The Elegant $1.50 Dollar Tree Kitchen Find That's Perfect For The Holidays

Dollar Tree is always replete with kitchen decor items for an affordable glow-up, and the holiday season is no exception. For winter, shoppers are racing to get their hands on incredibly inexpensive finds that look like they cost a whole lot more than the dollar-and-change price tag found on most Dollar Tree items. The Gold Rectangular Plastic Charger Tray, for instance, will cost-effectively spruce up your holiday table with multi-use elegance all season long. It's perfect for serving holiday drinks, holding Thanksgiving hors d'oeuvres, setting out Christmas treats for Santa, and displaying seasonal decor pieces. Your guests will never guess you only paid $1.50 for this eye-catching dollar store find!

The gold coloring and clean design of the tray make it usable for the totality of the holiday season. It fits in easily with color schemes for a harvest party or Halloween bash, then transitions seamlessly for use at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah. It's also perfect for the glitter and glitz of a New Year's celebration, beautifully holding your sparkling glasses of New Year's Eve cocktails or stacks of party horns and noisemakers for that countdown to midnight.

To accompany the stylish gold charger tray, Dollar Tree has abundant seasonal finds — and because dollar stores stay affordable, you can deck out your whole kitchen, dining space, and beyond without breaking the bank. Bear in mind that Dollar Tree's listing for this item specifies that it hasn't been tested as food safe. So, just to be on the safe side, if you place food items on it, make sure that they're wrapped, contained in serving dishes, or are otherwise separated from coming in direct contact with the charger tray's surface.

Unlike seasonal decor items that are obviously designed for a specific holiday, the gold charger tray is a timeless piece with style and functionality that extend beyond the fall and winter seasons. So, happily, in addition to beautiful festive adornment during the holidays, it can also be used year-round. This is in contrast to, say, a piece with the image of a Thanksgiving turkey emblazoned across it. This tray can be used to hold decor, food items, and treats in every season. It also displays prettily on a shelf or in a hutch when not in use, with a design neutrality that fits with most any aesthetic.

As functional as it is attractive, the tray can hold salt and pepper shakers and other condiments to form a fancy-looking and useful table centerpiece. It can also glamorously hold sugar bowls, cream pitchers, and other accoutrements if you have a coffee station in your culinary space. Its stylish usefulness is quite limitless.

While this piece is attractive as is, crafters have been adding their own touches to tailor the tray to match specific design schemes. Some have cut out panels from decorative Dollar Tree gift bags and decoupaged them onto the center or applied adhesive decals to add a design element. Some have converted the piece into an elevated tray by attaching assorted items to the bottom to serve as legs. Innovative YouTuber Loli Ds Creations glued the glass bases of Dollar Tree salt and pepper shakers to the bottom to look like fancy crystal legs. These thrifty add-ons make the glam tray look even more designer and elegant — and at very little expense.