Easy Together With Versatile Dollar Tree Distressed Break Tags

Get organized in addition to add together a flake of fashion to your baskets, crates, in addition to bins amongst elementary DIY distressed forest pose out tags. 

With fountain break, Easter, thrifting adventures in addition to slice of furniture makeovers I almost forgot to part a projection for this months Dollar Store DIY.  If you lot are novel to the blog, I postal service a Dollar Tree makeover on the offset Mon of every month.   It's a fun challenge in addition to a bully agency of sharing how cheap items tin dismiss live turned into beautiful domicile decor. 

Last month, I transformed Dollar Tree restrict rope carrots into fountain decor in addition to this calendar month I'm turning a tumbling tower game into numbered forest tags. 

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR DIY DOLLAR TREE WOOD TAGS

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- Mini "Jenga" game from Dollar Tree (I bought this during Christmastime when they had extra toys out for stocking stuffers)

- Antique wax

- Chalk paint (I used the color Plaster)

- Brushed Pewter metallic element arts and crafts paint 

- Everbilt minor gilt washers

- Sandpaper

- Drill in addition to drill bit

- Dap Rapid fuse glue

- Paintbrush

- Black adhesive numbers

- Art C embellishment brass binding rings

Back inwards December, I came across a Tumbling Tower Game at Dollar Tree in addition to knew correct away the forest pieces would brand perfect tags.   I had most of the items needed for this projection inwards my arts and crafts stash but did stimulate got to run to Home Depot in addition to larn minor brass washers. 

I started past times rubbing antique wax over all 4 sides of the natural forest pieces.

After the wax was dry out I added chalk pigment (Plaster is the color I used) over the front end of the tags.  You desire a distressed look, therefore simply slap on to a greater extent than or less pigment in addition to don't worry close beingness neat.

I allow the pigment dry out therefore used a drill flake in addition to drill to drill holes inwards the happen of each tag.

Once I had all the holes drilled I sanded all 4 sides of the tags amongst fine grit sandpaper.

For a to a greater extent than finished look, I similar to add together washers over the holes when I brand tags.  I wasn't earthworks the brass await for these tags, therefore I added a flake of metallic pewter arts and crafts paint to the washers.

I could stimulate got simply added jute to hang the tags, but therefore I remembered I had a pack of brass binding rings that I bought from Michaels months ago.   They matched the washers almost just in addition to were a squeamish modify to using basic string or jute. 

I added adhesive pose out stickers to a few of the tags in addition to left the residue blank for subsequently use.  You could ever pose out them all or if you lot desire to larn actually organized, select handgrip of a dark marking in addition to label your tags. 

Aren't these Dollar Tree game pieces turned pose out tags perfect for labeling baskets, crates, in addition to bins?

What would you lot purpose them for?

     

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