Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill

Turn a Dollar Tree metal “Welcome” Windmill into a gorgeous Sunflower Windmill with a beautiful napkin and some Mod Podge. This Dollar Tree DIY is perfect for Spring, Summer, Fall, or even year round! Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill for the Win!

When I first saw these galvanized metal windmills at Dollar Tree I grabbed no less than 3 of them to craft with.

But then…….they sat there for 2 years LOL.

The completed dollar tree sunflower welcome windmill project hanging on the wall next to a chunky candlestick.

One day out of the blue, I got THE best idea to Mod Podge napkins from my napkin subscription, the Big Pack of Craftkins, to each of the windmill thingys (what on earth are those called?) *Blades*?

Isn’t this napkin just gorgeous!

A sunflower napkin with navy blue background.

This is just the first of a couple adorable crafts I’ve made using this Dollar Tree Windmill, the other blog post will be following soon! But *spoiler alert* it involves lemons.

A Sunflower Windmill and then a Lemon Windmill!? Yes, please!

Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill welcome sign with a blue and sunflower napkin decoupaged onto the windmill, a blue background with brown stained shims layered on top, and a ceramic sunflower bead hanger for DIY budget decor hanging on the wall.

If you are as obsessed with Sunflower crafts and decor as I am, you might just love this Fabric Sunflower we made! It’s got a blue and yellow vibe going on thats similar, yet totally different from this one. This one is more Fall-ish the Fabric one is SUMMER all the way!

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Supplies Needed to Make a Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill

*IGNORE THE LEMON IN THIS PIC, IT WAS FOR ANOTHER PROJECT*

Galvanized metal dollar tree welcome windmill before it was made over.

Dollar Tree Metal Windmill
Sunflower napkin – Big Pack of Craftkins napkin subscription!
8″ Wood shims
Wood rectangular surface
Twine
Sunflower ceramic beads
Dark blue paint
Golden sunset paint
White Chalk paint
Antique wax
Mod Podge
Hot glue gun

How to Make a Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill

I made this Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill on video, so you can WATCH it or click on the picture right below.

Amanda holding the completed craft on a Facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video here

Start by painting your entire wood rectangular background all dark navy blue.

Next, stain 8 wood shims with Antique Wax, and then glue them to the background making sure to alternate the ends thick/thin.

Paint your entire windmill with white chalk paint. The chalk paint sticks better to the metal then acrylic, but if all you have is acrylic you can make it work!

Close up of the windmill portion of the whole welcome sign with yellow blades and sunflower napkin blades.

Dirty up and distress your “Welcome” with more Antique Wax.

The bottom of the welcome windmill with the welcome painted white and grunged up with antique wax.

Next, Mod Podge pieces of the sunflower napkin to EVERY OTHER windmill *blade* ( I really don’t know what to call those). Sand off the excess napkin.

Paint the remaining *blades* with a mustard yellow color to coordinate with the napkin. You can use ANY napkin you have, just choose a color that will go with it. Then glue the whole windmill to the shims.

One of the windmill blades with the navy blue sunflower napkin mod podged to it.

For the hanger I used ceramic sunflower beads, but I didn’t do the full hanger, I did a partial bead hanger with 6 beads on each side.

The ceramic sunflower beads on a twine hanger.

Glue the twine bead hanger to the top of your Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill and that’s it!

A twine hanger made of ceramic sunflower beads used to hang the completed project.

I am SOO in love with how this Sunflower Welcome Windmill turned out. I can’t wait to show you the Lemon one that we made as well!

If you want to get cute napkins like this one sent right to your door every 3 months, than make sure to get on the waitlist for the Big Pack of Craftkins so that you know when I open up new spots!

How cute is this Dollar Tree Sunflower Windmill!?

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