A set of markers, in shade order, its caps held together with duct tape.

The Duct Tape Marker Hack

Keep those markers organized and caps on with this smart solution.

Our kids love coloring with markers, but you all know the caveats. After each coloring session, there’s inevitably a marker that ends up with a missing cap. Or, sometimes you only have the cap and find that dried-out marker in some corner days later. That’s if they put the markers away in the first place. 

Roll of duct tape and a scissor.

With this hack, you’ll never lose a marker again. They’ll effortlessly stay neat and organized. When there’s one missing, you’ll know immediately. And those caps? They’ll stay put too. All you need is some duct tape. 

Markers lined up by shade.

What’s also nice is that the markers stay organized by shade, so they look nice and it’s easier for them to find just the color they want. 

Unrolled duct tape, sticky side up, above markers lined up by shade.

Simply lay a long piece of duct tape, sticky side up. The length of your duct tape depends on the amount of markers in your set.

Placing markers on a piece of duct tape, sticky side up.

Place the markers on the duct tape, spacing evenly apart. You want about half of the cap to be stuck to the duct tape.

Folding the duct tape over the marker caps placed halfway on its sticky side.

Fold the duct tape over the marker caps.

Pressing the two sides of duct tape together between marker caps

Then press the two sides of the duct tape together between the markers.

A set of markers, in shade order, its caps held together with duct tape.

Ta-da! They’re ready to color. When there’s a marker missing, it’s so clear to see! 

Replacing markers with its caps in a set held together with duct tape.

It’s even fun to put the markers back where they belong.

Rolling up a set of markers with its caps held together with duct tape.

You can also roll up the markers to store neatly too. 

A set of markers with its caps held together with duct tape, in a pencil cup.

And they’re all ready to color again. 

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Between Carpools is a collaboration between five talented friends who like to get a lot of stuff done “between carpools.” Since 2016, we’ve been sharing home and organizing tips, parenting insights, activities, how-to’s and DIYs, and of course, entertaining ideas, recipes, and inspiring reads both on the site and app.

6 responses to “The Duct Tape Marker Hack”

  1. Esther Avatar
    Esther

    Genius!!

  2. BI Avatar
    BI

    I love love love this

  3. fraidy Avatar
    fraidy

    Wow I love love love this!

  4. Rachelle Avatar
    Rachelle

    Cool!

  5. Liora Avatar
    Liora

    Genius!

  6. Qu Avatar
    Qu

    This is fantastic!
    Thanks for sharing!

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