Nautical Rope Spool DIY

Soon, I will be redecorating my daughters room.  She wants a nautical look, beachy with shells etc...  While wondering around Lowe's and Home Depot which are my new crafty stomping grounds lately, I saw the rope pictured above and thought boats and what can I make with this for her room.  A nautical rope coiled spool was it!!  

Here's how I made it 

Super simple supplies: 2 round wooden circles from Michael's/JoAnn's

empty cylinder ~  I used an oatmeal container

Craft paper scrap to cover the container

Hot glue gun

Minwax walnut stain

 

Wrap the cylinder in paper and hot glue or tape on

 

Stain your wood pieces, my color was Walnut

I did not photograph this part but I traced the cylinder on the wood piece and ran a thick ring of hot glue around the pencil line and then quickly placed the cylinder on the hot glue ring and then repeated this for the opposite side.

Then I cut the melted/taped end of the rope and it immediately started to unravel but I need it to be flat to start the coil process.  I started at the bottom, again, with a big glop of glue and secured the end and glued a few inches and then pressed the rope along the glue line around and around and around............to the top.

And there ya have it a nautical spool!

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