I take them to the school and the art teacher uses them for projects.

I just throw them in a large pickle jar along with old thread spools. Just little decorative for a sewing room.

I buy cotton yarn to make dish/wash cloths and they come in the cone shaped spools.....thanks for this idea! :lol:

our guild collects them, they put a small amount of thread on them to help teach "impaired" women to hand sew

You can make doll legs, arms, toys, etc. Use as small stools for minature dolls.

I toss them think I already save too much.

I save the large empty spools to wrap left over bias strips that I have pressed to use for stems on my applique. Aslo for celtic work.

I give them to my Granddaughter to play with or rather she comes in my sewing room and takes them.
I will probably offer them to the School art classes to see if they can use them.

I'm starting to save them for my little grandson to use in stacking and building play.

Thanks for all the great tips, have lots of empty spools and was wondering what to do with them. Thanks Irma for posting this question. ♥