Marking Airline Crates
Do you have airline crates you’d like to mark with your name? I did. Rather than quickly handwrite my name with a marker, I wanted to make it look a little nicer. In an hour, I had two crates, neatly marked with my name and a graphic. Here’s how:
Supplies: craft knife, permanent marker (I used a chisel-point Sharpie), cutting board, tape, paper or transparent sheet, computer, and printer.
- Wash and dry your crates.
- Open your word processing program.
- Type your name in an easy-to-read font. Size it to fit your crate.
- Add a graphic, if desired (bone, pawprint, dog silhouette, your logo, etc.)
- Print your name on paper or a transparent sheet (like an overhead projector sheet).
- With a sharp craft knife, carefully cut out the letters (and graphic, if used). Now you have a stencil you can mark multiple crates with.
- Tape the stencil securely to your clean and dry crate.
- Carefully color in the open areas with a permanent marker.
- You will need to hold the interior of the stencil steady while you mark.
- For letters with enclosed negative space, like “a”, “o” and “e”, you’ll have to free-hand that area.
- My crate was textured, so I had to go over the areas a few times to get full coverage.
- Carefully remove the stencil.
- Your crate should dry quickly, but let it sit undisturbed for a moment. You can carefully blot with a paper towel to make sure the ink has set.
You’re all done!
