I recently got the privilege to work once more with the wonderful people over at Elmer’s.  In case you missed my earlier projects with Elmer’s, check out my Tri-Fold Display Board Project,  Flower Garden, and read all about Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward Projects here and here.

Have you heard about the Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers yet?  They are SOOOO cool!  I honestly don’t think there is a surface they can’t be used on:  glass, wood, paper, plastic – they go on EVERYTHING.  And, in true Elmer’s fashion, they’re easy to work with, reasonably priced, and excellent quality!

You can buy Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers at Walmart.  The markers are 100% acrylic paint that goes on opaque, and they have a super-fast drying time.  For those of you who scrapbook and journal, they are acid-free.

In addition to coming in packs of 5, they are sold separately.  If you need only one or two markers – or if you’re lusting after every color in the rainbow (like me) – you are covered!  The single Painters Markers are only $1.97 each, and there really is a wide range of colors.  They come in fine tip, medium tip, and chisel tip, AND they’re made in the USA.

 

Decorating Flower Pots

I have several gifts to make this spring, so I thought a quick and easy DIY craft project would be to decorate some flower pots.  The Painters Markers made this completely pain-free, and I had a blast doing it!

I picked up some inexpensive plastic pots at my local home improvement store, and dug out some stencils from a project I did a few years back.

 

My first attempt had the paint beading up a little, but I fixed that pretty quickly by first spraying the plastic pot with my trusty squirt bottle of vinegar and then wiping it dry.  After that, the Painters Markers went on smooth-as-silk!

 

Time to get started!

 

Here are two of the finished stenciled pots:

 

 

 

After stenciling two of the three pots, I got the urge to free-hand one of them.  Again, the Elmer’s Painters Markers were just like drawing with a pen on a sheet of paper – easy with a wonderful result.

 

Honestly, the results you can get with Elmer’s Painters Markers are impressive and exceedingly easy to achieve.  You don’t have to be an artist to create lovely creations with this product (as is evidenced by my use of stencils!), and there’s no prep or clean-up to be done!

More Info and Other Painters Markers Projects

Want to learn more – and see some additional uses for these great products?  Check out these links:

• Elmer’s website:  www.elmers.com
• Elmer’s Twitter feed:  twitter.com/elmers
• Elmer’s Facebook page:  facebook.com/Elmers

… and check out the Collective Bias Pinterest Board for some fantastic creations by other members of Collective Bias.  You won’t hardly believe all the things you can do with Elmer’s Painter Paint Markers.

 

I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™.  As always all opinions expressed herein and the created project are my own.

 

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