What is Daiso?
Daiso is a Japanese retail store with an amazing collection of items and a pleasant shopping experience. They have US stores in California, Texas and Washington plus an online shop to purchase items in bulk.
Almost everything costs $1.50 and it can be difficult to resists bringing home the entire store. Let me help you out with that. Here are my picks for favorite things to buy at Daiso. Just in time for a little holiday shopping. Don’t have a store nearby? I’ve also included comparable items available online. Happy Shopping.
Over 25 Daiso Gift Ideas
Shop for your favorite food blogger friends. Gifts that people who love to cook and shares images of their food are going to want this holiday season.
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Notebooks
Do you want to be more organized? Me too. I’m hoping this cute notebook can help organize with recipe development. I like that it has lines and separate columns for quantities of ingredients. They had lots of different sizes and layout options to choose from.
Sticky Memo Tabs
These thin tabs come in lots of adorable designs—like different animals, crayons and Matryoshka nesting dolls—use these to mark pages in books you are reading.
Daiso Wooden Boxes & Crates
Perfect to use as a photography prop or to organize a pantry.
Photo Backgrounds
Add pattern and texture to your food photography with various household items: Flat Sheets of Cork Board + Wrapping Paper + Placemats + Food Trays.
Bookends
Ever have a piece of foam board come crashing down on your plate of food during a photo shoot? Next time, lean it between two bookends.
Storage Containers
Organize your pantry, props and tools, groceries, meal prep, or leftovers. There is even one for specifically for tofu.
Daiso Dishes
Daiso plates, bowls and cups are available in many different sizes and colorful patterns.
Daiso Squeeze Bottles
Neatly pour batter, dressings and sauces with these convenient squeeze bottles.
Sushi Rice Molds
My absolute favorite product. This tool forms cooked rice into many different shapes and sizes. But don’t think this is only for rice. Most other fillings will work too—like meatballs, veggie patties, soft cheese, other grains. It really does help make uniform tatter tot shapes, every time.
Another great tool for food shaping. Perfect for homemade pasta, empanadas or dumplings.
Bamboo
more plating options
Chopsticks
Swap the free chopsticks delivered with your dinner for these different patterns and designs of Daiso chopsticks. These are a great food photography prop as well as a useful tool in the kitchen for stirring and mixing ingredients. Only downside, the sushi it not included!
Sushi Making Kits
Speaking of sushi. Pick up supplies to make it yourself: sushi mat + rice paddle + rice washer.
Bento Supplies
Pack an impressive lunchbox with these fun supplies. Individual silicon cupcake liners can corral different items. Kid friendly toothpicks to pick up food. Paper drinking straws add a pop of color. Is your child getting bored of hard boiled eggs? There are these special molds that will form them into fun shapes.
Egg Rings
Another egg shaping tool.
Daiso Baking Supplies
Daiso carries basic items like mini cookie cutters and cupcake liners. Have a lot of baking to do this season? Planning on gifting a baked good? Make mini versions of your favorite desserts with these mini disposable baking tins or wrap cut pieces in their decorative wax paper to gift.
Fitness Gear
There are even items to help keep you staying active.
Those are my favorite items from the dollar store. What are you looking forward to trying from Daiso?
