Pool Noodles are a symbol of summer and you can find them in so many fun colors and shapes!
Where Can You Buy Pool Noodles?
Pool noodles can be found in most Department Stores like Walmart, Target, or Amazon.
But my favorite place is Dollar Tree!
How Much do Pool Noodles Cost
It really depends on where you purchase the pool noodle as to how much it will cost. Many Place are $2 to $4 each.
But that is why I love Dollar Tree. Because they are only $1!
20 Pool Noodle Projects You Can Make
Have you ever thought about ALL OF THE THINGS you can make with a pool noodle? The possibilities really are endless! It just takes a little bit of creative thinking.
Not feeling creative? No worries, I've got you covered. Below you will find 20 Pool Noodle Project Tutorials. That's right, each project includes step-by-step instructions so you will know exactly what to do to create your own Pool Noodle Craft.
Visit the website for the step-by-step tutorial.
1. Pool Noodle Lightsaber
2. Pool Noodle Building
3. Pool Noodle Hurdles
4. Floating Pool Noodle Lounger
5. Pool Noodle Race Track
6. Target Practice
7. Pattern Lacing
9. Pool Noodle Ring Toss
10. Pool Noodle Luminaries
11. Pool Noodle Sprinkler
12. Toddler Bed Rail Hack
13. "Stone" Decorative Column
14. Pool Noodle Napkin Rings
15. Nunchucks
16. Rocket Flinger
17. Pool Noodle Straw Toppers
18. Paintbrush Holder
19. Trampoline Safety Hack
20. Drawing Robot
Whew! That is a lot of ideas! But are you still wanting more?
In another post, I have even more Pool Noodle Craft Ideas!
What have you used or created with a pool noodle?
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Kelly Rowe
Great round up! The fun you can have with a pool noodle 🙂 Hugs!
Great flower lady
FUN!!
Lorrie
Awsome ideas, you were sure using your noodle!
Debbie @ OtRD
So many great idea! Who would have thought!!
Kara at Petals to Picots
Fun ideas!
pinkoddy
Wow what a lot of really good ideas.
Crystal
Love these ideas! Anytime something is used as something not originally intended, I'm in! 🙂
Crystal
BTW...pinning it! 🙂
thnxpinterest.com
Very cute ideas - like the concept of your blog. Might borrow some of these ideas as PINspiration for an upcoming blog post. Thnx!
PS - found you via Toot Your Horn Tuesday
[email protected] Homemade
I love these ideas! I never thought to use it in any other way than the norm. Thanks for sharing!
Visiting from Whimsically Homemade!
Jenn @ One Thrifty Chick
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!!
Thanks for the great ideas!
Katie Adams
Thanks for the heads up. I linked up!
Sylvie Créative - Créations Ma Déco Maison
I use it to hang my necklaces 😉 http://madecomaison.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/porte-colliers-encore-plus-stable.html I've loved your post!
Katie Adams
I love it! So smart! Thanks for sharing.
Kayla A.
This is so great! I love all these great ideas! Thanks for the post! =]
shesfreakingcrafty.blogspot.com
Jessica Kielman
Thanks for linking this to our noodle party! A whole plethera of pool noodle ideas!!!
Jessica @ Mom 4 Real
Debbiedoo's
Oh my gosh! talk about oodles of noodles inspiration here! I love it. Thanks for joining in on the fun!
The Stuff of Success
These are some great pool noodle ideas! Thanks for linking to TheStuffofSuccess. Athena
The House at Bluebird Lane
Great 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.:-)
Claiming Our Space
Love 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.
Crafty Mischief
Wow! Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Jen
We put pool noodles under the front of our couch to keep toys from running away, it worked like a charm.
Katie Adams
Another great use! Thank You!
Karen at Bargain-ista.com
This 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!
Katie Adams
Oh you thought of me?! Thanks! I agree the flower shaped ones do make some cute things.
Michele
well i had no idea all the things one could do with a pool noodle! very cool. happy passion parade friday. xo
ourlifeinaclick.blogspot.com
LOTS of cool ideas! Love the headboard!
DebbieDoesCreations
Love this round up. Thanks so much for sharing at Toot Your Horn Tuesday 🙂
[email protected]
Awesome round-up!!!!!
Christa
What really cute ideas!
Cheryl @ Sew Can Do
There are a lot of fantastic ideas here - thanks!
Michelles Tasty Creations
These are awesome ideas! I'm pinning this today. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday 🙂 Have a great week.
Karima
Oh Wow - so many uses - thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
Stuff them in your knee high boots so they stand up straight
Katie Adams
Great tip!
Chelryl
the 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.
Katie Adams
Pool noodles are just amazing! Thanks for another great tip!
Julie
I 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!!!
Katie Adams
Great idea thanks!
Anonymous
I 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:)
Anonymous
I 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.
MamaAllie
I 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!!!
Anonymous
Not 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!
Anonymous
I like the sprinkler ideas I'm a kid and love the water (I'm 11) but VERY mature for my age
Anonymous
I 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!
Suzy McCarty
Slit one side of a noodle and pop it on your pipes under your house. No more buster pipes or frozen pipes in the winter!
Suzy McCarty
I meant busted pipes.
Anonymous
We mounted one to the side of the garage so our son wouldn't hit the doors on the wall!
Anonymous
cut 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)
Anonymous
LOVE the joust sticks!
Great Oldies DJ
One or two make a good Limbo pole.
Anonymous
We 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 🙂
Anonymous
Great 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
Creations By Cindy
This is awesome! So glad I came on this. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Amy
I used one to decorate a lamp in our toddler's room. --Lake County Mama
Lucy Arden
Aww, what a cute idea. I'd love to see how you did that.
-Lucy @ A Crafty Pinner
pinterest.com/acraftypinner
Lesley
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.
Anonymous
cut 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 🙂
Anonymous
I 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.
Girl Scout Troop 591
WE 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.
Anonymous
My 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.
Anonymous
This 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.
Connie Crass
Cut 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.
Connie Crass
Cut 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.
Christine Ekhelar
I 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.
Ami
We used them for tracks for mighty beanz, circular, long... made pathways from cafeteria table to floor to walls.
Duct 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.
Anonymous
Hi I'm looking for pattern for Lincoln log house from pool noodles pinterest didn't have it thanks Diane [email protected]. your ideas are really all great too.
Katie Adams
I 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!
Caitlin Gray
I 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.
Anonymous
Cut into all kinds of shapes and make bath time building blocks.
Rose M Beck
make a Freezie holder for kids to hold that stick of ice
Lucy Arden
There 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!
-Lucy @ A Crafty Pinner
pinterest.com/acraftypinner
Soozalou
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!
Anonymous
I 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.
Anonymous
Love 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!
Anonymous
When 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!
Anonymous
We just recover our trampoline poles with noodles. They worked great!
Anonymous
cut to length and insert into boots when you store them. keeps the boot from flopping over and helps keep them in good shape.
Anonymous
draft guards for interior doors
Anonymous
Cut 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.
Anonymous
Use 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!
Anonymous
I think I shall use noodles to mark the ropes when we tie up our boat this summer!
Anonymous
Have 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 !!!
Cindy
You 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!
Twinkle Star
Who would have thought they were so versatile? I made a hook a duck game out of a yellow one!
Estelle x
CandisJames
Brilliant! Thanks for so many great ideas!
Marilyn Clark
Wow, what a great round up! Thanks for putting together such a great set of pool noodle inspirations!
Yaumara Lindo
Who would have known?! So many possibilities. Thanks for sharing these great ideas!
Tom A
Dirtbike riders have used pool noodles in their tires. The cut them up to fit inside the tire. If they get a flat on the trail the noodle helps support the tire till they can get back to the tow vehicle and fix it.
Tom A
Dirtbike riders have used pool noodles in their tires. The cut them up to fit inside the tire. If they get a flat on the trail the noodle helps support the tire till they can get back to the tow vehicle and fix it.
Katie Adams
That is a great tip@ Thnk you for sharing Tom! I had no idea
tonyA
Didn't/couldn't read all the reply's but....we cut them in 2" chunks or so and have a bag full for tower building in my preschool class. Kids won't hurt each other with them and when they throw them...no harm no foul!
Serra noventions
These ideas are great! You should check out canoodle toy pool noodle connectors. They help you make really neat pool noodle structures
Jennifer (aka hint mama)
Great round up! And how about using the noodles as bed rails!
sandra WALTON
I love all of the ideas , using some of the noodles games for my family reunion !!! THANK YOU .