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Personalized Lunch Box with Painters Paint Markers 4

DIY Painted Vase 7

Butterfly Picture Frames 8

A Frugal Project with a Twist! Come meet our bus! 11

Cute Cupcake Liner Storage 12

Painted Beach Bags 15

Embroidery Hoop Art 16

Painted Rock Garden Markers 19

Mother’s Day Herringbone Flower Pots with Painters Paint Markers 20

Custom Party Glasses 23

Painted Garden Markers 24

Painted Tote Bag 27

Trick Out Your Sneakers 28

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Ginger-Ginger Snap Crafts

Personalized Lunch Box with Painters Paint MarkersLast week my 5 year old Cara got to attend kindergarten

for half a day with her preschool class to have a little

sneak peak. She is super excited about starting school this

coming fall. So it got me to thinking about what kind of

lunch box she would want to take with her when she starts

school. When I was in school my mom made me a lunch box

using a metal bucket. She painted a puppy on the front and

she even painted my name on the lid. I LOVED that lunch kit

(and I still have it!), So I decided to make Cara one too. I

think she’ll love it!

So we headed to Walmart this past week to buy some

supplies to make a lunch box! I was so excited to see the

NEW Painters Paint Markers available in singles! Yay!

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Erin-DIY on the Cheap

DIY Painted VaseI recently had the opportunity to try out a fun product

called Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers, and I am so excited

to share my experience with you. I purchased them from

Walmart, and they are very reasonably priced and come in

a variety of colors. The great thing is, you can use them

on virtually any surface! They are so versatile, and the

creative possibilities are endless. The best part is that they

are extremely easy to work with.

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Rachel-Bubbly Nature Creations

Butterfly Picture FramesI am so excited about this picture frame! I think it turned out

super cute!!! I thought of making this frame because we have a

small wall by our front door that was looking very plain. I thought

that a new picture frame would really make the space pop! Plus I

always look for ways to display all the pretty portraits I have of

my girls!

I wanted to make sure that it matched the rest of my living room

decor, so I knew that I would be painting the frame. That is where

the Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers came in very handy! Creating this

frame took no time at all and was so easy!!! My oldest daughter

was able to help me paint with the paint markers too!

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Charity-Coupon Snob

A Frugal Project with a Twist! Come meet our bus!Guess what we did this weekend? We built a bus! Yes…built it.

My Hubby got a HUGE cardboard box from work a few weeks

ago, and it was the perfect thing for an idea I had to make a

fun, frugal DIY toy for the kids.

I shopped for supplies at Walmart. The whole thing only cost

about $38.00! I’d say that the bus is totally worth that price,

and will be loved by my kids much more than a toy from the

store that would cost twice that much!

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Brandi-Creative Princess

Cute Cupcake Liner StorageWhile cleaning out my pantry again last week, I decided I

needed something to keep my super cute cupcake wrappers

in. While reorganizing I emptied out some glass canisters that

would be PERFECT to keep my liners in. But I didn’t want just

plain jars because that’s no fun. So off to Walmart I went.

I came across these Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers and knew

EXACTLY what I was going to do. I love that I can get

individual markers. I also love that they are only $1.97!

These markers are superb and I have used them before on a

few other projects so I knew they would be great for what I

had in mind.

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Jaime-Crafty Scrappy Happy

Painted Beach BagsIt will NOT stop raining here in Wisconsin….all last

week, and this weekend. Let’s just say I needed to

do a crafty project that reminds me that sun and

fun are coming SOON!

And for my summery project I made beach bags! I

know I know I know….in 3 days I will be LIVING

on the lake…but I STILL need beach bags for my

lake! Lots of them!

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Megan-Balancing Home

Embroidery Hoop Art With Eleanor’s room update and the little

pumpkin turning one on Saturday (AHH! How

did that happen so fast?), I thought I would

whip up something special for her room. I

have been totally crushing on embroidery

hoop art. I have seen lots of people put

fabric they adore inside, but I wanted

something a little more special for Eleanor.

(You know? Turning one and all.)

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Sara-Mom Endeavors

Painted Rock Garden MarkersWe’ve been work ing on our spring/summer gar den lately and just

fin ished up a project I’ve been want ing to do for a while! After

see ing a whole vari ety of dif fer ent kinds and styles via Pin-

terest, I knew I wanted to make some cute plant mark ers for

the garden. One thing we have a lot of is rocks – so painted

rock gar den mark ers it is! Aren’t they cute?!

This project was so easy to do with help from one of my

favorite crafty prod ucts – Elmer’s Painters Mark ers. I love

them and already had a cou ple of packs. But I needed a

few addi tional col ors to help with my fruit & veg etable

paint ings! So I was thrilled to see that they are now offer ing

sin gle Painters for only $1.97 a piece.

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Tonia-The Gunny Sack

Mother’s Day Herringbone Flower Pots with Painters Paint MarkersWith less than 1 week till Mother’s Day, it’s crunch time for

figuring out those Mother’s Day gifts. Both my mom and my

mother-in-law love flowers so that is what we usually get them

for Mother’s Day. Some years we pick out the flowers and

other years we give them gift cards so they can pick out their

own. This year I decided to decorate pots with Painters Paint

Markers and then plant some flowers in the pots as part of

their gifts.

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Amy-As the Bunny Hops

Custom Party Glasses It’s easy to make custom glasses for a party with Elmer’s

Painters. Elmer’s Painters work like a dream on glassware

but wash off in the dishwasher. They’re perfect for helping

everyone keep up with their drinks at a party!

Some might say I’m a little obsessed with Elmer’s Painters...

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Jayna-Behind the Studio

Painted Garden MarkersI talked about my garden a little while ago, and I thought

I’d share yet another update I have recently made. Now

that everything is planted, fertilized and thriving, I realized

I needed some garden markers to know what was what. I

decided it would be the perfect project for the brand new

Painters Paint Markers by Elmer’s.

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Jennifer-Always in Wonder

Painted Tote BagToday I get to show you some cute tote bags that I

personalized with the awesome Elmer’s Painters Paint

Markers. I have been wanting to try out these paint

markers for a few weeks now, ever since I saw them at

Walmart. And I am so excited to show them to you guys

today. The paint markers come in many different colors

and tip sizes so that you can create a unique look to

anything you’re wanting to paint. You can buy them in a

pack, or you can buy individual ones for only $1.97 (what

a deal). The markers are filled with acrylic paint, and

you can use them on wood, plastic, clay, glass, metal, foam

board, fabric, and terra cotta. And according to the box,

the paint markers are permanent, streak free, non-toxic and

acid free. All great things, right?

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Jenn-Rook No. 17

Trick Out Your SneakersA few weekends ago, the family and I were in San Francisco

and came across a few stores selling canvas shoes with

custom artwork. It was my youngest daughter who remarked,

“Hey, we could do that!” So when I had the opportunity to

write a craft tutorial for Elmer’s using their Painters Opaque

Paint Markers, I knew right away what I’d be making. I

already use Painters on glass, plastic, fabric, paper and

wood. So, why not canvas shoes?

What I love most about Elmer’s Painters is that I have

much more control than I would with a paintbrush. They’re

so easy to use, especially for those of us born without the

Rembrandt gene.

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Check out the new single Painters Paint Markers at Walmart for an every day low price of $1.97!