The Dollar Tree Kitchen Essential That Can Declutter Any Room

Clutter is the bane of modern life. With the rise of online shopping and the ease of accumulating just a few extras, it's no wonder our homes are overflowing with stuff — especially the small, easy-to-lose items that never seem to have a permanent place. That's where a simple TikTok hack by @allison.b7 comes in. She highlights a Dollar Tree kitchen essential that's not just for snacks: Lock-Top Plastic Snack Containers. Though sold as food storage, they can be cleverly repurposed to corral small items in other areas of the house.

Thanks to their clear plastic walls and secure locking lids, these containers are versatile multi-taskers. They can help you declutter any room in the house — from the garage and bathroom to the playroom and craft station — offering a budget-friendly solution for keeping your tiniest items under control. Organizing big things like kitchen appliances, tools, or seasonal clothing is relatively straightforward. It's the small odds and ends, like craft supplies, game pieces, sewing bits, or office essentials that create real chaos. That's where these Dollar Tree containers can make a difference.

In the TikTok video, @allison.b7 shows how Dollar Tree's Lock-Top Plastic Snack Containers are perfect for organizing everything from crayons and poker chips to cards and game pieces. But their usefulness extends way beyond the playroom or craft station. The compact design means these containers work beautifully in drawers, baskets, or shelves — ideal for creating zone-based organization systems in nearly any room. You can dedicate them to desk supplies like binder clips and flash drives, bathroom bits like floss picks and tweezers, or garage odds and ends like screws and nails.

And don't overlook their original purpose of housing food items. They're great for storing snacks like trail mix or granola, keeping baking supplies like cupcake toppers or food coloring sorted, or giving loose tea bags and spice packets a neat home so your pantry stays organized. They also work well in the fridge, where you can contain loose produce, leftovers, half-used cheese blocks, or condiment packets that clutter your fridge shelves and drawers. This will also help reduce visual mess and make it easy to see what you have at a glance. At around 50 cents a piece, they offer a flexible, uniform system to declutter nearly any space — including the kitchen.