My kiddo is at an age where he wants to be independent and doesn't want to do the "girly" stuff that mummy does. I was rather disappointed when that stage came because I enjoyed having him take part in my upcycling activities; we have made so much together. Now it's football and youtube - I'm not sure what is the obsession with the latter, but sometimes it drives me up the wall when I see youngsters just waste their time running through videos that have no meaning and are just recorded for a laugh.
So you can imagine what I think he would be doing during the mid-term break this week. Fortunately (cue sigh of relief) I didn't have to worry about that. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised when he asked me whether we could pimp his old school plimsolls. The school had requested for black shoes, and so his old white ones were just sitting in the shoe cabinet waiting to be hacked.
He wanted them a different colour and wasn't sure how to do it.
So we settled on using the batik dyes that I had purchased for my earlier upcycling project. We had orange, yellow and blue to choose from, and we soon found ourselves splashing paint all over the shoes. I did one shoe and he did the other.
After letting the shoes dry, we decided to jazz it up a bit by adding some embroidery using contrasting thread. Again, I did one and he did the other - it was a bit of a challenge as we had to try and get the needle in and out of the canvas without poking it straight through. I think he did very well and managed with all the threading and sewing. I like how one foot is different from the other!
After seeing the transformation, I can safely say that my son can sew! Woo hoo.
They look so cute! You are a very creative person.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a clever idea and it looks pretty cool too!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cool idea! My kids would love to do something unique like this, and there's a store by me that sells plain white sneakers like this fairly cheap. I think I'd like to make myself a pair, too!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that you could work on a fun project together and let the creative juices flow! They turned out great!
ReplyDeleteMy girls would probably love to try to do something like this!
ReplyDeleteThey look brilliant Agy! And extra cool that they are both different, my younger daughter would love that!
ReplyDeleteThe shoes look great, but what's even better is how your son is taking after you!
ReplyDeleteI've always been a big fan of dying my white clothes when they get dingy, but I never thought of doing the same thing to my shoes!!
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant!
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