21 Affordable Dollar Tree DIYs That Add Style And Curb Appeal To Your Front Porch

Think Dollar Tree is just full of cheap trinkets and toys? Then you're in for a treat because many of the affordable items at the dollar store are perfect materials to create beautiful front porch displays. Your front porch is the ideal spot to focus on improving curb appeal — it's visible from the road, and it's where guests take their first steps into your home. If you think you have to spend hundreds of dollars to spruce up your front porch, let us introduce you to the magic of Dollar Tree.

These front porch projects use primarily Dollar Tree supplies, along with some basic crafting items, like hot glue and other adhesives. Most of them are quick to put together, and you can customize the colors, designs, and layouts to show off your creativity and style. From door decorations, mats, and house numbers to planters, storage, and accents, these affordable, easy, and attractive ideas give you many ways to improve your front porch.

Tired of the same old wreath? Instead of covering your door with flowers, use little pots for an earthy greeting. For this simple wreath, you'll use a Dollar Tree wire wreath form and cover it with seed starting pots. This is a great project if you have a dozen or so pots lying around from last spring, or you can grab them at Dollar Tree when they are in season. The creator glues bits of Floral Garden floral moss inside and between the pots, but you can add personal touches, like ribbons, silk flowers, fairy garden figures, or mini signs. A pair of kids' gardening gloves draped and glued in place would also make a cute accent.

Dollar Tree's shepherd's hooks and flag holders aren't as strong as more expensive brands, but zip-tying them together makes them sturdy enough for a welcome sign next to your front porch. The flag holder faces one direction to hold a decorative flag, and the shepherd's hook goes the other way to hold a Dollar Tree solar lantern. Or, combine three hooks equally spaced to hang three smaller lanterns. Spray paint the holders to change the look, and swap out the flag for the seasons.

Dollar Tree solar lanterns get a floral makeover in this DIY. It's as simple as brushing clear glue or Mod Podge on the glass and putting pressed or dried flowers into the adhesive. To stick with Dollar Tree supplies, use Crafter's Square paper flowers, or pick some flowers from your garden and press them in a heavy book, between wax paper sheets, for about a week. Another layer of glue or Mod Podge helps seal in the decorations. You can also paint the lantern to customize the look. Hang it on a shepherd's hook to put in a potted plant, or make a group of floral lanterns, and arrange them on your steps.

Whether you want a leaning planter or storage shelf, grab three Garden Collection metal oval planters from Dollar Tree to form the tiers. You'll also need two 3-foot wooden stakes as the supports — Dollar General offers them for $1. From there, you'll staple the planters in place evenly along the two stakes, and decorate as desired. Leave them as-is if you want a natural look, or spray paint everything the same color for a monochromatic style. Lean it against the wall, or press the stakes into the dirt in front of your porch.

One resourceful creator DIYed a watermelon rug using Dollar Tree supplies to save serious money. To make a large watermelon, tape two Dollar Tree rectangular welcome mats together, and use a hula hoop as a shape guide to cut them into a half moon with sharp scissors. Then, it's a matter of gluing Floral Garden nautical rope around the edge, one row at a time. Spray paint creates the distinct watermelon colors. You could get creative with other fruit shapes as well, or make the arched design look like a rainbow.

This project is a way to creatively display house numbers with a floral touch. It uses a Dollar Tree Crafter's Square wood plank, or if you prefer, you can source wood from leftover project scraps. A Crafter's Square wood crate creates the flower-holder portion and can be glued in place at the bottom of the plank using weather-resistant wood glue like Meuvcol waterproof wood glue. This inexpensive craft is easy to customize based on the paint or stain color you use for the wood and the style of house numbers you attach to the plank. Don't forget that Dollar Tree offers die-cut foil numbers for a metal-like look.

Monogram your front door by creating a giant letter out of Dollar Tree pool noodles. The smooth, straight sections are ideal for forming letters of any size. Leave the noodles whole or cut them in half lengthwise before gluing them into the desired shape with a hot glue gun. The foam material acts like floral foam, so you can easily push silk flowers and greenery into it to cover the letter. Or, glue moss or other decorations to cover the foam completely. In the wintertime, you can glue on polyester fill to look like snow, or in the autumn, attach maple leaves. You can hang the letter on or next to the door.

There are many tips for organizing gardening tools, but this DIY keeps your most-used items always within reach. It uses floral foam wreath forms stacked and glued together to create a ribbed table. Various finish options, from plain paint to stone texturing, help you personalize the outside. Leave the bottom open or add an Essentials wire waste basket inside. A wooden round turns the container into a side table with storage — place it on top like a lid. It's the perfect storage spot and place to put your drink. Just make sure not to store iron alloy tools on a drippy or moist porch — they will be prone to rust.

Lighting sets the mood on your front porch, making it an inviting spot to relax. This Dollar Tree candle holder adds a soft glow without the need for an electrician. It uses a simple glass cylinder vase, which is available in various sizes at Dollar Tree. Hot glue nautical rope along the bottom, and pop in a Luminessence battery-powered candle for a flame-free glow. You can also add filler or use other materials to wrap the container. Choose three different vase sizes to create a cluster of candle holders.

Unlike a living topiary you can use in your yard, this version needs no care. It uses an Essentials broom handle as the trunk and a pool noodle, cut lengthwise into sixths, as greenery. The pieces of pool noodle get taped together in a long strip, which is then spiraled around the handle, taped in place, and covered with moss. Grab a planter as the base, and you have a stunning spiral topiary. Make two, and put one on each side of your front door.

Grab a plain wood birdhouse at Dollar Tree and turn it into a rustic front porch decoration. Paint the birdhouse to match your home's facade, then partially cover it with Floral Garden reindeer moss for an earthy look. Display this birdhouse on a table, railing, or even the porch floor. Or, for an elevated look, source an old porch spindle or piece of wood, and attach it to a flat piece of wood to create a base. You can even create an adorable DIY birdhouse hotel by combining multiple birdhouses.

Light the way to your front door with this solar light tower. It uses a larger and smaller plastic pot, both turned upside down, with the smaller one glued on top of the larger one. Paint the tower whatever color you want — using the color of your house trim can offer chic contrast. Dollar Tree offers solar post cap lights for $5 that you can attach to the top using any type of weather-resistant super glue. Paint your house number on the pot, or use Dollar Tree foil numbers, and position it at the base of your stairs to make your house easy to find (and to keep the solar light in the sun).

Turn Dollar Tree's Floral Garden three-section planters on their sides, and attach them to your house with all-weather Command strips for a creative silk flower display or succulent planter. If you don't love the available colors, you can always spray paint the planter to match your house or blend in with the greenery. Floral foam pieces placed in the planters hold faux flowers in place for maintenance-free natural decor.

Add dimension to a metal wind chime from Dollar Tree by using a small planter, turned upside down to create a cover. Spray painting the pot in a metallic color or in a different hue that matches the windchimes dresses up this project and makes for an oh-so-chic piece of hanging sculpture. The metal Dollar Tree windchimes have hooks on the top, which you can straighten out to poke through a hole in the bottom of the pot. Then, re-bend the hooks to hang the chimes. Or, combine the pot with DIY wind chimes from repurposed household items for a custom display.

Make an urn-style planter using one large and one small planter — check Dollar Tree for decorative pots with interesting texture. To get an ornate look, use two square wood plaques of different sizes for the base and two round circles of wood to go between the two pots. Construction adhesive works well to glue the small pot upside down on the square wood, followed by the round circles, and then the large pot attached upright. A stone-texture spray would also add a unique look, or spray paint the entire urn your preferred color in a well-ventilated area — preferably outdoors.

Dollar Tree offers impressive silk flowers year-round. This DIY keeps them in place using pool noodles inside a Dollar Tree planter. All you need to do is cut the pool noodle into sections slightly shorter than the inside of the pot, and arrange them upright inside the pot. It's an inexpensive filler, and it works like floral foam to hold your silk floral arrangement in place. Add ribbon, rope, or other embellishments to the pot, and swap out the flowers seasonally so you always have a fresh display.

Give basic Garden Collection plastic pots a makeover with this topsy-turvy planter project. The first pot sits on the ground and gets filled with potting soil. Add a broomstick into that pot. The remaining three pots need holes in the bottom large enough to fit the broomstick — slide them onto it, tilting them in opposite directions as you position them. Now you're ready to fill them with real plants or silk flowers and greenery to place near your front door, at the top of your steps, or in a corner of the porch.

Customize a welcome sign using Crafter's Square wood planks to form the sign. Piece the planks together with any type of wood glue, and use a few large craft sticks glued vertically on the back to hold the planks together. Now you have a blank canvas that you can paint, stencil, and adorn to fit your style. Adding Crafter's Square wood words, the possibilities are endless. Add a rope to hang it up, or attach a wood stake to add it to a planter.

Dollar Tree sells lanterns, but you can make your own large lantern using four 8 by 10 photo frames. You only need the frame and the glass — not the backing. Glue them together in a cube formation. You can attach it to a square piece of wood to form a base. From there, customization options include painting the frames, adding a handle, decoupaging images to the glass, or adding any other embellishments you like. For a variation, transform Dollar Tree garden fences into a lantern using a similar process.

Why spend money on outdoor throw pillows when you can upcycle items like placemats and old reusable tote bags with this patio pillow hack? Grab as many Home Collection fabric placemats as you want. You should select fabric placements with two pieces of fabric sewn together because you'll open the seam along one side. Then, add fiber fill through the opening, and sew it shut. If you are not comfortable with a thread and needle, don't be afraid to use a glue gun — it can work just as well. Check for seasonal fabric options to change up the look. You can also add fringe, sequins, or other accents to customize the pillows.

There are many DIY hanging planters you can make, but this one uses trendy rustic metal flower buckets, available from Dollar Tree. If you can't find the rope-wrapped buckets, these bee-themed planter buckets will work for shorter-stemmed blooms or greenery. You just need to drill two or three holes just below the top edge of the buckets, and use rope or chain through the holes to make hangers. Or pop the buckets into Garden Collection macrame hangers. The original project includes a simple wooden frame to hold the buckets, but you can also suspend them from the front porch roof instead.