7 Dollar Tree Items Retirees Need To Buy Ahead of Fall 2025

Some retirees may have noticed prices going up at their local Dollar Tree. Items that were $5 last year are $6 to $7 this year. These increases make it harder to save money, especially if you’re on a fixed income.

Fortunately, there are plenty of good deals to be found on crafting supplies, cookware and much more. GOBankingRates pulled our top seven recommendations for retirees and made sure every item was priced under $2. 

In order of cheapest to most expensive price tags, see which seven items are worth buying ahead of fall at Dollar Tree.

• Price: $1.25

Fill up your home with the cozy scent of apple cinnamon when you shop for Luminessence tealight candles. Each six-count package comes out to spending 21 cents per candle. 

• Price: $1.50

Set dishes out to quickly dry on these festive dish drying mats from Home Collection. Choose from two leaf pattern prints, or buy both and spend $3 for the set.

• Price: $1.50

Love to craft during fall? Stock up on fall-themed ribbons from Crafter’s Square while they’re still in stock. 

Each spool of ribbon is available in seven patterns like pumpkins and plaid, and measures up to three yards as an excellent bargain.

• Price: $1.50

We like how the harvest scarecrow decor features a fall-friendly scarecrow holding a little basket. 

Leave the basket empty or fill it with small pieces of fall ephemera or other decorative touches to make it stand out on tabletops, mantles and bookshelves.

• Price: $1.50

Whether you’re DIYing a wreath or buying one already made, it’s a good idea to have a metal wreath hanger handy. These inexpensive hangers measure up to 14 inches, and come in rustic orange and brown shades.

• Price: $1.75

Get a few half-sheet foil cake pans for all your baking and cooking needs this fall. 

As one reviewer noted, these pans fit easily into cookie sheets for reinforced support while cooking inside of ovens. Retirees can also use these pans to wrap up cookies, cakes and other sweet treats to take to relatives’ homes for the holidays or bake sale events.

• Price: $1.75

Planning to bake a bunch of pies this fall? Add a few Jiffy-Foil pie pans to your Dollar Tree shopping cart before they’re sold out at your nearest location. 

Each pan comes with its own lid to keep pies warm and ready to transport to dinners, get-togethers, bake sales and more fun happenings.

Editor’s note: Prices and availability are accurate as of August 15, 2025, and are subject to change.