What can you do with wood thread spools? They are excellent craft material for creating a wide variety of useful items. Wood thread spools come in many sizes and can be painted and stained. You can glue them with wood glue, white household glue, and glue guns and glue sticks.
Here is a short list - I am sure you can come up with more ideas. Search Google for instructions!
Use the thread to sew!
Display the wood spools in an old crock, bowl, or glass canning jar.
Fix a broken storm door handle.
Make a wood thread spool doll bed.
Make Barbie doll furniture.
Make a wood thread spool doll.
Make a wood spool candle holder.
Make a wood spool pin cushion.
Make wheels on wood dowels for homemade toys.
Make mini totem poles.
Let your children or grandchildren thread them up to make a necklace.
Use a dremel tool to carve faces on the spools.
Let your children or grandchildren paint their names on them to create a necklace for Mother's Day.
Use a wood burning tool to burn a child's name on the spool, stain the spool, and thread it on a pretty ribbon to make a pretty necklace.
Use as a stand to add additional height to a display item.
Use as tie-ons when wrapping a present.
Use them to wrap string onto.
Glue them to a wood board to make a trivet.
Use a couple of shoe laces with four wooden spools to make a back massager.
Use as legs on a bottle bank.
These are all from my personal collection. We moved to another house, and I no longer have room to display them. My loss can be your gain!
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