I have just been introduced to the The Cap Trapper, a new crafting product. Rebecca, a mother of 3 and a former teacher, came up with this inventive idea for trapping your marker’s caps. She got tired of losing caps and markers drying out. So she developed a way to keep the markers together and ready to color.
I am a lover of crafty tools, especially when they help crafting go smoothly. I have been lucky enough to try these Cap Trappers out. By simply slipping your marker’s caps into the spaces provided, kids are ready to color away. My kids knew right where to put them back when they were done, leaving the markers capped and ready for the next coloring adventure. No more dry markers to throw out!
They can also be hooked together to form a longer cap train, keeping all your markers in the same place. Or even a fun bracelet. These Cap Trappers would be great for all ages of kids. And I know plenty of Teachers who would go GaGa over them too.
Here’s more exciting news: Rebecca from The Cap Trapper is happy to Giveaway these great Cap Trappers to 2 Make and Take readers. Just leave a comment on this post and you are entered to win. This giveaway will go until Thursday night at Midnight and the 2 Winners will be announced on Friday Morning. So comment today for your chance to get your hands on this fun new crafting tool.
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Looks like a great idea! Thanks for entering me in your contest. Happy Mother’s Day.
oooh, great idea (product and giveaway)!
What a nifty idea! Fun giveaway!
What a great idea. My kids are forever leaving un-capped markers lying around the house.
What a great idea! As a prior preschool assistant, I wish we had these!
Love it! I just threw away a whole load of Lillian’s markers that she left lying around in the play room.
Whitney
What an amazing creation. We are always hunting for a cap, or two, or three….
Maybe I’d let my kids play with markers again if I had a product like this! ;)
Those look very cool – I’d love to win!
What a great idea! I hate buying markers just to have them dry out a day later.
What a great idea! With two little ones, I am always having dried out markers!
We use markers very single day – this would be great.
Great idea! Would love a way to keep the caps from getting lost!
What a great little tool! I am forever throwing away caps to mysteriously missing markers, and dried out markers.
This is awesome. My kids would love it!
This is genius! We’ve even banned markers from our house because I’m sick of throwing them out. I’d love to actually be able to use them!
Cool idea! We are always contending with dried out markers
Oooh as a former teacher I can completely appreciate this product! We’d love to test it out in our home!
Very cool! Genius!
Oh my goodness, this is brilliant! I can never think of things like this. I’d love to be entered.
Very cool idea! I hope she makes a million bucks!
these are really cool!
Great idea, I know lots of people that would love these!
What a great idea! Totally cool!
That is such a great idea! They would work perfectly for my son. What an awesome giveaway! Thanks :)
Fun! This will be great for my 2 year old.
What a great idea :)
What a great idea! We’re always throwing away dried out markers – this would really come in handy!! :o)
Wow, those are very clever…
Perfect for my 2 and 4 year old girls!
What a great idea! Here’s to hopin’…
Genius! I love these and would love to win.
I wish I would’ve know about these things earlier!! I just threw out a whole slew of markers the other day. What a great idea. I love people who have a problem and then DO SOMETHING about it. It helps us all out in the long run!!
Definitely inspired! Way to go!
Great idea! I think my girls would love them. They keep loosing the lids!
Great Idea.
I could have used that this weekend when my daughter wandered took the lid off a brown marker and then wandered around the house with it and lost it. Great idea!!!
These look fabulous!
Awesome idea! We’ve had to replace so many markers due to lost caps. I’d love to win this!
oh do i ever need those around here!
i”d love to win-our markers are always drying out when we can’t find the caps!!
Oh, my goodness. These would get SO used at our house. I am always having to purchase more markers to replace ones with misplaced lids. Thanks for the great giveaway!
meg.wilson@gmail.com
What a fantastic idea. I have thrown away too many markers!
What a great idea! I just threw markers out yesterday (after they secretly made Mother’s Day cards). So, I’m going to be picking up new markers this week, and would love these!
What a wonderful idea!
this could make it so my kids actually got to color w/ all the markers we own instead of me hiding them in closet until they figure out how not to lose a lid and draw on EVERYTHING… themselves included.
What a great idea! I’d love it.
What an awesome idea!!
Great giveaway Marie! I have been curious about these myself. Thanks!
What a smart idea! I am grateful someone came up with such a simple but ingenious idea.
Nice! We’re always having dried-out markers in our house.
This is one of our biggest problems! What a great product!
What a clever idea!! Thanks for the contest!
Oooohhhh! I’ve never seen anything like it! I love it! As a former teacher and now stay at home mom of two girls, we have lost many a cap…especially when we take the art stuff outside to enjoy the day. Thanks for the chance to win such a great product. Wish I would have thought of that :o)
How smart is that?! I would love these!
What a great idea!!! I wish her much success!!!! And add me to the list!
what a great idea!
What a fabulous invention! I wish I could come up with something so creative and smart! My kids would have alot more markers around if we had these!
I love this!
Very cool idea
Thanks for a fun giveaway!
wow that is a really good idea!
Wow – whoever thought of that was SMART! Great idea!!
I would love one! What a great giveaway – Thanks!
What an awesome idea and giveaway! My 4 year old and I NEED those :-)
I was just fighting the battle to recap withmarkers today! How cool!
Great idea!! And I LOVE giveaways too!! =)
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a grandmother of 3 preschoolers, this is a great idea!
What a clever idea!!!
Nifty idea!
Fabulous! Count me in!
Oh my gosh. I was just thinking that I needed something like this. My markers (and checkbook) would be soooooooo thankful!
These look great. Maybe I would actually throw away less markers because the lids would all stay in one place. Thanks!!
very neat idea! Would love to get a set of those for my kids.
How awesome are those!! So cool! What a great invention!
Great idea. Why didn’t I think of that?
Love the captrapper. Hope I win!
~cheryl
Great! Now only if they came with head-to-toe smocks so my kids wouldn’t be covered in marker, then proceed to cover everything in the house with marker-prints.
What a fantastic idea! Wonder why it took so long for someone to come up with this one….
I love this idea!!!
Love it! Definitely need this!
With 5 kids, we have so many markers and are always losing caps. Those are a great idea!
ooooh count me in those are clever.
just think of all the saved moolah not buying new markers… nice!
What a nifty idea! Love your site! I found you through Today’s Creative Blog. Thanks for the great ideas!
What a cool idea! How fun- I love to see awesome inventions like this!
those are cool and my dream come true! when i was teaching, i had my grandpa make wood ones, that i would stick the lids on and one row of markers sat at each table. ahhh,..those were the days!
It is a great idea! Try saying Cap Trapper 10 times fast. Pretty funny!
Brilliant! I’m an elementary school art teacher . . . why didn’t I think of this?? I love it when women invent great things and then produce, market and sell them. Yeah for her!
awesome! We wanna try them! :-)
Great idea! I’m expecting triplets and I know these would come in handy in a few months. :D
I just found your blog through Today’s Creative Blog and am truly impressed with all of your great ideas. You are really creative. I’ve already bookmarked your site and plan to check back daily for new ideas I can use with my daughter.
That is such a terrific idea. I think I may have to have a BUNCH of these to take care of all of our markers…
Just found you and I LOVE your site!
What a great site! Just found it today through today’s creative blog. My kids are always losing pen caps… love the idea of them being kept in one place.
How clever! This would certainly come in handy!
very cool invention for the marker!
enter me. i love them~!
isn’t number 100 a lucky number?
What a wonderful idea to use in a classroom setting. LOVE IT!!
Just came over from Today’s Creative Blog. I took a look around and found that I love your blog! The Cap Trappers? Genius. Definately need those for my twins.
Angela
great idea!
Wow…what a great invention! My daughter is constantly losing caps and drying out her markers…we need these! Thanks so much for the opportunity!
Comments are now CLOSED. Thanks for all who entered! Good Luck!
Where were these when my kids were growing up and leaving the lids off their markers. My grandson sure could use them, when we are playing I always find lidless markers they are dried out.
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