Brilliant Ways To Repurpose A Dollar Tree Mop Head Around The House

Love boho living rooms that embody the hippie-chick spirit? You can transform a Dollar Tree cotton mop head into a look-a-like knotted wall hanging without having to invest in a single specialized macrame tool. Wind the rope from the mop head around jars, cans, and plastic baskets to create woven boxes, vases, and planters. Sew or glue the cord together to create floor rugs and throw pillows. With a few simple craft supplies and just a bit of creative talent, you can transform a mop head into an array of festive decor. The hanging fibers become the beard of an endearing Christmas gnome, the flowing dress of an angel, or knit-look pumpkin ornaments for the fall.

The Dollar Tree mop heads that star in these DIYs are made of microfiber cloth and cotton, and you get one of each in a pack. The mop head strings are held in place by a two-part connector featuring two plastic pins. You need to take the connector apart if you wish to remove the cords without cutting them. Flip the mop head upside down and pull the mop strings apart, then use one hand to hold them behind the connector in a bundle. Holding a pair of wire pliers in your other hand, pry apart the connector. Once the mop rope is free, loosen the knots that tie each strand together. Don't have a Dollar Tree near you? Shop online! A 2-pack of EaseYourDay Cotton String Screw on Mop Replacement Heads costs less than $10, or get a set of fun red and white polka dot Libman Absorbent Microfiber Wonder Mop Head Replacement Pads for under $20.

Quickly make a wreath using a Dollar Tree mop head and one of the store's Metal Wreath Forms. They come in 8-inch, 14-inch, and 18-inch rounds; consider where you'll use the wreath when choosing the size. Tie a mop head strand to the innermost ring and wind it tightly. Once you come to the end of that strand, tie the next onto it and continue winding until the form is completely covered. Decorating this simple wreath wrap is as easy as making a bow from some scrap tulle and an old costume jewelry brooch you never wear or turning the Dollar Tree mop head into a darling spring decor piece with dried flowers. Glue or tie the decorative features onto the bottom or top of the wreath before hanging it up.

Small adjustments to this idea can make all the difference in how the final wreath looks. Channel those cottagecore vibes and braid the mop strings as you wrap them around the form. Play around with form shapes other than circular to create themed wreaths — try a heart form for Valentine's Day or a candy cane form for Christmas. Or ditch the form altogether in favor of a polystyrene ring, which you can paint yellow and use to make a fringed boho sun wreath, or your own cardboard template. Don't like the cream hue of the cotton mop head? Dye it brown with coffee or orange (to make a fall pumpkin-themed wreath) with watered-down paint. In fact, if you use paint, you can color the wreath any hue you prefer.

Special occasions, seasonal changes, and traditional festivities call for special decor. Yup, we're talking Dollar Tree DIYs to create a stunning centerpiece for any occasion. Trees sprouting fresh leaves, birds chirping, and bees buzzing are sure signs that spring has sprung. Celebrate the start of warmer days with a beehive-themed tablescape. Wrap the strings from a cotton mop head around a plastic planter, gluing them in place with your glue gun. Glue a ring of rope to the front and paint the inside black to create a beehive door. Add on some HADDIY Tiny Craft Bees — a pack of 50 costs about $8 — and place the hive on a tray with other bee or spring-themed items.

The microfiber mop head from Dollar Tree, with its silver and white knotted rope, perfectly embodies the frosty vibes of winter. Wrap the removed strands tightly around a Playground Cone and a couple of Driver's Choice Auto Funnel, both also from Dollar Tree, that you've spray-painted white. Sit your winter trees on a silver metal tray and surround them with SPWOLFRT White Frosted Artificial Cedar Berries and Stems for about $10. Decorating a table or room for a children's birthday party? Pony-mad kiddos will love a cartoon horse with body parts made from painted plastic planters and a cotton mop head mane. If you're good with a needle and thread, a mop doll, made using the mop head as the body and a soft fabric head, can easily become a set of clowns or a scarecrow for a fall child.

The natural-hued cotton string found on Dollar Tree mop heads just happens to lend itself perfectly to macrame and fringed wall-hanging lookalikes. However, this DIY isn't quite as simple as just hanging an unamended mop head on your wall. You're going to need to get out your crafting tools and supplies and make a few amendments to the mop if you want good-looking wall decor. Use lark's head knots to create a fringe of mop strings over a piece of dowel, a stick you found in the garden, or even the handle of a Dollar Tree Thermoplastic Toilet Plunger. Thread beads onto the strings, add a Welcome sign, affix a hanger made from wooden beads and string, or dye the cotton mop head in your favorite hues using fabric dye, like Rit All-Purpose Liquid Dye for about $8 a bottle.

Variations on a simple fringe include feathers or leaves, where you knot short pieces of mop string onto longer lengths hanging from the dowel, or attach the fringe to a wood round or rectangular sign emblazoned with a geometric patterned stick-on vinyl or a modern farmhouse phrase, free printable, or illustration. You could get really creative and use the cotton mop strings for the cowlick on a wooden bovine head cut out. Don't dismiss the microfiber mop heads as useless for creating wall hangings either. Tie two strands together at one end to create a braided look, fray them at the knot to create a fluffy tail, and tie the other end to a stick.

Search "Dollar Tree mop head" online and you'll be inundated with Christmas gnome tutorials. That's right — those funny little figures with a long beard and usually a pointy wool hat. To make a basic mop gnome, cover a dry bean-stuffed sock, vase, or craft cone with the mop head (handle connector removed), add a pom pom-topped hat made from a new sock or scrap fabric, and add a wooden bead for a nose. Other, fancier Yuletide gnomes include Santa with his red hat, snowy beard, and big nose; switching out your Elf on the Shelf for a gnome elf (just add the pointy ears and long legs); and even lighting up your gnome by placing battery-run string lights in a small Mason jar and placing it underneath the mop beard.

You're not limited to Christmas with your gnome decor; just switch out the hat fabric! For spring, craft an Easter bunny gnome with pastel prints and fluffy ears or give your gnome a sunflower-patterned hat. Add an artificial sunflower to a top hat for a fall scarecrow gnome or a witches hat for a Halloween-themed gnome. Make simple yet spooky ghosts by removing the hat and sticking on black cardboard eyes and mouth. Other easy mop Christmas decor includes making Santa fridge magnets from old metal jar lids (the mop strings are his beard) and wrapping foam board triangles or plastic and polystyrene cones and balls tightly with mop strands to make knit-look flat or 3D Christmas trees and hanging baubles. You can make fall mop pumpkins this way, too.

Tie the end of a mop head strand through a hole right at the bottom of a Dollar Tree Essentials Wire Waste Basket and wrap it tightly around the basket, tying it off when you reach the end. Repeat until the basket is covered. Secure the strands with randomly placed beads of hot glue. If the basket has really large holes, like this Round Plastic Storage Basket with Handle, weave the strands through them instead. Alternatively, go rustic and wrap a Dollar Tree Flexible Plastic Storage Tub with Handles in microfiber mop head rope and finish the handles with natural twine. Remember the DIY mop head tassels we mentioned earlier? Attach some around the rim of your basket to channel boho.

This idea works on smaller cylinders, too — think terracotta or plastic planters, glass vases and Mason jars, and even cans taken from the recycling bin. Wrap and glue the vase or jar in the mop head rope as you did the basket, then glue on some cute wooden ornaments or drop in a Tappovaly Battery Operated LED Tea Light — a pack of 24 costs just $8. If you've wrapped a can, glue a small wooden drawer pull to the cut-off can top, wrap it in extra mop head strands, and you have a lid! To make a modern farmhouse houseplant planter buy a 4 pack of Make Market Wood Pallet Bins and wrap the outside in cotton mop head rope. Add wooden beads for feet and pop your plants inside in their plastic nursery planters.

Begin this project by cutting a 24 to 30 inch square from a $12 bolt of M Mute Touch Ivory Anti Slip Vinyl Non Slip Fabric. Find the center and use some fabric glue — a 2.02 fluid ounce tube of FITTDYHE Washable Clear Clothing Glue costs about $9 — to secure the start of one Dollar Tree mop head strand. Wind the strand around itself in a tight spiral, working your way from the center outward and gluing the strand to the fabric at regular intervals as you work. Keep adding strands until you reach the size you want, then cut off any exposed fabric. When you lay the rug out in your bathroom, the non-slip fabric will prevent the mat from moving around on the wet floor, making for a safer bathing experience.

Creative crafters have come up with quite a few riffs on this bath mat idea. Choose a more decorative fabric and use just one mop head rope to make placemats for the dinner table. Or, turn your placemats (or the bath mat) into a couch cushion by sewing or gluing two mats together and filling them with pillow stuffing. For Halloween, make lots of teeny mop head string spirals, cut them in half, glue them onto a plain cotton cushion cover, and add eyes with a black permanent marker. It's a ghost pillow! Replace the fabric with large Large Round Crystal-Cut Plastic Trays, also from the Dollar Tree, and use the cotton mop head rope to create a functional Scandi-style serving tray or wall decoration.

A simple way to make a tassel to hang from a door knob or adorn a wall is to disguise the original mop handle connector by wrapping a few mop strands around it, gluing them in place as you go, and adding a rope loop to hang the tassel from. Use colored twine to wrap around the mop head tassel for contrast and to theme the tassels with your existing interior design palette. Make a huge tassel for your bathroom door handle by threading a mop head through a ball of string, pulling a few strands up and over said ball to disguise it, and sticking a second mop where the first narrows underneath it. Add beads or create patterns using small rubber bands.

Looking for more creative mop head furnishing ideas? Attach cotton mop head rope around a $21 QMDECOR Round Silver Wall Mirror with Iron Chain for a feathery frame. Disguise the ends of the strands closest to the mirror with a border of HedongHexi Beige Braided Upholstery Trim for about $12 a roll. Glue lengths of mop string to the mount board of a picture frame as a background for a set of four vibrantly patterned ceramic tiles. For example, a sampler of nine 4 x 4 inch Talavera Mixed Design Real Ceramic Mexican Tiles costs about $35. Make flowers by spiraling braids of the gray and white striped Dollar Tree microfiber mop strands around each other, gluing them to petals cut from disposable cookie tray foil, and arranging them on Crafter's Square Galvanized Metal Hanging Craft Signs.