Spring décor (upcycling old markers)

The spring is here! And it is so beautiful! Everything is blossoming and coming alive again. I present you an idea how to bring this spring mood at you home. And this is also a very good way to upcycle old dried markers and use them completely.

All you need:
> Kitchen paper
> Old markers
> Alcohol
> Scissors and glue


spring flowers (upcycling old markers)1. First thing to do is the preparation. I strongly recommend using a mat.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)2. Pour a little bit of the alcohol in a small GLASS jar.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)3. Put a piece of the kitchen paper over the mat. Dip one of the markers in the alcohol.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)4. And then touch the  marker to the kitchen paper and the colour should appear immediately. If you want just an accent with the colour, use only the tip of the marker.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)5. But if you want to have larger area of the colour, draw streaks just like you are colouring a picture.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)6. At the begging I really didn’t know what I’m doing but everything starts with experiments.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)7. But finally, I understand what to do to have beautiful flower. Choose few colours from one colour range and alternate light with dark shade in circle pattern. But be careful! Not every colour appears what it is on the paper. My ochre turns out green, the grey became yellow and pink and the green covert in brown. So make sure that you try every colour on another piece of paper before using it for your flower.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)8. You can make leaves too.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)9. After everything is dry, cut out the flowers and make them in a flower shape. You can arrange them in many compositions like bouquet, garland, on a tiara or to glue them on a Styrofoam ball.


I will show what I did:

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)1. I cut I a circle from a cardboard, because I wanted to make a wreath, but then I changed my mind.

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)2. Then I wrap it in a decorative paper from an old bouquet. You never know what you will need, so if you find something beautiful – keep it!

spring flowers (upcycling old markers)3. I fold the circle and glue the flowers and the leaves. And That’s it!


And the best thing is that I used all of my old markers and they are completely out of ink because they turned out white! spring flowers (upcycling old markers) spring flowers (upcycling old markers)


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