What can I do with these large spools?

[calendula]

We saved these last summer thinking we would find a use for them, but so far haven't. Any ideas?

 

[Okie Amazon]

I use them for goat play toys, but I would think you could also make a planter out of them.

 

[morgj]

I remember when I had my first apartment and I used a spool for my coffee table.

 

[mandieg4]

We have one we use as a picnic table

 

[justusnak]

Do you have chickens?? I saw someone cut out one of the center boards....add bedding to the center....then take fencing and staple it to the outside of the spool....makeing a small coop for banties..or quail...smaller birds. I thougfht it was a neat idea...they are stackable...so takes up less space. Also, if you have an area that needs a small "bridge" just lay this in there sink it in the mud a little...so it doesnt roll. You would of course have to cut out the centers some, to let the water flow through. The gosts LOVE these as climbing toys!!!

 

[moolie]

I've seen them used often as coffee or picnic tables, and when I was a kid we camped at a campground that had the most fabulous climbing playground/fort thing made out of them.

 

[VickiLynn]

Stack them on top of each other and run some strings up and down, and plant peas or pole beans around the bottom.

 

[Denim Deb]

Years ago, we had one w/pole thru the middle, and a bird feeder on top. The birds loved it as well. I never had a problem w/a cat getting on it to attack them.

 

[mlynd]

A friend of mine made rabbit hutches out of them cut a hole in the center ans put a floor in it then put wire on the out side of the spool

 

[Marianne]

I have three in my flower garden. I just put plants (planted in old enamelware, tea pots, etc ) and outdoor decor things on them. Stacking one on top of the other gives you a 'shelf'.

I used to work at a green house that had a lot of them. She used the tallest ones as tables with bar stools, stacked smaller ones for displaying stuff. Really cute and rustic.