At a children’s museum a couple years ago I saw a wood block with the marker lids glued in and thought it was a brilliant idea! Since then I have been wanting to make one because my little artist (Roly Poly) loves to draw but he also loves to chew on marker lids and often forgets to put the lids back on so they dry out. I was refusing to buy new markers to try and teach him a lesson so he was down to only pinks and purples (he really doesn't like those colors). Turns out he got some new markers in his stocking so I was forced to get making that marker block.
I drilled into a wood block but it just looked so boring. I was about to
paint a salamander or alligator on it to jazz it up when the idea of using a log
popped in my brain. So much easier than painting a reptile and I love the
natural look!
I did go through 3 sets of markers to get it just right. Turns out that
Gorilla glue and Tacky glue are bad choices, so go for the glue gun! Now that
you know to use a glue gun the rest is easy. So, go out to the wood pile and
grab a log to make your Marker Log!
