Here's a fun way to reuse some of your otherwise useless dried up markers...make your own liquid watercolors! I saw this idea online and was really excited to try it.
1. Test your markers and find the dried up ones.
2. Sort by color
3. Find several jars and fill with some water. I'd say about a cup of water for 4-5 markers. The less water you use the brighter the color you will get. We used a little too much water this time and were left with a lot more than we needed. You also don't need to use clear glass if you don't have it. I just like how it looked and you can see the colors better :)
4. Put your markers in the water and let them sit overnight or at least several hours. Put similar colors together or experiment to make interesting colors, its up to you. Just don't put complimentary colors together (purple/yellow, green/red and blue/orange) or you will get brown. If you want some brown and don't have brown markers then go right ahead!
5. Get some paper and have some fun! We also found that the markers were revived a little as well. They were not the original color but they worked.
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