Comments on: Reuse those Crayola Markers

By: guest

guest — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:15:00 +0000

Sign a Crayola petition here asking them for a marker recycle program.

http://www.change.org/petitions/crayola-make-your-mark-set-up-a-marker-recycling-program?utm_campaign=ukMFsIwZyu&utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert

By: Christina Rodriguez

Christina Rodriguez — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Contact Crayola on Facebook… they will probably give you a generic answer, but if enough people complain they will listen… or start a petition on Care2.com….

By: Nadia Tomlinson

Nadia Tomlinson — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:06:00 +0000

I’ve been collecting the caps to use as beads as, others have mentioned, I also pull out the nibs and recycle the casings. Once the nibs are pulled out i put them in a jar of water with a little vinegar to make beautiful, washable, inks that can be used to die things or as watercolours. I will have to keep a few now though because I love the idea of decorating a frame with them!!

By: Bairnns

Bairnns — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:32:44 +0000

When I do discard markers, I keep the caps. This saves searching for the one that inevitably goes missing at playtime- we can always cap all the markers right away because we have extra caps.

I also use a pair of plyers to gently pull the tip off of a marker I'm going to throw out, then pry off the end and dump the ink reservoir into the trash. The plastic parts can then be recycled with other mixed plastics.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:20:46 +0000

I'd be interested in developing an eco friendly recycled plastic marker. there has to be a way! email me at info@missbrittanysorganic.com if you wish to collaborate

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:48:05 +0000

I was cleaning out my cousins' art room today, and I started throwing away the dried out markers and what I believed to be useless caps. I then stopped, and thought that maybe I could come up with a craft idea for the caps. So I was looking for some ideas and wound up here. The first thing I'm doing when I get to their house on Monday is pulling the dried out markers out of the trash! I know I will come up with something

By: Markers, Crayons and Coloring with Children | Green and Clean Mom ™

Markers, Crayons and Coloring with Children | Green and Clean Mom ™ — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:14:21 +0000

[...] even more adventurous. Better yet try recycling and making your own crayons! We’ve even enjoy recycling our markers and making them last as long as [...]

By: akaamy

akaamy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:02:27 +0000

As a teacher we'd collect the caps and let children, with supervision to avoid choking, play with them. They are great fun for finger play, but they can also be used for color sorting, counting, and in large quantities used for dump/fill activities. If you don't mind digging play dough out use as candles or circle cutters. Certainly glue collages would be a fun choice too. They can also be great fun in the sandbox.

By: TeaSaint

TeaSaint — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:47:22 +0000

At one point in my childhood I thought I was told that dipping dry markers in vinegar helped restore the marker to near new. I'm going to try that as I too have not found any other tips online.

By: Isabella

Isabella — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:41:31 +0000

At Christmas time, we gathered red,green, and yellow caps from my son's preschool and glued them open side down on a wreath pegboard (recycled from a cousin's school project)cut out. We took some of the markers w/caps on and placed them in a salt dough advent wreath and created paper flames for them. During the spring/summer, we use the markers as garden markers when planting seeds and bulbs.