Creative flower vase

Colourful upcycled vases

It's fun to style your home in bright, cheerful colours and to decorate your own accessories to make them truly eye-catching. If this is something you love doing, here's an awesome upcycling idea that you can copy with ease: flower vases made from empty soap dispensers or other plastic bottles. You can use edding permanent markers to decorate the bottles to your own taste and turn them into striking décor pieces. Our permanent markers are available in a variety of stroke widths and a wide array of colours. If you like fine designs, then go for the classic edding 3000 or edding 400. If, however, you prefer a bigger design, you should opt for the edding 500 permanent marker.

Categories: Home decor
Living room
Upcycling & DIY hacks
Products: Permanent markers
Materials: Plastic and foil
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

You can see all the materials you need at a glance in our photo. The edding 3000 range gives you an overall choice of 20 bold colours, so just pick out your favourites. Rinse and wash the bottles thoroughly.

Step 2

First of all, peel off all the labels from each bottle, taking care not to leave any sticky residue. Any remaining residue can easily be removed under warm water.

Step 3

To create our motif, we covered a section of the bottle with masking tape and coloured in the rest using the edding 3000. It goes without saying that you could also pick a different motif and let your imagination run wild.