DIY Custom Kicks

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My high school students introduced me to Custom Kicks a few years ago. I began asking my students to donate their old shoes, but that didn’t go very well. I had a few students bring in their own shoes to paint in my upper level art classes, and I desperately wanted to paint my own. My daughter finally out grew her shoes, but then I had no one to wear them once they were painted. So I have waited a couple of years to get started on my own Custom Kicks. By now you are asking yourself why didn’t I just go out and buy a pair? Well I couldn’t justify going out and buying myself a new pair of shoes just to paint them. My niece is about a size 2, and that just happens to be the size of the shoes I want to customize.

Materials:

Shoes new/old ( I prefer canvas)
Acrylic paint (with fabric medium)/fabric paint
Paint Brushes a variety of sizes round and flat
Mod Podge

Step 1:

I washed my used shoes to make sure that all the dirt and grim was gone.

Step 2: Creating the Design
So my first thought was what does my niece like? Well naturally she loves Peace, Love and Happiness/Flower Power. I wanted to use all her favorite colors as well (pink, purple and yellow). I wanted my design on my right shoe to mirror my left shoe.

Step 3:
I free-handed my checkered board pattern, and lightly drew my toe pattern. Then I painted my design.

Step 4:
I wanted to jazz up my Custom Kicks by adding glitter. I raided my daughters nail glitter to add to my heart, flower and toe. The purple I used was a glitter paint. I did not use a fabric medium with my acrylic paint, but instead used Mod Podge to seal my paint. I painted a very heavy coating to my toe where I used all the glitter. I usually use what I have on hand instead of making a trip to the store.

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