@@TheCraftyOrganizer I just saw your tutorial and thank you for giving her credit. I think she is great. A lot of people don’t give enough or any credit to the ideas. I understand that sometimes you can’t but I appreciate those-like you-who do or even try. By the way; you are one of my fave’s also 👍🏽🙋🏽♀️🐕
Love this idea!!!! you hit it out of the park with this one ! You are so right about the dollar tree stores....they never have the supplies I see on RUclips!! TFS!!
I really like the way they turned out. ❤ Those box bases won't last outside unless they're under a covered area. Know this from experience. No matter what I've covered them with, they still fall apart. And I LOVE the shelving/ wall behind you. Very pretty!
I'm spoiled in Southern California.... weather gets some things... but we get away with so much more. My shelves were the least expensive basic option I could find... and I've 'enhanced' them. LOL
Hi Noreen! You and your channel are so amazing and encouraging. My dear sister lives in Arizona and my daughter and I are in Kansas. We're doing a 3 way long distance DT lantern project together!! We're pretty pumped to say the least. I'm finally getting a craft room soon and your YT's have been soooo helpful. Thank you for all the inspiration❤
I love this DIY, you're right I can't find supplies for DIY's at the Dollar Tree, also I would finish the base corners, adding flowers in the corners or filling in the corners would be a nice touch.
They look good, cute idea! I think here in Florida with our rainy season, for outdoor use, I'd find a base that was plastic or metal. They would look good with fairy lights also!
Making them into a pumpkin might be fun with a long bolt through the middle and pulling them together maybe on a round stove top cover on the bottom to screw through and keep it from rolling away and it could be a stand.
This lantern is so cute. Yours came out beautifully. 😍 Dee is one of my favorite crafters of all time! Her tutorials are streamlined and easy to follow and she comes up with the most creative stuff from DT products that look super high end but are simple to make. Her mind amazes me!! Her voice is super calming, too. Hmmm...so much like my favorite organizer of all time. 😉
I love Dee’s channel - she does such great projects and they always look high-end! I love your take on the lanterns. I’m planning to make these, had no trouble finding the tracks. There are several things I’ve seen on various channels that I’ve never found in any of the DT’s I go to.
What an amazing project, Norrine!!! You would never know what it was made from, to see the end result. I think I would fill in the corners. I don't think I'd use caulk, as it looks like it would take a lot. But either the clay or, as someone else suggested, some extra greenery or flowers. Maybe you could extend the leaves so they kind of spill over the edges of the base, & wrap them around the corners--in a natural-looking way of course! :) Anyway, thank you so much for sharing. Take care, & have an awesome day! :)
Love these! I will definitely make them if I can find the supplies. Like you the store closest to me never has the items shown in videos. I would have to travel about 45 minutes to the best store and that just isn't going to happen unless I have several stores I want to visit while there. Thanks for sharing.
Wow Noreen! That's awesome. I have a lantern garden in the making. So have to make a set of 3. I wonder how big I could make one. Thanks so much for finding this idea.
Norrine, I saw Shesocraftdee’s video of this! I was stunned!! I shared it to so many saying,”HOT WHEEL TRACKS”!!! Her videos are very good. Just like yours!!! Take care!❤️🧡
I’d thought about putting putting a screw through the top also because that would help hol d it together. I’m thinking of putting a dresser knob through the top.
Pretty 😍. It’s amazing how creative people can be with random bits and pieces. I noticed you wearing shorts and flip flops in your video ☀️. It’s absolutely dismal in the UK so far this summer. Cold and wet 😭. Can you believe I’m actually putting my electric blanket on before I get into bed tonight 🥶. Thank you for the video 🥰
I have been following Dee for several months now and she is so talented! When I seen this, I too went straight out to buy the supplies. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to make mine yet but I will. Most of the DT around me have the race tracks - surprisingly!!!
New subscriber here! The lanterns turned out great! I love Dee and all she makes. Thanks for showing us your version of the lantern. I just bought the supplies today to create my own. 😀
Look on line - there are SOOO many amazing variations of them now! By just adding some stickers or beads before paining, you can really get some beautiful dimension! Enjoy :D
You could glue a few leaves or flowers to hide the corners or fill it with caulk cause idk how the playdough would dry thoroughly between the plastic, the wood and covered with paint, if it doesn't dry completely it could cause mold
I seen this DIY from She So CraftDee & flipped over it. I will point out that it's much easier to paint the race tracks before assembly. I took them outside & hung them from a hanger on a tree branch & painted them. I do like your idea of caulking the grooves. I will do that with my next lantern/birdcage made from race tracks. 😄
That's too funny, I was just watching So CraftDee the other day. She also has a beautiful lantern that she makes with the jenga blocks from Dollar Tree. 🙂
Norrine I know what you mean about Dollar Tree mine is crappy too! Sometimes I have to go to 3 - 4 stores just to find everything I need to get and their shelves are hardly ever stocked up and always out of things. Dollar Tree needs to stock all their stores the same it's ridiculous to have to go to store to store just to find thing's! Hopefully someone from Dollar Tree Corp. is reading this comment!!! The lantern is cute I would of never thought to do that! You could make bigger one's using the longer car track's and a bigger block frame or something like that!
Yep, I have the same problem. The Dollar Tree in the town near us is slim pickings, however I can travel thirty minutes more and go to a much better store.
The closest Dollar Tree's (3 of them) are a little over 30 miles away from me. Only 2 of them do I usually go to, when I have the funds to do so. One thing I'd seen on a Dollar Tree haul I've not been able to find, is a flat spatula type thing that people said was similar to the Cricut ones. Even though I don't have a Cricut nor want one (I'll be happy when I get to play with my Cuttlebug). I could also see some other uses for that tool. You'll be proud of me, I have the rubber mallet, the sanding block, the spackling compound (I want to use instead of modeling paste thru stencils) and now the small hacksaw from Dollar Tree. I still haven't got the builders square yet, Lindsay the frugal crafter showed what she did with 2 of them, but her husband helped with the making of it. God bless. Becky B
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I'm in love with today's DIY!!! Can't wait to hear what you think of it!!!!
I love her channel!! In another life, she must have been an engineer. You, Norrine, are a national treasure! Please keep filming and sharing
I can't believe I didn't know about her before! She's incredible!!!
Dee also has a wonderful channel. It is nice that you two sort of teamed up and worked together. Both of you are SO CREATIVE. I love it.
I just discovered her - and thought this was too amazing to not share!!!! I hope I've given her enough credit. This amazing idea was all her!!!!
@@TheCraftyOrganizer I just saw your tutorial and thank you for giving her credit. I think she is great. A lot of people don’t give enough or any credit to the ideas. I understand that sometimes you can’t but I appreciate those-like you-who do or even try. By the way; you are one of my fave’s also 👍🏽🙋🏽♀️🐕
Love this idea!!!! you hit it out of the park with this one ! You are so right about the dollar tree stores....they never have the supplies I see on RUclips!! TFS!!
You are so welcome!
I love Dee’s channel. She’s made other gorgeous things with hot wheels tracks. She is very good! I love your diy! Very pretty! Thank you for sharing.
I am so impressed with her! So glad I found her channel!!!!
And she started her channel by copying a more well-known RUclipsr, without giving her any credit for anything. I can’t stand her.
I really like the way they turned out. ❤ Those box bases won't last outside unless they're under a covered area. Know this from experience. No matter what I've covered them with, they still fall apart. And I LOVE the shelving/ wall behind you. Very pretty!
I'm spoiled in Southern California.... weather gets some things... but we get away with so much more. My shelves were the least expensive basic option I could find... and I've 'enhanced' them. LOL
I love Dee! She totally thinks outside the box! These are beautiful ❤️
How did I not know about her??!?! She's incredible!
@@TheCraftyOrganizer I know and she is very good at directions like you are so I can follow along with my old brain lol
So lovely, thanks Noreen and Dee! Noreen for making and sharing this video/tutorial and Dee for the amazing idea!!
Thanks for watching!
Hi Noreen! You and your channel are so amazing and encouraging. My dear sister lives in Arizona and my daughter and I are in Kansas. We're doing a 3 way long distance DT lantern project together!! We're pretty pumped to say the least. I'm finally getting a craft room soon and your YT's have been soooo helpful. Thank you for all the inspiration❤
What a fun way to stay connected!!! Yay on your craft room! Let me know how your lantern project turns out. :)
Your enthusiasm is infectious! Also thanks for making the project simple & inexpensive! 👍
I wish I could take credit - this idea was 100% She's So CraftDee! But I loved it so much, I had to make one and share!
She is one of my favs! I have followed her for the last couple of years!
I am late to the party! Just found her - new fav!
Why don’t you follow the RUclipsrs that she has copied instead. Stop supporting people that rip other people off
I love this DIY, you're right I can't find supplies for DIY's at the Dollar Tree, also I would finish the base corners, adding flowers in the corners or filling in the corners would be a nice touch.
Great idea!!
It's pretty amazing! Unexpected products and I love lanterns!!!! Gotta make this one!
Have fun!
Her crafts are just 🤯 she's so creative! Thanks for sharing. 😊
I honestly don't know how I didn't find her sooner! She's amazing!
@@TheCraftyOrganizer Right!? Me too. I can't remember how I found her but she's amazing. So many crafty people on RUclips. 😁
That is so clever! Love it.❤
I'm so grateful for people who share their creativity, because I sure don't have much of my own!!😄
I feel that way too - I am usually a copier - not a creator! LOL
They look good, cute idea! I think here in Florida with our rainy season, for outdoor use, I'd find a base that was plastic or metal. They would look good with fairy lights also!
Great tip!
What a cute idea ❣️ About two weeks ago I bought several sets (and connectors) in hopes they would work with an old set my son had. Now I'm torn...🤭
LOL He won't miss one set 😉
Kudos to you and Dee! I always see the track at my Dollar Trees! YAY!!!!
Yay!!!! A first in Dollar Store history! LOL
I would fill in the corners. Love the way they turned out
Dee did sconces with the race track pieces, too. Uber cute. I love your idea to use the food scraper!
I just discovered her! She's amazing!
Making them into a pumpkin might be fun with a long bolt through the middle and pulling them together maybe on a round stove top cover on the bottom to screw through and keep it from rolling away and it could be a stand.
That would be cute!!!!!!! Great idea!
Such a cute lanterns! Thank you for posting!
You are so welcome!
I really love this idea it’s darling I would fill in the corners great job
I loved the one she did and you did a fabulous job. I'm making them too in many different ways myself.
I'd love to see pictures of your variations!!!! You can share them to my Crafty Organizer page on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/730125317461615/
This is cute and easy! And it looks like so much more than the actual materials used. Great idea!
That's what I thought when I was her video! It blew my mind!
This lantern is so cute. Yours came out beautifully. 😍
Dee is one of my favorite crafters of all time! Her tutorials are streamlined and easy to follow and she comes up with the most creative stuff from DT products that look super high end but are simple to make. Her mind amazes me!! Her voice is super calming, too.
Hmmm...so much like my favorite organizer of all time. 😉
I think RUclips was hiding her from me to keep me from going craft crazy! LOL
@@TheCraftyOrganizer 😅
Looks great!!!! What a fun idea 😜
I love love love this going to make thanks norrine and sshessocraftdee
I LOVE SHES SO CRAFTY...GREAT JOB
I can't believe I've just found her! She's amazing!
Love lanterns.
What about stringing some garland at the top of the box. It will hide the gap, if that still bothers you.
Tfs
Great suggestion! Thanks!
I love Dee’s channel - she does such great projects and they always look high-end! I love your take on the lanterns. I’m planning to make these, had no trouble finding the tracks. There are several things I’ve seen on various channels that I’ve never found in any of the DT’s I go to.
I'm so glad I found her!!!! She's amazing! Glad you were able to find the tracks easily too!
I absolutely love these Norrine! I see some summer crafting on my horizon!
Woohoo!!!! Have fun!
👏👏👏👏👏 very nice !!!! Thanks for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Dee is amazing, super creative .love her work
I agree!!
Like this DIY. I saved it in my tutorial for when I have time to make them. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I love this!! Couldn’t get any easier! Thanks so much, Noreen!
Glad you liked it! I wish I could take credit - this idea was 100% She's So CraftDee! But I loved it so much, I had to make one and share!
Great craft Norrine, Dee is on my list of channels that I follow she always has great ideas, and is an awesome gardener too.
I'll have to go check out her gardening videos!!!
So cute and so easy! Would look so great on a patio!
I am going to figure out how to make one weather resistant for outdoors!
I saw Dee's video a week or so ago. And, I actually found the race track at my local $Tree. I haven't had the chance to play with it yet.
Yay! That means it should be easy to dupe!!!!! She's so creative!!!
I love this craft! Saw it on Dee's channel also , absolutely adorable 😍
What an amazing project, Norrine!!! You would never know what it was made from, to see the end result. I think I would fill in the corners. I don't think I'd use caulk, as it looks like it would take a lot. But either the clay or, as someone else suggested, some extra greenery or flowers. Maybe you could extend the leaves so they kind of spill over the edges of the base, & wrap them around the corners--in a natural-looking way of course! :) Anyway, thank you so much for sharing. Take care, & have an awesome day! :)
I did fill them in with the clay. Super easy, and I just painted it once it was dry. :) Thanks for watching!
Yes so excited. Saw this somewhere else. I have all the items. Can’t wait to try it. Looks soo easy!!!
It was!!!! So glad I saw this and was able to tell people about it!
Love these! I will definitely make them if I can find the supplies. Like you the store closest to me never has the items shown in videos.
I would have to travel about 45 minutes to the best store and that just isn't going to happen unless I have several stores I want to visit while there.
Thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Wow Noreen! That's awesome. I have a lantern garden in the making. So have to make a set of 3. I wonder how big I could make one. Thanks so much for finding this idea.
I think if you connect them, it could be BIG! Hmmmmm.... should I try it?? LOL
Dee does have some of the best ideas! Yours look great!
I just discovered her! She's amazing!
Love this & looks so easy & inexpensive! Thanks for sharing this idea with us!
Thanks for watching!
I saw her video on this . I’m dying to make one.
I think RUclips was hiding her from me for my own safety! LOL Now that I know about her... all I want to do is craft!
Love this! I love lanterns and these are lovely and so super easy x
Thank you! 😊
This is awesome and I watch her videos too lol inspiring. 👍🏼😃
She's super creative!!!!
Love the lanterns! I may have to try this because it's so easy.
It was!!!! Let me know if you do :)
Cute lanterns! (Except maybe the crooked top) Not a fan of distressing, but they turned out so good!
LOL You see things so much better while editing! LOL
I follow Dee too. Her DIYs are amazing too! 🌸❤️🌸
Honestly don't know how I didn't know about her! She's amazing!
Norrine, I saw Shesocraftdee’s video of this! I was stunned!! I shared it to so many saying,”HOT WHEEL TRACKS”!!! Her videos are very good. Just like yours!!! Take care!❤️🧡
I'm in love with her! Don't know how I'd not found her before! LOL RUclips was hiding her from me for my own safety! LOL
I feel you about not finding items at Dollar Tree.
Right?? Wish they'd unify their stores a bit more.
Oh wow , lovely ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I do follow Dee. I like your version too. I got lucky yesterday and found the race tracks! My first time on your channel...
So happy to have you here and that you found the tracks!!! Hope you enjoy Dee’s creation as much as I did!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
I’d thought about putting putting a screw through the top also because that would help hol d it together. I’m thinking of putting a dresser knob through the top.
I thought about that too!!! Do it and let me know how it goes!
Pretty 😍. It’s amazing how creative people can be with random bits and pieces. I noticed you wearing shorts and flip flops in your video ☀️. It’s absolutely dismal in the UK so far this summer. Cold and wet 😭. Can you believe I’m actually putting my electric blanket on before I get into bed tonight 🥶. Thank you for the video 🥰
Yikes!!! I will share some sunshine with you 🌞🌞🌞
@@TheCraftyOrganizer That would be nice ☀️☺️
I have been following Dee for several months now and she is so talented! When I seen this, I too went straight out to buy the supplies. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to make mine yet but I will. Most of the DT around me have the race tracks - surprisingly!!!
It was a really easy project! I don't know how I'd not found her before! I think RUclips was hiding her from me for my own safety! LOL
So adorable. I love it. I have got to make some of these. Would make for a great gift. 💕
I agree!
I LOVE Dee's channel! She's very creative like you, Norrine! 💙
How have I not known about her?!?!?! LOL
New subscriber here! The lanterns turned out great! I love Dee and all she makes. Thanks for showing us your version of the lantern. I just bought the supplies today to create my own. 😀
Yay! I just found her and am so glad I did!!! Let me know how yours turns out! 🌺
I love these. I'll be making a couple myself. Thank you.
That is so cute! Would love to try!
Oh wow, those are so lovely
Thanks so much 😊
absolutely will be looking to do this as well. If you do for outside I would use E600 with the hot glue. I personally would fill in the holes
I am planning on making one that is weather ready! :)
So adorable!
WHAAAAAA??? This is fabulous!!!
Right???? I didn't know about She's So CraftDee! Now I am hooked!!!!
I love the track lanterns!!!
Saw on Dee's channel as well 😊. Saw them today while in DT and, bought 2 sets. Plan to buy more if I can find
Look on line - there are SOOO many amazing variations of them now! By just adding some stickers or beads before paining, you can really get some beautiful dimension! Enjoy :D
Cool lantens like the idea
I just discovered your channel and love, love, love it! I love your DIY's and how you explain. Much improved over some others I watch!
How sweet of you, Donna! Thank you and Welcome!
I can't wait to make one!! Also, I'm really loving the shelf update ❤❤
Thank you!!!! I love how it turned out too!
So happy to find you...I really enjoy your video and will look forward to viewing more,,,,,Dee is amazing
I'm so happy to have you here with me!
How adorable! I so want to do this! TFS
It was a fun project! Let me know if you do!!!
You could glue a few leaves or flowers to hide the corners or fill it with caulk cause idk how the playdough would dry thoroughly between the plastic, the wood and covered with paint, if it doesn't dry completely it could cause mold
OH! I do not want mold!!!!! Caulk it is - in layers!!!!! Thanks for the tip. :)
I seen this DIY from She So CraftDee & flipped over it. I will point out that it's much easier to paint the race tracks before assembly. I took them outside & hung them from a hanger on a tree branch & painted them.
I do like your idea of caulking the grooves. I will do that with my next lantern/birdcage made from race tracks. 😄
Smart!!!!! Painting the tracks first would have saved tons of time! Great tip!
I like it. So clever
That's too funny, I was just watching So CraftDee the other day. She also has a beautiful lantern that she makes with the jenga blocks from Dollar Tree. 🙂
She's amazing! I think RUclips was hiding her from me for my own safety! LOL
Cool I love this.
Norrine I know what you mean about Dollar Tree mine is crappy too! Sometimes I have to go to
3 - 4 stores just to find everything I need to get and their shelves are hardly ever stocked up and always out of things. Dollar Tree needs to stock all their stores the same it's ridiculous to have to go to store to store just to find thing's! Hopefully someone from Dollar Tree Corp. is reading this comment!!! The lantern is cute I would of never thought to do that! You could make bigger one's using the longer car track's and a bigger block frame or something like that!
YES!!!! I larger one would be so cute!!!!!!! I'm going to make one for my porch!
@@TheCraftyOrganizer Nice! Please show us a picture after you make it!!!
Yep, I have the same problem. The Dollar Tree in the town near us is slim pickings, however I can travel thirty minutes more and go to a much better store.
I actually get excited when I am in a new town and I get to go to a different DT. What is wrong with me! LOL
SO CUTE!!
so awesome and easy...thanks Norrine, looks very cool
Thank you!!
Neat project.
Super cute idea
Thank you! 😊
I will be doing this one too. Thx
It's so dang cute!!!
Looking fantastic! 😍
Thank you! 😊
Love it!!!
so clever
So sweet. I do subscribe to Dee. Have a great week sunshine. 😎💜
Same to you
The closest Dollar Tree's (3 of them) are a little over 30 miles away from me. Only 2 of them do I usually go to, when I have the funds to do so. One thing I'd seen on a Dollar Tree haul I've not been able to find, is a flat spatula type thing that people said was similar to the Cricut ones. Even though I don't have a Cricut nor want one (I'll be happy when I get to play with my Cuttlebug). I could also see some other uses for that tool. You'll be proud of me, I have the rubber mallet, the sanding block, the spackling compound (I want to use instead of modeling paste thru stencils) and now the small hacksaw from Dollar Tree. I still haven't got the builders square yet, Lindsay the frugal crafter showed what she did with 2 of them, but her husband helped with the making of it. God bless. Becky B
That's quite a tool kit you've got going there!!!! And, all on a great budget!
great!!!!!!
I love her !
I do too!!! So glad I found her!
Love it, can’t wait to check out the channel you got your inspiration from ❤️
She's incredible!!!! Have a pen and paper for notes! LOL
So cute! Could you use a round container instead of a box?
Absolutely! That would be so cute!
Not my style but very creative and cute!
Thank you! 😊
Cute. I’m the same way with rushing to the Dollar Tree to find items I see in a video, and they never have it. It’s so frustrating.
Exactly!! The channel Do It On A Dime keeps showing these large plastic candy jars. Can't find them anywhere!!!!
This is an awesome idea and I love how yours turned out!!! I always run out to DT after watching a video and can't find the same things. Ugh!
I'm hoping this item hasn't caught on yet!!!!
This is great, I love these