Summer time is officially here which means stores of all sorts are full of pool noodles. Even the Dollar Tree has pool noodles and that is a great place to stock up!
Pool noodles come in many different colors and shapes and that makes them perfect for many other projects.
Whew! That is a lot of ideas! I am sure there are many, many, MANY more out there.
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Great round up! The fun you can have with a pool noodle :) Hugs!
ReplyDeleteAwsome ideas, you were sure using your noodle!
ReplyDeleteFUN!!
ReplyDeleteSo many great idea! Who would have thought!!
ReplyDeleteFun ideas!
ReplyDeleteWow what a lot of really good ideas.
ReplyDeleteLove these ideas! Anytime something is used as something not originally intended, I'm in! :-)
ReplyDeleteBTW...pinning it! :-)
ReplyDeleteVery cute ideas - like the concept of your blog. Might borrow some of these ideas as PINspiration for an upcoming blog post on www.thnxpinterest.com
ReplyDeleteThnx!
PS - found you via Toot Your Horn Tuesday
I love these ideas! I never thought to use it in any other way than the norm. Thanks for sharing!
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I just found you through 733, but you should link up to Fox Hollow Cottage. She just did a Pool Noodle link party yesterday!! Yours it so much fun, and not like the others I saw linked up!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great ideas!
Thanks for the heads up. I linked up!
DeleteI use it to hang my necklaces ;) http://madecomaison.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/porte-colliers-encore-plus-stable.html I've loved your post!
ReplyDeleteI love it! So smart! Thanks for sharing.
DeleteThis is so great! I love all these great ideas! Thanks for the post! =]
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Oh my goodness - so many fun ideas! My favourite is the headboard!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
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Thanks for linking this to our noodle party! A whole plethera of pool noodle ideas!!!
ReplyDeleteJessica @ Mom 4 Real
Oh my gosh! talk about oodles of noodles inspiration here! I love it. Thanks for joining in on the fun!
ReplyDeleteThese are some great pool noodle ideas! Thanks for linking to TheStuffofSuccess. Athena
ReplyDeleteGreat round-up of noodle ideas! Who would have ever guessed that pool noodles could be used in so many different ways? Thanks so much for sharing! Visiting from the Pool Noodle Party at Fox Hollow Cottage.:-)
ReplyDeleteLove this round up! I think I need to get a stash of noodles. Thanks so much for sharing at Tout It Tuesday. Hope to see you next week.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWe put pool noodles under the front of our couch to keep toys from running away, it worked like a charm.
ReplyDeleteAnother great use! Thank You!
DeleteThis is a great post! I read it the other day, and saw pool noodles at the 99 Cent Store, and thought of you. I wish they had the flower shaped ones because I totally love that party curtain!
ReplyDeleteOh you thought of me?! Thanks! I agree the flower shaped ones do make some cute things.
Deletewell i had no idea all the things one could do with a pool noodle! very cool. happy passion parade friday. xo
ReplyDeleteLOTS of cool ideas! Love the headboard!
ReplyDeleteI saw a noodle use the other day that I thought was brilliant. Cut a short section about 8 inches or so then slit through to the middle. Use it for little hands to hold uno cards, you just line them up overlapping a bit in the slit. They don't struggle to keep their 'hand' organized when playing cards. I thought it was a great idea and was reminded again last night when playing a rousing game of uno.
ReplyDeleteAnother great idea! Thanks! Oh the many uses of a noodle! :)
DeleteLove this round up. Thanks so much for sharing at Toot Your Horn Tuesday :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome round-up!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat really cute ideas!
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of fantastic ideas here - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome ideas! I'm pinning this today. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday :) Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteOh Wow - so many uses - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteStuff them in your knee high boots so they stand up straight
ReplyDeleteGreat tip!
Deletethe bed bumpers for toddlers works well for older adults; we use these in the nursing home for those who roll out of bed. I also use it as a leg pad on my son's wheelchair.
ReplyDeletePool noodles are just amazing! Thanks for another great tip!
DeleteI just put one of the larger diameter ones down between my daughters bed and the wall to keep stuff from falling down behind the bed! Works GREAT!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea thanks!
DeleteI used one to make my own draft blocker. I cut 2 lengths the width of my door and encased them in material with a small strip between them the size of the bottom of the door. You just slide it under the door and it works just like the ones they sell for $19.00. There's only 3 seams needed:) and I used scrap fabric so the whole thing just cost alittle over a dollar, actually less than that because it's a good use of the noodles when your done with them for the summer:)
ReplyDeleteI cut a slit in a pool noddle and slid it on our glass top tv stand to use as a baby bumper pad. Much much cheaper then the legit baby proofing products.
ReplyDeleteI cut and taped one around the metal edges of our bed frame. Keeps from knocking your shin on it in the middle of the night. No more bruised shins!!!
ReplyDeleteNot sure if anyone posted this idea yet, but I cut pool noodles to size and use them as boot forms. You can get them at the dollar tree and (depending on the height of your boots), fill 2 - 3 pairs!
ReplyDeleteI like the sprinkler ideas I'm a kid and love the water (I'm 11) but VERY mature for my age
ReplyDeleteI have a fireplace hearth that has a rough granite edge. Instead of buying expensive fireplace guards for children, I split noodles on one side, all the way down and pop them on my hearth edge. When our daughter was three, she was excited and ran to jump into some large floor pillows. She overshot the pillows and opened up her forehead on the edge of our brick fireplace hearth. Now I use the noodles for my grandchildren's safety. Works great!
ReplyDeleteSlit one side of a noodle and pop it on your pipes under your house. No more buster pipes or frozen pipes in the winter!
DeleteI meant busted pipes.
DeleteWe mounted one to the side of the garage so our son wouldn't hit the doors on the wall!
ReplyDeletecut a slit down them and put them on the rungs of your dorm loft or bunk bed to climb up and down without hurting your feet. (probably not recommended for young children though, could be too slippery)
ReplyDeleteLOVE the joust sticks!
ReplyDeleteOne or two make a good Limbo pole.
ReplyDeleteWe cover our baby swing ropes with pool noodles when they start to fray, and cover the chalk board rails on old style chalk / white boards so kids don't bump their heads :)
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! You can also cut a small piece of the noodle to put between a seat and an the base for baby carriers in the car to help the seat sit level opposed to tilting to far up
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! So glad I came on this. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
ReplyDeleteI used one to decorate a lamp in our toddler's room. --Lake County Mama
ReplyDeleteAww, what a cute idea. I'd love to see how you did that.
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A few years ago, my son was a log truck for Halloween and we used pool noodles (we cut them down and painted them) for the logs.
ReplyDeletecut a slit and wrapped it snug around the edge of a 5 gallon bucket and uses it for a camping potty. Works great when you're 9 months pregnant and can't make it to the potty :-)
ReplyDeleteI put them on the microphone stands that I use to hang the banjos and fiddles on so the instruments don't bang on the metal stands. I think I will slit some and put them on the bottoms of my metal lawn chairs so they don't scratch my floors.
ReplyDeleteWE made a rosary for our religious ed class out of pool noodles, it is made by cutting the noodles into "beads" and using a clothes line, it is probably 6ft. in circum. WE made it as part of class, trying to get them to understand the rosary. WE now hang it on the side of the pool deck, towards the play area, it is so sweet to have the kids seeing it as they play. The cross is by cutting one notching it out, I got the idea from catholic icing.http://catholicicing.com/2011/06/make-a-giant-rosary-with-kids/
ReplyDeleteMy daughter had a small turtle. He lived in a small plastic tank. I cut the noodle in half then I cut pieces to fit snugly in one end of the tank above the water level. He was able to crawl up and get out of the water easily. When I cleaned his tank and washed the rocks I threw that one away and put a new one in. One noodle lasted a very long time.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great find. So many great uses. I typically use them for car seat installations, that's one of my many jobs. I have a stash of them, will be trying out a few of these ideas, especially the toddler bed idea. I'm a nursing mommy who co-sleeps.
ReplyDeleteCut a noodle in 4 pieces run a rope through it and set your cooler inside for the pool with ice and drinks you are ready for some fun in the sun.
ReplyDeleteCut a noodle in 4 pieces run a rope through it and set your cooler inside for the pool with ice and drinks you are ready for some fun in the sun.
ReplyDeleteI use the pool noodles on my baby's crib instead of a bumper. The wood slats that are vertical on the crib, I cut the noodles to length and cut a slit the length of it and wrap them around the slats.
ReplyDeleteWe used them for tracks for mighty beanz, circular, long... made pathways from cafeteria table to floor to walls.
ReplyDeleteDuct taping ten of them lengthwise makes a good resting mat or air mattress for the pool. Tape does leave divots, though, so don't expect them to look perfect after use.
Hi I'm looking for pattern for Lincoln log house from pool noodles pinterest didn't have it thanks Diane dhaggart1@Juno.com. your ideas are really all great too.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry but I have not come across that in my "travels" but it does sound fun! If you find it I would love for you to share!
DeleteI am a SPED teacher, I have used them for bumpers so my wood cubbies don't get scratched on the chalk holder lip of the chalk board. I also use them for different therapy activities in class. Now that I am thinking about it, I may try to use it for a student who is wheelchair bound as a support to help her sit up straight and not lean to one side. I might also try putting it on the bottom of some of my small bookshelves so that when I need to move them I can just scoot it and don't need to get another adult to help me.
ReplyDeleteCut into all kinds of shapes and make bath time building blocks.
ReplyDeletemake a Freezie holder for kids to hold that stick of ice
ReplyDeleteThere are SO many awesome ideas in this post! I love the pretend cupcakes and the party curtains--they're definitely on my to-do list! Thanks for this super-crafty post. :) Repinned!
ReplyDelete-Lucy @ A Crafty Pinner
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We put them on the ropes that are staked into the sand from our canopy at the beach so people don't run into the ropes. Just cut a noodle into 4 sections and slide it over the rope before driving the stakes in!
ReplyDeleteWe put them on the ropes that are staked into the sand from our canopy at the beach so people don't run into the ropes. Just cut a noodle into 4 sections and slide it over the rope before driving the stakes in!
ReplyDeleteI cut one about the width of a carseat base (for infants) to help level out the seat so my baby was more horizontal when she was rear faced.
ReplyDeleteLove all of the creativity! We used them as bumpers around our coffee tables (cut a slit and slid them on) after I spent big bucks buying all of these fancy bumpers. The kids toddled right over to them and ripped them off the corners! I then purchased a roll of white paper and cut it the size of the table, tucked it under the noodles, and instant coloring area! The crayons do not roll of either! The other way noodles have been great for us is preventing slamming fingers in a doorway. We cut an 8 inch section, placed a slit in the side and put it on top of the kids doors. They are unable to close the door completely so no little fingers get pinched, no one gets locked in, and eventually no slamming doors in protest! Keep on creating!
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked in a store that sold kayaks I suggested you put a strap through them and thread the strap through your car doors to secure them to your roof. Cheap, easy, temporary roof racks for carrying things on your roof without damaging it!
ReplyDeleteWe just recover our trampoline poles with noodles. They worked great!
ReplyDeletecut to length and insert into boots when you store them. keeps the boot from flopping over and helps keep them in good shape.
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ReplyDeleteCut a small wedges from a noodle end a poke a hole in them, then slide them over the temples of your eye glasses, so they sit up in the open area near the hinges. You can wear your glasses into the water, and they will float instead of sink if they fall off your face.
ReplyDeleteUse a slice of pool noodle as the tip of an arrow for a pvc pipe bow and arrow. My dad made us one when we were little and we all loved it!
ReplyDeleteI think I shall use noodles to mark the ropes when we tie up our boat this summer!
ReplyDeleteHave this 2x4 beam in the basement my tall husband kept hitting his head on. Split the noodle, shoved on beam, no more " *%^%$%^#@#$ " from the basement when I send him after something !!!
ReplyDeleteYou can cut the noodles into sections about 3" or so and throw them into a wading pool for a homemade ball pit. They are softer than the ball pit balls and a lot less expensive. And you can find really inexpensive wading pools. We bought ours for $6 but you could probably find one exen cheaper than that. And the kids love it!
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought they were so versatile? I made a hook a duck game out of a yellow one!
ReplyDeleteEstelle x
Brilliant! Thanks for so many great ideas!
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