What do you do with your empty thread spools????
#82
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Las Cruces, NM
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I save the wood spools. I have an old table that was my
Mother's that is made with the legs of wooden spools. When we were kids, we used to make cars out of spools and rubber bands. Oh, does that make me feel OLD.
Mother's that is made with the legs of wooden spools. When we were kids, we used to make cars out of spools and rubber bands. Oh, does that make me feel OLD.
#84
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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My Sister is an Art teacher and she often uses stuff like spools. She finds them at a local "recycle center" which has all sort of art supplies and such. She is in Providence RI. I think it would be worth contacting your local schools, public and private. With all the cuts in budgets, things like spools with instructions would be very very welcome
#85
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I throw them away. I don't have space to keep things like that.
As little kids, we used to make necklaces out of the spools, threaded on shoelaces... I've seen some scarves made of them and a strip of material... but that was about 15 or so years ago...
I have also seen them as "feet" for a decorative box. I believe the plastic ones can be painted with acrylics.
Artists do create with castoffs.
#87
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina - But otherwise, NOTW
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I toss them on the floor for the kitties to play with. After a few days they end up under the furniture, and the next time I move the furniture to clean, I pick them all up and throw them away.
#89
I love these ideas. I have some wooden ones in a large glass jar for decoration. But usually I give them to my DH...he builds model boats (some are more than 5 feet long) and he re-shapes the spools (both plastic and wooden) into all kinds of things for his models. Around here, nothing gets thrown away until it's been assessed for "boat part" potential!
#90
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Michigan
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Here's some creative ideas for kids. Look to the right of the page and scroll down. Good luck!
http://www.artistshelpingchildren.or...ideaskids.html
http://www.artistshelpingchildren.or...ideaskids.html
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