DIY Idea: Giant Spools of Thread

One last DIY project from the Cute as a Button baby shower I shared a few weeks ago.  You may remember the fun dessert table that Lindsay and I put together: 

Lindsay and I made giant spools of thread to use as risers for some of the desserts. 

They were easy and cheap to make! 

Here's all the how-to-details: 

For the top and bottom of the spools we purchased thin wood discs from Michael's, similar to these.  We finished them with some stain that Lindsay had left over from another project. 

We let those dry while we prepared the middle piece. 

Our bigger spools were made of Quaker Oats cannisters. 

They were the perfect size, and they are pretty sturdy. 

For the littler spools, we used sections of an old roll of wrapping paper. 

 We measured off 3 inch sections and then sliced them with a shape knife. 

(Don't use your best kitchen knife, this will surely dull it!)

We didn't want any of the printing on the Oats container to show through, so we covered with a brown grocery sack, using a glue stick to adhere it. 

We used strips of left over fabric as our "thread".  Wide ribbon, paper streamers or anything else you can think of would work for this as well. 

We secured the ends with a little hidden piece of tape. 

We attached the top and bottom circles with some glue. We used wood glue that we had on hand, but tacky glue or any craft glue would work just fine. 

Easy, right?