CMS Widget Question - Forum sidebar block "Recent Threads" as widget
 

To recreate the forum sidebar block "recent threads" as a widget, can you somehow copy some (or most) of the block_threads template and create a CMS widget?

The "Recent Threads" forum block is much more informative, shows avatars (most of the time) and would make a more attractive widget than the provided "recent activity" widget.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!