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July 4th Spindle Firecrackers – Out of My Spindle Stash

June 15, 2015 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations16 Comments

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Hi All! I am so excited to be showing you a fun project made out of wooden spindles. My Spindle Firecrackers, and they are so easy to make, and super cute!

repurposed wood spindles

These July 4th spindle firecrackers were repurposed from some of my spindles that I picked up at a garage sale. They would be a fun project to make for celebrating July 4th, or any other Patriotic holiday.

repurposed wood spindles

How To Make Spindle Firecrackers

First off you need some wood spindles cut at three different lengths.

repurposed wood spindles

Give the spindle, and stars two coats of paint drying throughly between coats. Now add antiquing gel to each of your July 4th spindle firecracker, and wipe off excess to get the look you desire.

Drill a hole in the top center of each spindle firecracker.

July 4th Spindle Firecrackers

Drill a small hole in each star large enough for your wire to go through, and connect both stars on each end of your wire. 

 repurposed wood spindles

Flip your stars over and wrap the wire closes to the stars around the end of your paint brush. Leaving the middle 3″ section straight to twist around the neck of your blue spindle firecracker.

repurposed wood spindles

Using red, white, and blue paint stencil some stars onto your burlap strip.

repurposed wood spindles

Twist the wire stars around the neck of the blue spindle firecracker, then cut three pieces of the July 4th wire thingy about 1 1/2″ long. Dap some wood glue on the end of each wire thingy and place in the hole on top of each spindle firecracker for the wick.

repurposed wood spindles

Use your hot glue gun to glue the star stenciled burlap strip around the July 4th spindle firecrackers.

That’s it! Very easy July 4th project that would look great sitting on a mantle, as the center piece for your July 4th BBQ, or you could even make a larger version of these spindle firecrackers to display on your porch.

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Materials Needed

  • two large wood stars, 
  • wire, 8″
  • Mod Podge, 
  • burlap strip long enough to go around the three spindles, 
  • star stencil, 
  • red, white, and blue acrylic paints, 
  • antiquing gel, 
  • stencil sponge, 
  • paint brush, 
  • hot glue gun, 
  • and a July 4th wire star thingy for the firecracker wicks. 
  • Drill
  • Wire cutters
  • Wood glue

Other Spindle Post You May Enjoy!

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  1. Jacki says

    May 25, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    I love those! I’m always looking for interesting ways to use old spindles and spools.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      May 26, 2016 at 3:36 pm

      Thanks Jacki! I got lucky and found a basket full of wood spindles at a garage sale. This was one of my first spindle projects.

      Reply
  2. Carol says

    May 26, 2016 at 2:24 pm

    This is a very creative idea. I love the way they turned out.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      May 26, 2016 at 2:49 pm

      Thank you Carol! I was happy how they turned out too!

      Reply
  3. Susan Homeroad Stevenson says

    June 2, 2019 at 7:16 am

    These are adorable Linda! I just made some firecrackers myself, I love stars and stripes projects!

    Reply
    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 3, 2019 at 4:37 pm

      Thank you Susan! I love patriotic projects as well. Easy and fun!

      Reply

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