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How to Make Glitter Shoes

September 15, 2012 Amy 8 Comments

Every girl deserves to feel like Cinderella every once in a while. Learn how to make glitter shoes, since every girl now has the chance to feel like a princess. I saw this idea on Martha and I said I had to try it with my daughter. She is out of the cute little girl stage right now. What girl doesn’t like a great looking pair of shoes? Especially shimmery sparkly glitter shoes to wear.

How to Make Glitter Shoes

Glitter Shoes

Materials for Glitter Shoes DIY:

Glitter Shoes materials

  • Mod Podge
  • Glitter
  • Shoes
  • Paint brush

Directions for How to Make Glitter Shoes:

1. You can find some plain, boring, white canvas shoes at Walmart for $5.00. These simple shoes are begging to be updated for this project.

2. Then go to the craft store to buy Mod Podge and Fashion Glitter. The Tulip Fashion Glitter works the best. This should be extra fine glitter so these will coat the shoe nicely.

3. With some masking tape or painters tape, tape the bottom of the sole of the shoe.

Glitter Shoes Glue

4. Mix the Mod Podge and glitter together to create a glitter glue to paint on the shoe. One part glitter to two parts Mod Podge. Surprisingly you don’t really need much. A little goes a long way.

Glitter Shoes 1st Coat

5. Paint the shoe generously with the new glitter glue. Don’t worry if some getting on the grommets or on the tape. If it gets on the grommets just wipe it off, when you are finished with the sparkly coat.

Glitter Shoes Complete

6. Repeat with 3 to 4 coats until the shoe is super sparkling!

7. Remove the tape on the bottom. Yo may find that you have Mod Podged the tape to the shoe and it is not coming off easily. Take a craft knife and score along the edge of the tape and shoe. Then peel the tape off. You may need to use some Goo Gone to get the sticky part of the tape off.

Glitter Shoes DIY

Since, I did the Glitter Letters with little face last week, I needed a glitter project to do with little miss this week. It is really hard to get a great picture of these glitter shoes, since every time you move they shimmer and sparkle. These Glitter shoes are just so cute, Little Miss made a pair to match an orange shirt she had. Orange is her favorite color. Pink is mine! I think I am going to wear my Pink Glitter shoes all month in October to support Breast Cancer Awareness. My sister in law just finished her final round of radiation. May she be cancer FREE!

Top ten places to wear these beauties:

1. Bloggy event – Since you pinned these, everyone will know where you got the idea
2. Hallloween – perfect to go with at fairy princess dress and comfy too!
3. Mall – Every will want to know what store you got these in! Tell them you found it on
5. Girls night out – be the envy of all your friends
6. Christmas party – Think red, silver or gold.
7. Church – You need a little sparkle at church
8. Wedding – wouldn’t the bride look fabulous if she had these to wear after? How about the brides maids?
9. Dancing – Be comfortable and show them your moves!
10. Anywhere you want to look fabulous

This would work well on those fabric dress shoes you were going to throw out because they were stained. Break out the glitter baby!

Crafts, Fashion fashion, glitter, mod podge

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Comments

  1. Paula J says

    September 16, 2012 at 8:32 am

    What a fun project! I LOVE glitter :)) Thanks so much for sharing with my NO RULES Weekend Blog Party!!

    Paula
    lifeasweknowitbypaula.blogspot.com

    Reply
  2. Rosey says

    September 16, 2012 at 10:59 am

    What a great way to revitalize boring or plain. Thanks for the share.

    Reply
  3. Amy @ MahliMoo says

    September 23, 2012 at 1:17 am

    Love them!

    I love Mod Podge. I only recently started using it and now can’t get enough.

    Thanks for linking up to Totally Pinworthy

    Amy x

    Reply
    • Amy @ MahliMoo says

      September 23, 2012 at 1:19 am

      I meant thanks for linking up to the And Sew We Craft together linky party. Opps, I have two different linky parties for to different blogs and confused myself!

      Amy x

      Reply
  4. Susie at Earning-My-Cape says

    September 24, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    How fun! My girls would love these!
    Those turned out really cute! I love it!
    Thanks for sharing with my Super Link Party! 🙂

    Reply
    • Amy says

      September 24, 2012 at 8:50 pm

      Thanks so much! The picture does not do them justice. These look so amazing! The light reflects a million different ways you just can capture on camera. I am doing another pair soon, just not sure what color I need.

      Reply
  5. Tulip says

    September 25, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    That is so cool. I would love to try some bigger silver glitter! Great idea. Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library!

    Reply
    • Amy says

      September 26, 2012 at 6:50 am

      Please do! Let me know how they turn out. I would love to see a picture.

      Reply

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