Dollar Tree Fall Rake Makeover

Good morning! It’s another hot week here in Central California. It’s hard to get into the fall spirit when it’s almost 100 degrees! It’s supposed to rain tomorrow, if we even remember what that is. I will probably take my kids out to play in it if it does!

Even though it is hard to get into fall, I have made another fall craft using Dollar Tree floral, bells and ribbon. I had my husband keep this rake after the wooden handle broke. I’m sure he thought I was crazy :). I sort of forgot about it, until I saw something similar on Pinterest. I dug it out of the shed and went to Dollar Tree to by some fun little goodies. Here is what I bought: 5 stems of feathers and flowers, a string of acorn bells and a roll of ribbon.

Fall Rake Dollar Tree Makeover

The first thing I did was to push the leaves up to the flower and then clip apart the flowers from the big plastic stem. I used wire cutters for this.

Fall Rake Makeover First step

Here is everything all separated and ready to be glued on.

Fall Rake Makeover step 2

I started with the long grassy leaves. I laid them out on the black part of the rake and then hot glued them on. They don’t have to be too close together or perfect.

Fall Rake Makeover Adding Pieces

Next I filled in more of the empty places the pieces that had the feathers in them. Again, nothing has to be perfectly placed.

Fall Rake Makeover Feathers

These feathers are so pretty!

Fall Rake Makeover Feather addition

Then I took the larger flowers and started filling in on the top to cover the black plastic part of the rake. I cut some of the flower stems closer to the leaves so they would lay more flat and the others I left the longer stem. Then I glued them on randomly. Some I placed higher up and some down lower. I also added some of the filler flower in between some of the empty spaces.

Fall rake Makeover Filler Flower

After all the flowers were attached I glued the bells onto the black part and then added a big bow to the top. I don’t have pictures of making the bow. I don’t seem to have enough hands! šŸ™‚

I love how this looks on the wooden fence!

Fall Rake Makeover Fence

Fall Rake Makeover Bells

Here it is inside too with some cute little pumpkins underneath.Fall Rake Makeover Dining Room

I really like it outside on the fence though!

Fall Rake Makeover Dollar Tree on Fence

30 thoughts on “Dollar Tree Fall Rake Makeover”

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  8. thejohnsonplusdog says:
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    You’re right, it does look great hanging on the fence! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty – hope to see you again next week.

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  9. angelabrowerhobbs says:
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    I love the fall frugal home dĆ©cor idea! This is my first time visiting and I think it’s awesome that you’re a mother daughter team documenting your projects together. Maybe someday when my girls are older…Visiting from the Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop.

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  21. Amanda Kolb says:
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    Love how it turned out. Dollar Tree is always my first stop when it comes to decorating wreaths or other crafts. Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!

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