Sewmom, I love the lamp. How perfect that would be for a quilting area!
I was going to say that they won't recycle the spools unless they have the little recycling logo. I can't see any on my spools, unless they're underneath the thread. Somehow I doubt it.
They might make good body cores for little dolls, and then you could use your small fabric scraps for the clothes.
If you have several of them, you could post on craigslist that you're freecycling them. And then, lol, someone will post on here that they found this great collection of empty spools and they know just how to use them.