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How To Make A Vintage Wooden Thread Spool Ornament

7th December 2018 by Claire Armstrong 24 Comments

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Upcycled Vintage Wooden Thread Spool Ornament For Christmas

I have combined my favourite Christmas song lyrics with something you find in an old sewing tin to make a vintage wooden thread spool ornament.

I love rummaging through old tins full of sewing bits and pieces. As well as the gorgeous old buttons I’m also drawn to the lovely vintage wooden thread spools. As I child I remember that we used to make a wind-up toy with these spools a matchstick and an elastic band (like these ones here). This time though I decided to use the wooden thread spool to make a Christmas ornament.

I made the spools into cute little scroll holders. On the Christmas scrolls, I decided to print the lyrics of my families favourite Christmas songs;
White Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
& Let It Snow

You can print what you like on the little scrolls, perhaps a “Naughty & Nice” list for Santa! Which Christmas song or message would you print onto your Christmas Scroll Ornament?

Vintage wooden thread spool ornament

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What you need to make a wooden thread spool ornament

    • Vintage wooden thread spool – If you don’t have an elderly relatives sewing box to raid for the wooden thread spools, try your local thrift/charity shop.
    • A4 Kraft paper
    • Christmas twine
    • Red paint and dark wax
  • Glue, scissors or rotary cutter

vintage wooden thread spools

How to make an upcycled wooden thread spool ornament

    1. First prepare your wooden thread spool. I painted a couple of mine red and then rubbed them with dark wax to add to that vintage patina. I left one of the spools unpainted but still waxed as I liked the label on the end. Measure the inside of the wooden spool as this will be the width of the Christmas scroll.

painted vintage wooden thread spools

    1. The next thing to do is to prepare the scroll for the wooden thread spool ornament. I chose to use the lyrics of my favourite Christmas songs. Then to print them onto the kraft paper.
    1. I printed my lyrics rather than handwrite them, as my script handwritting skills are not great especially when writting that small. I did however use wordmark.it to choose a script font to print.Wordmark.it is a great tool for picking fonts. Just type in a phrase or word and the site will show you that phrase written in all the fonts loaded on your computer. Or you can choose to see the word in Google fonts. If you choose a Google font rather than one already on your computer, it is easy to download and install that font using Wordmark.it

      Wordmark.it screenshot

      I picked the Google font Calligraffitti in bold for the vintage wooden thread spool ornament.

    1. Once you have chosen your lyrics and font, paste them into a word processing package such as word. In word I created a table with columns the width of the inside of the wooden spool. Then when I pasted my lyrics into the word table I knew they would fit the scroll.

lyrics for upcycled scroll ornament

    1. Print out the lyrics onto the A4 Kraft paper.

Christmas lyrics printed s

    1. Cut out the strips of lyrics and then cut a fork into the end of the stip.

Christmas lyrics printed

    1. Paste the back of the kraft paper with glue and glue it around the wooden thread spool. Make sure that the forked end of the kraft paper hangs free from the end of the wooden spool.

gluing scroll onto spool

wooden threads spools scrolls

    1. Finally, thread the twine through the holes in the wooden spool.

threading wooden spool with twine

upcycled vintage wooden thread spool ornaments for Christmas

Vintage wooden thread spool ornament

If you like to make homemade Christmas ornaments then you should check out some of my other upcycled/repurposed ornament DIY’s.

Glamourous Oyster Shell Ornament

Thread Reel Map Christmas Ornament
Fun Frida Kahlo Ornament
Christmas pudding wood slice ornament

For more Christmas ornament ideas visit allfreeholidays.com.


Filed Under: christmas, Crafts, Seasonal Tagged With: christmas decoration, christmas ornament, ornament, spool, thread spool, wooden spool, wooden thread spool ornament

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Comments

  1. Cecilia

    16th December 2018 at 5:12 pm

    Another adorable idea! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm! Pinning!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      16th December 2018 at 7:16 pm

      Thank you ??

      Reply
  2. Jennifer Wise

    13th December 2018 at 7:18 pm

    These are beautiful! I love the printable you made, too. 🙂
    #embracingchangelinky

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      13th December 2018 at 8:19 pm

      Thank you so much. I love to personalize things so adding my favourite song lyrics gives the ornament more meaning.

      Reply
  3. Chas Greener

    12th December 2018 at 1:54 pm

    Such a great idea, love the vintage spools. Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      12th December 2018 at 7:14 pm

      Thank you so much Chas.

      Reply
  4. Amy

    11th December 2018 at 8:12 pm

    So cute and retro. Brings back some fun memories. We loved playing with those wooden spools. Found you at Reader Tip Tuesday.

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      12th December 2018 at 7:14 pm

      Thank you, Amy. Yes I used to love playing with the spools too!

      Reply
  5. Kippi

    10th December 2018 at 4:15 am

    I collect wooden thread spools and I adore this craft! Happy Holiday Season, Kippi

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      10th December 2018 at 11:11 am

      Thank you so much, Kippi.

      Reply
  6. Linda at Mixed Kreations

    8th December 2018 at 9:08 pm

    What a fun idea! I love old wooden spools and these ornaments are soooo adorable! LOVE!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      9th December 2018 at 8:21 am

      Thank you, Linda. There is something just so appealing about those oldwooden spools.

      Reply
  7. Marie InteriorFrugalista

    8th December 2018 at 3:21 pm

    Oh my goodness, your thread spool ornaments are ADORABLE!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      8th December 2018 at 4:02 pm

      Thank you, Maria. There is just something so appealing about vintage spools.

      Reply
  8. Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled

    8th December 2018 at 11:56 am

    Love it! I tend to save old (and not so old) thread spools. This is a fun idea. Visiting from Best of the Weekend.

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      8th December 2018 at 4:01 pm

      Thank you, Victoria.

      Reply
  9. Annisa

    7th December 2018 at 7:17 pm

    This is such a cute idea!! I hope you shared it on Funky Junk too. She’ll love it!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      7th December 2018 at 8:05 pm

      Thank you, I will share it tomorrow.

      Reply

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