Top 15 uses for Q tips / cotton buds

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You think you're doing the right thing by buying a 500 pack of Q tips from the dollar store but when you poke them in your ear, the cotton ball remains. Not good. I've now got 499 Q tips to use up or should I just throw them in the bin and forget about the $2 they cost me? Here's a few ways I can use up 100 or so of them. Maybe I'll throw the rest.

Applying make up

Cleaning computer keyboard and other tight areas like model trains and household items

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Lamb place card holder for Easter

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Monsters

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Glue applicators for small fingers

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Dolls

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Fireworks

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Snowflakes

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Painted flowers

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Skeletons

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Ziplock bag full of paint and 'paint' with Q tip

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Just for fun

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Cotton bud flowers

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Painted trees

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Bows and arrows

There is always the purpose for which they were intended and that is cleaning your ears but use a well known brand and be extra careful. My (now ex) husband did have one stuck in his ear which got infected and did eventually come out but he was lucky. According to Wikipedia and many other web sites, the Q tip should only be used for cleaning the external part of the ear, not the inside of the ear canal. Maybe they are only good for cleaning and kid's crafts?