Dollar Tree Fall Truck Craft

Happy day friends!!!

Are you like me? Ready for fall?

I know many love summer and I do too but come mid-August, I am so ready to start gearing toward autumn!!

Every year at this time I make a trip to the Dollar Tree to see what new goodies they have and boy this year they have stepped up their game. So many fun things to make!! I cannot wait to share them with you.

Some will be here on the blog and others will be on our Facebook page. So….stay tuned!!

Today I want to share a quick and easy fall craft made with supplies bought at the Dollar Tree. Raise your hand if you love an inexpensive craft…

Let’s dig in and get started on our Dollar Tree fall truck craft!!!

Supplies Needed:

• Wooden old truck w/pumpkins
• Hay Rides off set sign
• Maple leaf ornament set
• Pumpkin ornament set
• A paint stirrer
• Pack of 6 wooden squares
• Glue Gun
• Mod Podge
• Accrylic Paints of choice; I used White, Light Taupe, Deep Green Black, Harvest Orange, Leaf Green, Black
• Fall cardstock
• Burlap ribbon & Fall ribbon

Step One:

Let’s get started!!!

First I painted the backside of the hayride sign white. Then before it dried I went over it lightly with the light taupe paint, to give it a kinda rustic look.

I then did the same thing with three of the small squares and the paint stirrer. These will be used to display the leaves and pumpkin.

Set aside to dry.

Step Two:

Now is when you can get creative if you want to.

Let’s paint the truck and this too came from the Dollar Tree…how cool is that?

Many people like to do the traditional red truck, but I wanted to be different. Surprising, I know! I chose to do a deep green-black. And I love this color!!

To do the fenders and the hubcap area, I mixed a little bit of white paint with my deep green-black to make a lighter color.

To finish the truck up, I chose to do the traditional orange for my pumpkins and taupe for the bed of the truck.

Oh and I almost forgot, black for the tires.

Finishing Touches for The Truck:

Before we head to the last steps of this craft, let’s finish up the truck.

Let’s make a bow with the burlap and fall ribbon. I learned how to make a really quick bow from Brooke Reilly at Re-Fabbed.

https://www.re-fabbed.com/make-bow-super-easy-way/

Now that everything is dry, make sure your hot glue gun is on and hot. Carefully apply a generous amount of glue to the backside of the truck and place it onto the painted side of the harvest sign. Once you have glued on the truck, you can now place and glue your bow on your sign where you would like.

***Be Careful With The Hot Glue Gun***

Now let’s finish this project up!!!

Final Step for Our Dollar Tree Truck Fall Craft:

Remember the three 4-1/2″ squares and paint stirrer that we painted up top? I started by gluing one of the squares onto the middle of the paint stirrer and then glued the other two evenly on the ends of the paint stirrer.

Next, I traced the pumpkin and leaves onto the backside of my cardstock and cut them out.

Apply a liberal amount of mod podge onto the pumpkin and leaves and place the cardstock of choice that you cut out on each one. Smooth out any bubbles or ridges.

Once the mod podge is dry, with the hot glue gun, glue one of each onto one of the wood squares. I chose to use two leaves and one pumpkin. So I have a leaf on each end and the pumpkin in the middle.

The be able to hang my signs, I gently glued a piece of twine onto the back of each sign. Now I am ready to hang my masterpieces…lol!!

Final Thoughts:

I know I say it often, but I am so thankful to be here with you all and to be able to share these ideas with you! I am truly blessed in life and thank you for following along with me in this journey!

We would love to hear from you and be sure to share a pic if you make this sign!!

Blessings always my sweet friends!!! Amanda