it’s not bad enough to make your house smell.

I decided to use hot glue to secure the moss to the foam. This helps ensure that most of the moss stays in place without moving around too much. If you prefer, you can also use the hot glue gun to glue the foam directly to the bottom of the clay pot for added stability, especially if you’re making a larger version of this DIY.

### **Customization and Placement**

I love how versatile these pots are—you can add text to them, like “farmhouse,” “blessed,” or any word that’s special to you. You could even add numbers, such as your house number, for a cute touch.

Once I had the moss in place, I realized that putting the candle on top would make it look more natural and aesthetically pleasing. However, I noticed that when I placed the candle on the moss, it scrunched down a bit. To fix this, I added more moss around the base of the candle so it looked like the moss was growing up and around it.

### **Final Touches**

I’ve been trying out different places to put these little decor pieces around my house. I haven’t quite decided where they’ll end up yet, but I plan to share another video once I figure it out. This DIY is perfect for a spring-themed decoration, but it’s also great year-round if you’re into the farmhouse aesthetic, which seems to be trending right now.

### **Personal Reflection**

I truly love this whole farmhouse vibe—it makes my house feel light and airy, and honestly, it reduces any anxiety I might feel when I’m surrounded by lighter colors. It’s just a calming presence in my home, and I’m so happy I can share these ideas with all of you.

### **Conclusion**

And there you have it—this DIY project is truly as simple as it gets! The white paint dries almost instantly, which makes the process even quicker. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that you’ll give it a try. Don’t forget to like this video if you found it helpful—it really means a lot to me. I love you all so much and can’t wait to see what you create with this idea!

Until next time, happy crafting!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys today we're gonna do another dollar tree DIY it's been a hot minute but I'm so excited to share this one with you guys because it is so incredibly easy and the total that came out for me was eight dollars so as you saw in the previous clip those were all the materials that you will need to put this look together I think this is perfect for farmhouse it's just so fresh and it's so pretty but I want to point out that I'm not actually using this decor to light the candles there is moss and it's probably flammable so this is just really aesthetic and just a decorative piece for my house so the very first thing that I want to do is get out this white paint I have to say at first when I bought the white paint at Dollar Tree I thought this is not going to be enough and so I pulled some white paint that I had in my stash and honestly you can get away with that little bucket of white paint from Dollar Tree because this first clay pot I just put way too much white paint on it now if you do end up putting too much you can take like a little sponge or a little towel paper towel and kind of soak up the excess paint but yeah so I definitely feel like you can get away with that little tiny bucket of white paint I've had to debt you'll see that I even had to like dab some of the extra paint off on the newspaper in the end you'll see like different places that I decide to set up this decor I haven't quite figured out just where I want to put this quite yet but you will eventually see a video from me on where this ended up going because I'm still like testing out some places but I also want to point out that I feel like this is very spring DIY - this is spring this is all year round especially if you're into the whole farmhouse feel which is very trending it's very popular I just I don't like it coz it's training and popular I just love the whole aesthetic and it makes my house feel so light and airy and it just makes I don't know how to explain it but I just feel like there's weight lifted off my shoulder I just really feel like the lighter and colours the I don't know just the less anxiety I guess I tend to feel I don't know if that makes any sense but I'm definitely loving this whole farmhouse thing and I'm just happy that I can share with you some of my ideas and also by the way you can do anything to these clay pots I mean you can add text to it like farmhouse or blessed or like whatever word that is special to you you can add numbers to this you know maybe it's like your house number or just any number it would be really really cute to you to do that as well when I realized that I wanted to put a candle in these clay pots I realized that I was going to need some sort of object in the clay pots to hold the candle up on top so and the only thing that came to my mind was a floral foam I got it at the Dollar Tree and they come in different shapes and sizes but I wanted square I thought square would be the perfect thing to fit into these clay pots so basically I'm just cutting this down with my knife hashtag knife night and if you don't know what that means don't worry about it's an Instagram thing but I'm just basically cutting these little foam pieces to fit inside the clay pot so that my candle has some sort of structure to sit on top the next thing I'm going to do is take this reindeer moss I love this stuff from the Dollar Tree it's so pretty I have to say smells kind of funky I'm not like a fan of the smell but it's not so bad that it's gonna actually make your house smell by any means it's just if you're close up to it it just has like not the most attractive smell I guess but I am taking some hot glue and putting it on the foam so that the majority of this Moss can sit on top without really moving but a lot of these pieces are just like loosely sitting around but you can definitely use your hot glue gun here and kind of glue everything together you can even use your hot glue gun to glue the foam to the bottom of your clay pot so that that never moves if you really want this to be stable especially if you make a larger version of this now I have the meeting clay pots and the miniature clay pots from Dollar Tree but sometimes they do sell the bigger ones so keep that in mind you can definitely use your glue gun to secure the foam and then you can even use the glue gun to secure your candle on top of the reindeer moss as well but I'm not I'm fine with my candle just kind of sitting loosely on top so but I did notice once I put the candle on top of the moss it kind of like scrunched it down so I had to add some more kind of around so it looked like the moss was like growing up and around the candle and you guys that is the DIY it is that simple and the paint literally almost dries within seconds so I hope that you guys enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up it's gonna help me out a lot and I love you guys and I'll see you soon byehi guys today we're gonna do another dollar tree DIY it's been a hot minute but I'm so excited to share this one with you guys because it is so incredibly easy and the total that came out for me was eight dollars so as you saw in the previous clip those were all the materials that you will need to put this look together I think this is perfect for farmhouse it's just so fresh and it's so pretty but I want to point out that I'm not actually using this decor to light the candles there is moss and it's probably flammable so this is just really aesthetic and just a decorative piece for my house so the very first thing that I want to do is get out this white paint I have to say at first when I bought the white paint at Dollar Tree I thought this is not going to be enough and so I pulled some white paint that I had in my stash and honestly you can get away with that little bucket of white paint from Dollar Tree because this first clay pot I just put way too much white paint on it now if you do end up putting too much you can take like a little sponge or a little towel paper towel and kind of soak up the excess paint but yeah so I definitely feel like you can get away with that little tiny bucket of white paint I've had to debt you'll see that I even had to like dab some of the extra paint off on the newspaper in the end you'll see like different places that I decide to set up this decor I haven't quite figured out just where I want to put this quite yet but you will eventually see a video from me on where this ended up going because I'm still like testing out some places but I also want to point out that I feel like this is very spring DIY - this is spring this is all year round especially if you're into the whole farmhouse feel which is very trending it's very popular I just I don't like it coz it's training and popular I just love the whole aesthetic and it makes my house feel so light and airy and it just makes I don't know how to explain it but I just feel like there's weight lifted off my shoulder I just really feel like the lighter and colours the I don't know just the less anxiety I guess I tend to feel I don't know if that makes any sense but I'm definitely loving this whole farmhouse thing and I'm just happy that I can share with you some of my ideas and also by the way you can do anything to these clay pots I mean you can add text to it like farmhouse or blessed or like whatever word that is special to you you can add numbers to this you know maybe it's like your house number or just any number it would be really really cute to you to do that as well when I realized that I wanted to put a candle in these clay pots I realized that I was going to need some sort of object in the clay pots to hold the candle up on top so and the only thing that came to my mind was a floral foam I got it at the Dollar Tree and they come in different shapes and sizes but I wanted square I thought square would be the perfect thing to fit into these clay pots so basically I'm just cutting this down with my knife hashtag knife night and if you don't know what that means don't worry about it's an Instagram thing but I'm just basically cutting these little foam pieces to fit inside the clay pot so that my candle has some sort of structure to sit on top the next thing I'm going to do is take this reindeer moss I love this stuff from the Dollar Tree it's so pretty I have to say smells kind of funky I'm not like a fan of the smell but it's not so bad that it's gonna actually make your house smell by any means it's just if you're close up to it it just has like not the most attractive smell I guess but I am taking some hot glue and putting it on the foam so that the majority of this Moss can sit on top without really moving but a lot of these pieces are just like loosely sitting around but you can definitely use your hot glue gun here and kind of glue everything together you can even use your hot glue gun to glue the foam to the bottom of your clay pot so that that never moves if you really want this to be stable especially if you make a larger version of this now I have the meeting clay pots and the miniature clay pots from Dollar Tree but sometimes they do sell the bigger ones so keep that in mind you can definitely use your glue gun to secure the foam and then you can even use the glue gun to secure your candle on top of the reindeer moss as well but I'm not I'm fine with my candle just kind of sitting loosely on top so but I did notice once I put the candle on top of the moss it kind of like scrunched it down so I had to add some more kind of around so it looked like the moss was like growing up and around the candle and you guys that is the DIY it is that simple and the paint literally almost dries within seconds so I hope that you guys enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up it's gonna help me out a lot and I love you guys and I'll see you soon bye\n"