8 Best Items for Parents To Buy at Dollar Tree Before Fall Ends

What should parents buy at Dollar Tree before fall ends? The answer covers a medley of essentials.

It may be time to restock certain school supplies, and it’s definitely time for Halloween-specific buys. Parents can even get away with picking up a few holiday staples without spending more money.

Whether you need to buy just one or stock up on multiples, GOBankingRates pulled eight items from Dollar Tree that parents will need to shop before the fall season ends. Here’s what made our list.

• Price: $1.25

We’re kicking off this list with Crayola colored pencils.

If the kiddos have used their colored pencils more than they initially planned in school or for projects, or you skipped over buying them in favor of markers or crayons, now’s a good time to shop. Each eight-count package is $1.25 each, or 16 cents per colored pencil.

• Price: $1.25

You might have made it a point to buy ballpoint pens for the school supply lists, but neglected your own work-from-home office needs. 

That’s an easy fix when you shop for the Promarx brand of ballpoint pens at Dollar Tree. Save a little extra money and get four pens in blue ink for just $1.25.

• Price: $1.25

Whether one of the kids needs an extra notebook for school or you need one at work and don’t necessarily want to pay more, add a composition book to your Dollar Tree shopping cart. 

At just $1.25 with 100 pages inside, it’s the textbook definition of receiving plenty of bang for your buck.

• Price: $1.25

Dollar Tree’s Halloween-themed containers with lids come with tons of uses, from filling up with candy to pass out to trick-or-treaters to storing baked treats inside to take to classroom parties. 

Shop spooky designs that include vampires, bats and pumpkins, or buy all three different designs and pay around $3.75 altogether. 

• Price: $1.25

Don’t wait to pick up Halloween treat bags!

For $1.25 each, these treat bags can hold even the heftiest Halloween trick-or-treating candy haul. Choose from four different designs including haunted house, mummy, pumpkins, and candy corn.

• Price: $1.25

Regular GOBankingRates readers will instantly recognize these Essentials baskets with handles, which have made multiple appearances in our fall shopping roundups. 

Parents won’t want to miss out on buying these baskets, available in three seasonal shades, before fall ends. Put them to use as small laundry baskets, baskets to keep toys in or make holiday care baskets for neighbors or seniors.

• Price: $1.25

Get a head start on stocking up on holiday gift wrap when you shop the Voila nesting boxes with bows at Dollar Tree. 

These colorful boxes come complete with matching ribbons and are available in small, medium and large sizes. Shop festive shades including blue, purple, white, and pink while supplies last.

• Price: $1.25

If you celebrate Christmas in your household, now’s the perfect time to shop Christmas House stockings. 

Choose from snowflake and tree designs. Each stocking is $1.25, making it extremely reasonable to pick up stockings for everyone in the household, even your furry family members.