What to do with 600 cotton ear buds?

Chandelier?

Gun?

Pointillism?

Dandelion?

Alligator?

Pugil sticks for an army of very clever well motivated mice.

You could use the bad box for touching up make up errors.

Soak the tips in gasoline or kerosene.

Stand one meter away, light a match

throw the match.

Enjoy the light.

Wait for the arson squard to arrive.

Well what ever you do don’t put them in your ear.

Make a huge pillow for Symbeline. She’ll love you for life.

Donate them to a local non-profit that has computers? Or a school if they’re sealed? Or a hospital?

Are you talking about these (little cotton-tipped sticks) or these (tiny headphones called “ear buds”)?

Crochet they together into a decorative lattice in a shape that might serve some interesting purpose such as insulated pot-holders. Please understand that this would be used to pick up and move hot casseroles not bunches of marijuana!

Donate them to a kindergarden class so they can use them in art projects.

@Jeruba: Good point. Maybe “ear buds” is British English for…. Q tips. When I first read the post, I thought OP meant ear plugs.

@bookish1 Ohhhhh, Qtips/ cotton swabs? They’re not even safe, throw them away.

Make complex mathematical models

They are great for craft projects. See if a pre-school near you wants them.

Perfect for cleaning up paint mistakes, soak in paint thinner then use for detail cleanup.

Jousting sticks for toy people….

For those with OCD, they are wonderful for cleaning in the folds of the door seals or gaskets of your refrigerator and freezer.

Also for the collected brown gook in the drains and stoppers of tubs and sinks.

for cleaning the door pockets and cupholders of autos.

Cat toys.

Put them on ebay, someone is bound to bid on them!

I agree with those above who suggested using them for cleaning. I’ve used them on my stove, washing machine, and other places I can’t think of right now.

Also, make-up mistakes, make-up removal, and nail polish mistakes.

Missiles for an elastic band catapult?