Easy DIY Dollar Tree Plastic Crate Shelves

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Gather Materials

01 You’ll need the following dollar store supplies (linked HERE ): – baskets – pool noodles – Xyron glue gun – foam core board – contact paper – posterboard – ruler – pencil – razor blade or scissors

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I’m using my Xyron self-loading glue gun, which is super awesome, to hot glue each of the pool noodles into place between each of the baskets. This helps make them more stable. I repeated the process and made two sets of baskets.

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I peeled the backing off as I went and placed the contact paper onto the poster board, smoothing it out as I went to get rid of any bubbles.

Measure & Cut Poster Board Shelves

04 Next, I measured my baskets and cut a piece of poster board in half and then I divided it into thirds to make shelving. I cut the six pieces of poster board to place at the bottom of each of the baskets.

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