Empty spools from your thread
#11
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Well, with the wooden ones, I have seen them strung and made into puppet dolls.. I have seen doll beds and chairs made of them. I used to wind my embroidery thread on them.for the knitting project you take a large wooden spool and tap 4 "headless" or brad type nails into the top and use them to crochet "cords" for projects.
#12
My children used to love the wooden ones when they were little. They would string them for "jewelry" and stack them like blocks. My son used them with his cars for roads and fences. They made some ornaments out of them. I started to save the foam ones for my grandchildren and then I decided not to because of the way the end of the spools can pull off, I think it would be a choking risk.
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#13
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Originally Posted by Elisabrat
Ok, I was wondering.. what does everyone do with the empty spools? I tossed three yesterday and kept thinking I wonder what could be done with these..surely art projects? I know recycle to the end.. but someone was requesting them for a science project in the classifieds and it made me think maybe there are ideas. Post them so we can all rethink our tosses of all those wonderful little spools!
#14
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: L'Anse, Michigan
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I save all of my spools and thread them on heavy cording and when I have quite a few tie the ends of the cording together. My grandson loved to play with them with he was younger. He still has them in his toy box and loves to take them out and play.
#15
Originally Posted by Rachelcb80
Those links both show wooden spools. I didn't even know they still made wooden spools. What brand of thread uses wood?
#16
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central PA
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I have some old spools from my mother and grandmother...the wooden ones, I hate to toss them, but do neeed something creative to do with them. I have made dolls with miniature wooden ones that are available at craft stores, but no ideas for the antique wooden ones. Glad this thread got started. Maybe I can get some ideas.
#20
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
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They are one of the things that I can throw away without a second thought! Snips of fabric, magazines with "someday" patterns, etc., I have trouble parting with.
I'm making a concerted effort to get rid of "things" that clutter my life and drain my energy and creativity, so anything I can toss without thinking of possible uses is wonderful.
I'm making a concerted effort to get rid of "things" that clutter my life and drain my energy and creativity, so anything I can toss without thinking of possible uses is wonderful.
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