Upcycle a wooden spool into an adorable toadstool table!
A picture of a similar project inspired this project. When hubby had these wooden spools (not sure what they are called) at work, I immediately claimed them as mine!
I asked him to spray paint the white base coat at work, convenient that they have the tools for that, so the preparation was done when it arrived at our house. Ready to be transformed into something awesome! We have two spools, this is the smaller one, finished. The larger one was turned into a Chalk Table.
Before the painting, Lella already used it as a writing table.
Preparing the table
Different size circles were cut from sticky paper(using a paper plate to get them perfectly round) and added to the top. Zig-zagged tape was used for the grass underneath the table. This helps the painting results look more defined when you remove it after painting.
Painting the table
I used enamel paint, simply to make it washable. I used this clever trick to minimize the mess on the rim of the can.
1st coat is done! I love how the small crevice became a tiny “door” to the fairies!
When completely dry, another coat was painted, and then, again, when completely dry, I only removed the tape and circles.
The holder with pencils fits nicely into the hole in the middle of the table. Another idea I have is to get a round piece of thin wood board cut to the size of the table and painted with chalkboard paint. Then we could sometimes use that on the table to draw. I’m thinking for lego lovers, you could do this changable top, but with a lego baseboard. Possibilities…
Now to just get the other one done also, and maybe one or two more? Will look awesome to have a whole bunch of them, use them together for when I have more kids over for craft class, and best of all, they are stackable!
This looks awesome!! I love what you did with it. That is a really clever use of of the spool. I still have no idea what I’m going to do with my. Thanks for the idea and some inspiration!
Thanks Courtney;)
They look great. how tall was the spool for the child table?
THANK you
Isabel
It was about 600 or 700 high if I remember correctly. Don’t have it anymore since we moved countries…