any ideas in what else we can do with them?

My granddaughter can't wait until she gets in our house so she can go to the tote with all the different spools...I have collected for years...
Regular spools in white, gold, short, tall, bulky, slim, then toss in some embroidery spools and away she goes making 'towers, castles' and all kinds of stuff....this is how she learned to stack things on top of each other....she is almost 4 and has stacked spools as high as 23 high....almost as tall as she is....also great for developing small finger and hand muscles in children.....you can tell I am a retired elementary and high school teacher....
My friend made a small child's chair out of the old wooden spools.....I have several of those on a wire and use them outside at Christmas to string on our outdoor tree....Pretty...My hubby used 3 wooden spools as the 4 legs for a piece of plywood to make a shelf to raise it high enough to put some of his paper work under....still in use.....for many years.
Also use on a storage wall, to hook things on...so they can be found...just start thinking and I am sure these cutes will find many ways to use spools.

I keep mine but don't know what to do with them
Lenamae

Great to use as a base for table decorations

hair curlers? he he

toss one to your cat to bat around.

Tie Christmas fabric around the spools and string them together for garland on a sewing themed Christmas tree.

Thank you all for the great ideas. I'm sure a can find some kids or church that might like them. I just don't feel right in tossing them in the garbage .
Hugs Edie

i have some nice silk thread and i press it and put it on the spools

Doll Home Decor. Make floor lamps out of some of them using toothpaste caps & straws for shades and the flat top ones doll chairs etc. for a friends daughters Barbie doll. Also if you glue them to a homemade stamps you have a handle.

Grandkids likes them a lot!!!!!!********

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by embroiderymad 30 Oct 2010

Yes my kids like playing with them

Looks like you got some good ideas. Makes you start thinking outside the box. I guess you could say we Cuties do our part to recycle. LOL. Have a great day everybody. Life is good!!!!!!

I have my singer scissors in the big ones & in a coffee can i have about 10 with cotton in them & there filled with things like my ripper,little scissors 6 inch hemmer pencils,pens whatever you need close to you carolyn

Wonderful suggestions! Thanks! *s

You might consider donating to a local childcare center if they could use them. They might find it useful for crafts.

I never through empty spools of any type away! I'm such a pack rat. But I teach Sunday School, and use them for a variety of things.
But you could wind ribbon or tapes on them.

I have only had a couple but I have kept them to put fsl bells on to dry.

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by kalinelson 29 Oct 2010

Great idea.....thanks.

by leenova54 29 Oct 2010

I like this idea!

Unless you have kids - I can't think of a thing to do with them.

Give them to the local school who will find something to do with a large amount

I've only emptied two so I can't tell you much, but I thought about saving them and giving them to childrens Sunday School to use for crafts.

I keep them in a plastic bin for the kids. They
play with them and stack them like blocks. They
also string them on shoelaces along with large
wooden beads and make "necklaces". Kids love them.