I had a simple recipe from a Current book once that used the plastic spools- the ones that look like a wheel with widely spaced spokes on the end- for a cookie press. I would think it would work with any sugar cookie recipe. I don't know if they still use this style spool anymore either- I'm getting as old as dirt and have little short term memory left!

Also - my brother used to make little "tractors" with a wooden spool and a matchstick and a rubber band, but I couldn't really remember how it was done exactly.

school will often take your emptie spools and put in ther art department i gave some to my church they used them in vacation bible school i also swa a lamp base made with spools at a craft fair all i can say is she did a lot of sewing or new a lot of quilters just a few ideas

Youngsters can paint them and then thread them on strings to make a necklace. :-D

Yes, I sure do and the big long tube that came out if we tried to make a circular rug out of it. Boy thats going back a long ways.

I've used the larger spools to run up left over bias binding.

A long long time ago trains were made out of emplty spools. :D

Yep....that's pretty much what happens to mine, too!! :D

I remember those knitting spools. My sister and I, when we were little girls ages ago, each had one that an uncle made for us. Wooden spools with finishing nails used for the posts. Kept us busy for a little while and we made these long knitted ropes.

I save all of mine in a big basket in my sewing room. I have mostly plastic ones but a gracious quilter sent me her wooden ones awhile back. My grandkids use them for cars, dolls, building blocks ...anything their little imaginations come up with!!!!

My husband just requested my empty spools, especially the small ones. I think he is using them with his jig-tying.

judyjo