8 Dollar Tree Items To Save Money for Spring 2024

The start of the spring season means prepping for plenty of celebrations. There are outdoor barbecues to grill at, graduation parties to host and homes to freshen up amid spring cleaning plans. Tallying expenses for everything can add up quickly, but savvy shoppers can save money when they head to Dollar Tree for the essentials.

Get your shopping list ready. This spring, shopping for these eight items at Dollar Tree delivers big savings.

• Price: $1.25

Swap out paying a few dollars more on disinfectant wipes at a big-box store by shopping the Good & Clean brand at Dollar Tree. Each wipe works to quickly clean and disinfect household surfaces and kills 99.9% of bacteria in 15 seconds.

There are 30 wipes inside every container, which comes out to paying about 4 cents per wipe. Currently, the Good & Clean brand holds a 4.8 rating on the Dollar Tree website.

• Price: $1.25

Few big-box retailers can match Dollar Tree’s price point for Scotch-Brite scrubbing pads. These two-count packs offer powerful scrubbing action for the most stubborn messes and are ideal for cleaning pots and pans.

• Price: $1.25

These 10-ounce containers of Gain laundry detergent are perfect for Dollar Tree shoppers with smaller loads of laundry. 

Each container cleans six loads. Bring it along to the laundromat or add it to a gift basket to celebrate your teen’s acceptance into college.

• Price: $1.25

Compared to popular home improvement stores where trowels can cost $6 or more, shoppers save quite a bit of money with Garden Collection’s trowels at Dollar Tree.

Each trowel is made from sturdy metal shaped into a light scoop, making it comfortable for home gardeners to dig.

• Price: $1.25

Shopping for rattan planters gets expensive quickly, unless you’re purchasing these planters at Dollar Tree. With several colors to choose from, these rattan planters make fantastic basins for your greenery and flowering plants and hold a 4.9 rating on the Dollar Tree website. 

“I bought a couple of these as an affordable upgrade from the nursery pots some new plants came in,” wrote Dollionaire. “They are a good weight plastic, are nice and roomy and will give my lavender and rosemary plants room to bush out. They come in very pretty neutral colors that could suit any decor — my favorite is the gray.”

• Price: $1.25

Whether you’re heading to a backyard BBQ or an office potluck, you can never have too many paper plates.

These cute floral plates come in a pack of 15, which means Dollar Tree shoppers pay about 8 cents per plate. Stock up on a few and save them for summer gatherings, too.

• Price: $1.25

Grab a few sleeves of these plastic cups during your Dollar Tree run, especially if you know you’ll need plastic cups for spring celebrations. Each package includes 28 cups, which comes out to paying about 4 cents per cup.

• Price: $1.25

Throwing a party to celebrate your favorite graduate this year? Don’t forget to buy a graduation table cover when you head out to shop for decorations.

These table covers come in a variety of fun designs and are made from a plastic material to make cleaning up a breeze. Throw them out after use or wash and reuse them ahead of the next graduation celebration.

Heather Taylor contributed to the reporting for this piece.