Cricut Pen Adaptor Hack, To Use Other Pens in Your Cricut!

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Did you know that your Cricut can write and draw? Did you know that you can get Cricut Pen adaptors so you can use other pens with your Cricut machine? Do you have a large collection of pens that you would love to uses with your Cricut?

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These are the same questions I had about my Cricut Explore when I got one for Christmas in 2018. If you don’t have a Cricut, first of all, you should get one! You will not believe all the things you can create with it!

I have used it to create my own stickers and embellishments for scrapbooking and iron-on vinyl projects with the Cricut EasyPress 2.

Want to learn more about the Cricut EasyPress 2? Check out the Cricut EasyPress 2 post!

I know I had a squirrel moment there!

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I have a large collection of pens and I wanted to use on my Cricut Explore machine, but they wouldn’t fit in the pen adaptor that came with the Cricut!? I didn’t want to be limited to only using the Cricut pens! A crafty gal like me doesn’t want their creativity stifled by the very tools I use to be creative with, so what did I do! Knowing me, that wasn’t going to work for my nerdy craftiness!

So I started checking out YouTube and Google to find a way around this problem. I found that other people were talking about the same problem I was having. They were able to find other pen adaptors to use in their Cricut machines. Ahhh!! Where can I find these other pen adaptors for my Cricut Explore!

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Before you buy the pen adaptor set make sure you are buying the right one for your Cricut machine or it will not work. Here is where you can buy the right adaptor set for your Cricut! I was able to buy the adaptor sets on Amazon and I list the pens each set work with.

Cricut Explore One Pen Adaptor Set

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Pens that you can use with this adaptor set:

Sharpie Ultra Fine Point, Sharpie Art Pen, Bic Marking, Sakura Gelly Roll Pens, AmazaPen Gel Pens, and Crayola Super Tips Markers 50 Count Box

Get Cricut Explore One Pen Adaptor Set here!


Cricut Maker, Cricut Explore Air, and Cricut Explore Air 2 Pen Adaptor Set

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Pens that you can use with this adaptor set:

Sharpie fine point, Sharpie Ultra Fine Point, Bic Marking, Sakura Jelly Roll Pens, and Crayola Super Tip markers the 50 count box

Get Cricut Maker, Cricut Explore Air, and Cricut Explore Air 2 Pen Adaptor Set here!

I hope these pen adaptors will help you get the most out of your Cricut machine!

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2 thoughts on “Cricut Pen Adaptor Hack, To Use Other Pens in Your Cricut!”

  1. Wow, this post has been a life saver for me! I didn’t know I could use other pens and marker in my Cricut Explorer. Thank you so much!

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