Turn an Ordinary Walmart Bike Into an Extraordinary Ride Using Dollar Tree Items
Check out how Hip2Save reader Jen transformed an ordinary kids bike from Walmart into a fun ride for her daughter using $1 items from Dollar Tree!
“We are gearing up for spring – ready to get our wheels rolling! 🚲 If you’re in the market for a new bike, we found these bikes at Walmart on clearance.
The women’s Schwinn bike was $59 (originally $159) and the girls BCA 20″ bike was on clearance for $40 (originally $88). We needed one with gears for my daughter to make it easier for when we go on longer bike rides with hills. They had some without gears and a few different brands.
We wanted to make it a little more girly, so I made handlebar tassel/streamers. I bought the mesh tube used for making wreaths at Dollar Tree, and the ribbon was also from Dollar Tree.
I tied them to a large safety pin and then fit in the holes of the bike handles. I’m hoping they will hold up better since we used the mesh tubing! I was able to make two sets of them with ribbon and mesh left over.
Another fun find (and on clearance for $5) were the cruzinbrightz lights that you attach to your bike and looks like a disco party! They also can detach from the holder and be used anywhere. We camp a lot, so these will be fun for the bikes and for around the campfire. They also had lots of other bike accessories on clearance, and, if you’re looking for a helmet, they had these, too!”
I wheelie love this!
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Awesome job! Happy biking
Oh, thanks for the idea. This will help me distinguish my kids from all the other pony tailed girl, bike riders at the campground.
Last weekend we found the BCA bikes for $21! Picked one up! My husband had to tighten & align some things, wasn’t shifting well. But smooth sailing now!
Great bargain shopping ladies! So adorable 😊😊.
Cute and a great kid friendly project!
We saw some $25 kids bikes on Saturday when we grocery shopped. Going back tonight in hopes that there’s still a 20” boys’ bike left—my son’s birthday is next month!