- Applying glue
- Removing glue
- Distressing the painted finish on furniture
- Drapery rod
- Supports to keep your dollhouse windows open
- Carving decorations on clay
- Poking holes in clay
- Applying tiny dots of paint
- ½” scale table legs
- Chair spindles and stretchers
- make an old-fashioned plate rack
- use the fancy toothpicks for pegs on shelves or on a coat rack
- as handles for various miniature tools such as shovels or trowels
- as the framework for a miniature kite
- dripping paint or resin onto surfaces
- cut ends off and weave together to make a ½” scale wooden fence
- moisten the end of the toothpick and use to pick up small beads and findings
- counting stitches in miniature needlework
- columns on miniature wedding cakes
- the flat kind as miniature chopsticks
- glue sandpaper to one and use to sand rounded edges
- use to make streaks of paint when marbleizing a finish
- use the stub of a toothpick to make a fat candle
- as “nails” to hold foamcore together
- as a spoon handle sticking out of dough in a bowl
Great lost! Some great ideas here.
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