Diy: Glitter Sneakers

Guest postal service past times Lisa of Studio Jewel (thebeadgirl.etsy.com)

I accept to admit, sometimes I only LIKE sparkly things. And every bit a crafty daughter at heart, glitter makes my pump pitter patter. So when I stumbled across a how-to brand a twain of my ain twinkly-sparkly shoes, I took the bait! Of course, I did it for my children.

Here is my version of these glitterful masterpieces. Be forewarned, glitter is NOT for the faint of heart!

What you lot volition need:
a twain of sneakers - nosotros each establish what nosotros loved!
cloth gum - tacky gum seemed to move the best
glitter - duh!
painters tape
newspaper plates
a shoe box
arts and crafts sticks or toothpicks
other metallic element embellishments

First up, get together your shoes as well as supplies:

Take out your shoe laces. Pull out the tongue, don't stick it out....pull it out silly! And record downward the residual of the shoe amongst painters tape.

Apply your tacky gum amongst a arts and crafts sponge...or your finger. I'm a "get messy kinda girl" hence I prefer the finger method myself! Liberally milk shiver glitter onto the glued area...OVER Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 SHOE BOX!

Shake off excess glitter into your box, as well as hence pour it onto a newspaper plate to re-use for the side past times side "gluing". (see nosotros are fifty-fifty recycling when nosotros glitter!) Switch shoes inwards guild to permit the department you lot only worked on to dry out for a few minutes.

Now outset inwards on some other section...using either a toothpick or arts and crafts stick to become some tough areas. You volition endure able to easily scrape the dried glitter off the grommets later, hence don't worry likewise much! (see our lovely examples of the "glue experience"). Then repeat the glittery steps.

**Note** I chose silverish as well as dark glitter over grey shoes = easy. Tahlia chose pinkish glitter over pinkish shoes = SUPER easy. Anneke chose dark glitter over white shoes = much to a greater extent than task intensive, but oh-so-cool!

We did permit them dry out for an entire twenty-four hours earlier nosotros attempted to lace them upwards as well as vesture them out! Last pace I sprayed them amongst an fine art fixative "just inwards case".