DIYer Reveals How She Turns Dollar Tree Pool Noodles Into Stunning July 4th Decor

With the Fourth of July fast approaching, you might be scrambling to get everything together for this year's epic bash. While Costco's got the Fourth of July party hosting essentials covered, you might be wondering how you can decorate the house in a way that's patriotic, but still feels fresh and new. Enter: A Dollar Tree pool noodle and a creative idea from TikTok DIYer BethanysCasa. To transform a pool noodle into high end table decor, you only need red, white, and blue artificial floral stems, zip ties, a few wine glasses, and a corresponding number of tealight candles. 

Once the pool noodle is covered entirely in festive florals, it becomes an impressive arrangement that can be placed on the kitchen table, the island, or an outdoor bar. Around this time of year, Dollar Tree will be rich with things like Assorted Artificial Patriotic Flowers (think: red and blue roses, hydrangea, and peonies). The store also carries a Floral Garden Americana Bush that features arrangements of poppies, carnations, and gerberas donning stars and stripes. The wine glasses, filled with water and a floating tealight candle, add height for increased visual interest, a touch of warm light, and a whole lot of sophistication.

While Bethany opted for a blue noodle, red or white could also work. Sure, it will be covered in faux flowers. But you still want something that stays on theme in case a bit of it shows through. First, fold the pool noodle in half, then start arranging the wine glasses. Place each one where you'd like it to sit and use zip ties to secure the noodle together on either side of the stem. 

Next comes the fun part: covering the whole thing in faux flowers! To create varying degrees of height and ensure optimum coverage, use a combination of methods to secure the flowers. Sticking the plastic stems into the noodle as if it's floral foam is a good option, as well as utilizing hot glue or super glue to secure flowers directly to the noodle. To finish it off, fill the glasses with water and add a floating tealight candle. 

There are plenty of ways you can make this DIY your own, too. If you're repurposing old wine glasses, you might whip out your artistic skills and paint them with some patriotic stars and stripes, or a sweet floral print with the holiday's colors. You could switch the wine glasses out altogether, opting instead for thrifted candle stands. For this iteration, pillar candles can be used for a more rustic look. Or, if you're planning on displaying outside, opt for citronella candles to keep bugs at bay.