The Nifty Rotating Dollar Tree DIY That Keeps Craft Paint And Supplies Organized

Nothing kills the creative moment like walking into your space with a brilliant idea, and then losing all your ambition after digging in drawers and closets for an hour looking for the necessary materials. There are countless storage ideas that will have your craft space humming along at top efficiency. But when it comes to your working space, a DIY rotating craft supplies organizer made from a few Dollar Tree items will keep everything you need for any given project within easy reach.

There is no question, organization is just as essential for artists and crafters as it is for anyone else. Of course, creatives often face additional challenges, in part because arts and craft spaces are full of little bits of, well, everything. Tubes of paint, brushes, glue, buttons, and all manner of other crafting accoutrement can easily start to clutter up your space. This DIY will help you create a stunning organizing and storage product you'll want to put on display. 

From Dollar Tree, you'll need a pair of gold plastic charger plates, four clear plastic three-compartment storage trays, four glass candleholders, and a pencil and brush organizer. You'll also want to find a square of wood that will fit inside the inner edge of the plate charger and some heavy-duty glue appropriate for plastic. To make the organizer rotate, pick up a lazy Susan. Or, if you'd rather DIY one of those, you'll also need a pair of pie tins and some marbles.

This organized art supply storage system is a crafter's dream, and it's so easy to make. Glue the lazy Susan to the underside of a plate charger. Then adhere the acrylic organization boxes around the inside edge of the charger, arranging them vertically so each container creates little storage towers. Glue the glass candleholders between each of the storage towers, attach the wood square on top to stabilize the structure, and you've got the first level of your rotating organizer.

Create the second tier by adhering the other charger plate on top of the wood square. Attach the pencil and brush organizer to the center, and then paint the whole thing one color. That's it. Of course, you can customize it to your personal needs by skipping the second tier of the organizer and inserting a tall, slender cylinder in the center of the acrylic storage towers. Or, use a slightly smaller plate to create the second tier, increasing accessibility to the materials on the first tier.

Using these Dollar Tree storage finds to beat craft drawer clutter on a budget is a simple way to bring some sanity to your creative space. One of the best parts of this easy DIY organizer is the rotating feature. However, if you don't have a lazy Susan, you can easily make one. Simply fill the bottom of a pie tin with marbles, then set a second pie tin of the same size on top. This allows the top to spin freely. Affix the first charger plate to the pie tin, and then proceed as above.