A Dollar Tree Toilet Plunger Becomes Beautiful Decor With An Easy DIY

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Whether you're on the hunt for a beautiful dining table centerpiece that will look good all year long or need something for a special occasion like a wedding or milestone birthday, you can't go wrong with a (new) toilet plunger from Dollar Tree. We know what you're thinking: How can the tool you unblock your toilet with transform into stunning tabletop decor? With some spray paint, pretty artificial blooms, a picture frame or metal hoop, sparkly accessories, and a little craftiness on your part, this stunning centerpiece DIY is surprisingly straightforward. What's more, it's easy to transform this basic idea into all manner of themed centerpieces, from decorating the guest tables at a packed baby shower to adorning your family's intimate Thanksgiving dinner table.

To craft your next guest-impressing centerpiece, you'll need a Dollar Tree Thermoplastic Toilet Plunger. While in store, browse the craft aisle for an 8 by 10 inch black picture frame — the Special Moments Black Angled or Narrow-Edge Black Plastic, or Matted Black frames would all work — or get a Seenelling 12 Pack of Large Metal Floral Hoops (4 Inch, 6 Inch, and 8 Inch) for a bit over $12. Pick up, too, a few bunches of Dollar Tree Floral Garden Assorted 6-Stem Rose Bouquets, Assorted Artificial Pastel Floral Garden Greenery Bushes, and some floral foam blocks. Browse the craft and homewares sections for embellishments that catch your eye — think strings of gems, lightweight transparent candle holders, big bows, wide ribbons, and flat mirrors (as a base) – you're limited only by your imagination! You'll also need some gold paint, like Rust-Oleum Imagine Craft & Hobby Metallic Spray Paint for about $14.

With supplies and tools gathered, you're ready to transform your toilet plunger to use around the house with this creative DIY. Spray paint the plunger and any visible accessories in your favored hue, allowing it to dry to the touch before proceeding. Stand the plunger upright on its domed base. If you're using the picture frame, remove the innards and attach it to the plunger handle with hot glue. If you're using hoops, glue a piece of floral foam to the top of the plunger handle, then mount a smaller and larger sized hoop over that (the smaller sized hoop should sit inside the larger one), and hot glue them in place to the foam at the top and the plunger handle at the bottom. If you prefer to have a large topiary ball as the feature of your centerpiece, glue two floral foam blocks into a transparent plastic bowl and glue that onto the top of your plunger handle.

Now it's time to add the artificial flowers and embellishments. In the case of the picture frame-styled centerpiece, you'll need to hot glue the floral garden greenery bushes, alternating between single stems and clusters of two or three stems around the frame. To create the round topiary, simply push the stems of the roses and greenery bushes liberally into the floral foam blocks. Finish off your centerpiece with hanging embellishments of your choice — for example, glue a few strings of crystal beads to the frame or bowl underneath the flowers or glue the plunger head to a flat mirror for a glamorous base.

With the Dollar Tree plunger as a base, you can craft all kinds of centerpieces. Need tabletop decor in a pinch? Decorate it with balloons by tying bunches to the bottom and top of the plunger handle using gift wrapping ribbon. Theme the balloons with stickers, attach a favorite plushy to the handle, or go all out and sit the plunger atop a base made of painted books, and decorate the balloon with bundles of silk flowers. Replace the blooms (or balloons) with plastic shrubbery and nestle the base of the plunger into an empty planter or ice bucket filled with moss to create an imitation boxwood topiary or woodland baby shower centerpiece. You can then place a battery-powered lightbulb inside the topiary ball for an ethereal internal glow.

Need a seasonal centerpiece? Get yourself some bunches of fall-themed artificial florals — we love Maoodoo Artificial Maple Leaves and Pumpkin Floral Fall Decor Stems for about $16 — and glue or twist them around the handle of a painted or real bark, rope, ribbon wrapped plunger stuck into a heavy planter, or pottery vase. Transform a plunger into spooky season tabletop decor by gluing short lengths of rope to the handle, covering the base. Finish the broom with a black and white ribbon bow to hide the glue and a witch's hat perched atop the handle. For Christmas, craft a giant piece of candy from two bowls glued to the plunger handle, a festive mailbox for letters to Santa, or a tree modeled on the fall tree — just switch the maple leaves for pine fronds.