Uses for used drumsticks

[DrumPhil]

In the spirit of upcycling, or just reducing waste, what uses have you found for old sticks or heads that are past their useful playing life? I have given old heads to my wife to place under houseplants as drip catchers. She has used my old sticks also in plants that need a stake to hold them up, or as stakes in the garden to mark rows of plantings.

My favorite, though, is the old cookie spatula that she dearly loved. When the handle broke, I told her I could fix it. I think the donor stick was a Bill Stewart model.

What else have you done with them?

 

[Stickclick]

An old drumstick keeps a window open on my porch.

 

[JDA]

untangle clothes in the washer or dryer

 

[rayboomboom]

Great for tall plants that need a boost
Our tenants dog likes to chew on them too

 

[cribbon]

Use 'em to stir up paint and chlorine powder in pool cleaner

 

[DD]

Backscratchers?

 

[DanRH]

They make for great kindling in the fireplace.

 

[Squirrel Man]

They make for great kindling in the fireplace.

I don't know if drumsticks are made with treated wood, I'd be careful with that.

A quick google didn't ping anything for me.

 

[1988fxlr]

Made a “period correct” makeshift wingbolt to fix my WFL muffler with a broken drumstick and a carriage bolt

 

[mebeatee]

I don't know if drumsticks are made with treated wood, I'd be careful with that.

A quick google didn't ping anything for me.

Also as long as all the finish and inks is taken off....wouldn't wanna be burning that.
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[Tornado]

I don't know if drumsticks are made with treated wood, I'd be careful with that.

A quick google didn't ping anything for me.

They are not. Just ink and whatever clear coat if any. I'm not worried about it.