DIY Crayon Shoes

Summer has flown by once again, and it’s already time to prepare to head back to school! Spend an hour making these custom shoes for your little one or your favorite teacher!

Supplies:

• White canvas shoes 
• Paintbrush
• Acrylic paint in your chosen colors 
• Paint palette

Optional, but you’ll probably need these items:

• 100% acetone nail polish remover
• Hand sanitizer without aloe 
• Old toothbrush 
• Cotton balls and/or Q-Tips 

Directions:

1. Paint white shoes in your main color. Allow to dry completely and paint a second coat. 
2. Paint on black crayon stripes. We eyeballed this step, but if you would like the stripes to line up, you can draw on with either a pen or pencil and then paint. Allow to dry completely, then repaint stripes again. 
3. Allow shoes to dry completely and then clean up any paint.

• For the plastic, you will use 100% acetone with either a cotton ball or Q-Tip.
• For the canvas, you will put a tiny bit of hand sanitizer onto the paint you need to remove. Let sit for a minute and then use a toothbrush to scrub. Dry area with a paper towel or rag. Allow to dry, then repaint that section. 

Janelle Cumro-Sultzer lives in Manhattan, KS, with her husband, two children and two dogs. Janelle loves to focus on learning through play and getting messy with crafts.