Not only can you use split bamboo stakes to support your growing plants, but you can also use them for lots of creative projects..

Put the bamboo stake next to your small plant cutting on the window sill and suddenly it has all the support it needs to grow big and strong... but a bamboo stake is never just a stick when you have creativity on your mind!

When it comes to hobby items, you can skimp on equipment, and even a split bamboo stake comes with lots of options:.

• Combine the arms and legs of the homemade figures, whether they are fun, cute or creative. Make a game of making the tallest, biggest or funniest animals
• When decorating Easter eggs, putting a bamboo stake into an egg to use as a handle will allow greater precision in the painting
• Use bamboo stakes for a homemade puppet theatre. Just glue a stick onto each doll and let the show begin!