I have a huge pattern box full of the wooden ones I have saved all these years of quilting and sewing. Many children have played with those spools. LOL! I used them in the past to do some wooden toys and furniture legs, and dowel ends. If you cut the ends off, it is a great wheel for a pull toy. I also have used them for weights when I used to braid. But, for now, they are there for my niece who stacks them up and rolls a ball to knock them down, like bowling pins. :D