Design small boxes with Marabu DO IT Craft Marker

Practical and decorative home office – with DO IT Craft markers and paints, tin cans and plain white storage boxes become the perfect desk organizers. Creatively transformed, the boxes and cans now hold lots of small tools and writing utensils for all your desk to-do’s.

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Marabu products you need...

Marabu DO IT Craft Marker 2pc assortment, 2 x 2-3 mm

Marabu Pencil set Graphix, 12 x pencils

Marabu DO IT Craft Paint, stone grey 169, 36 ml

Marabu DO IT Craft Paint, white 070, 36 ml

Marabu DO IT Craft Paint, graphite 179, 36 ml

…additionaly things you need

Paper boxes in various sizes

Tips and Tricks

The Marabu DO IT Craft Marker is immediately ready for use. No pumping. Just remove the cap and get started!
The DO IT Craft Marker is ideal for wood, paper, stone, terracotta and more. Even simple tin cans can be decorated with the DO IT Craft Marker and turned into a pen holder or planter.

How it is done:

Use a pencil to transfer the pattern onto the box - shown here is a distorted checkerboard pattern with curved lines.
You can then gradually begin to color in every other area with the black Marabu DO IT Craft Marker. It is also helpful to trace all the outer edges with the DO IT Craft Marker first and then fill in the areas.
In addition to the lid, the outer side walls of the box can be painted in the same pattern as the lid.
Clean the can before painting. It should be clean and dry. Then prime the can with the appropriate shade of DO IT Craft Paint. Let the primer dry thoroughly. Next, use the DO IT Craft Marker and a ruler to draw vertical lines on the cans. Then draw horizontal lines. Simply trace the grooves on the can.
The primed cans can also be painted with a brush and a darker DO IT Craft Paint color. Make a pattern of your choice. Keep picking up new paint so that the brush stroke does not break.