Paint your own umbrella

Brighten up rainy days with a splash of colour

It’s great fun decorating your own umbrella! Rather than keeping it for yourself, you could also transform it into a fantastic gift. Effective designs are easy to apply with edding gloss paint markers and, most importantly of all, they’re guaranteed to be waterproof. With your own custom-decorated umbrella, you’ll be looking forward to a walk in the rain even before the grey skies loom! The edding range has recently been boosted by the introduction of gloss paint markers in soft pastel shades, so why not use them to scatter raindrops over your umbrella like a shower of colourful confetti? The new colours include pastel yellow, pastel rose, pastel blue and pastel green. With the aid of our template, transferring the text onto the umbrella is a breeze. Once you’ve done that, simply colour it in.

Categories: Autumn
Special gifts
Products: Paint markers
Materials: Plastic and foil
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

In our example, we’ve used edding gloss paint markers in pastel rose (colour code 138), pastel blue (139), pastel green (137), pastel yellow (135) and black (001). The template is available for download on our website.

Step 2

Before using a gloss paint marker, you need to activate it: Shake the marker vigorously with the cap on, then remove the cap, place the nib on absorbent paper and pump it up and down gently a few times until ink appears in the nib. Now you’re all ready to get started. (And don’t forget to always store the marker horizontally after use.)

Step 3

First, print out the template on A4 paper and place it under the fabric of the umbrella. To prevent it slipping, you may wish to secure it with adhesive tape. The hand-lettered saying reads: “Rain is just confetti from the sky”. Using the black gloss paint marker, gradually transfer the lettering onto the umbrella.