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How to Make Felt Pens Last Longer?

How to Make Felt Pens Last Longer?

I don't know if this is your case, but I my children have the annoying habit of never filling up their markers properly.

As a result, the tip is all dried up and most of the time, I have to buy more...

Nothing very economical in all this! But, I found a trick to put an end to this little problem for good.

My Savior, White Vinegar

And yes, him again!

Decidedly, white vinegar is an indispensable ally for my whole house:if it makes my daily life easier, as Heilanie explains to us here, it also gives my markers a second life!

1. I take out my bottle of white vinegar.

How to Make Felt Pens Last Longer?

2. I soak the tips of my markers overnight in their caps filled with a few drops of white vinegar.

How to Make Felt Pens Last Longer?

3. When they wake up, miracle, they write again!

How to Make Felt Pens Last Longer?

Handy, right?

So, if you too, your darlings regularly forget to close the hood of their markers, try this trick and tell me in the comments what you think!