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ideas and scratch next ideas         Darning thread : to replace wool, for knitting or crochet, it is very fine, it look like fine of wool and exists in many colours.         Compost for flowers pots : mix of wood glue and ground coffee.           The tin of good vine bottles : thick and with perfect old metal look , but not on every bottles....           To make a solid balsa round, cut two rounds and stick one on the other with perpendicular direction of fibres.       Rivets : The lids of the bottles or can : rivets (jean' buttons), they have steel colour or dark bronzes.         Old buttons : for plates, lid, ....         Blisters pack : - The small blister pack are very useful for moulding bowl in dry clay. - The large packaging replace acrylic sheet. (making window glasses)           Doll's house collections : "Del Prado" and "Atlas" : the first one worth always for only 3 €, there were a kitchen dresser and a toilet table, and there are always ideas and photographs. In number 2 there was a great bed for 4.50 €, in the number 55, a rack, a stool and some terracotta paving stones.   Del Prado, the 3 Dolls houses             The yellow gum (Patafix) , very useful to hold small objects and paint them.                               top next ideas