An Ol' Pair of Shoes and Some Glitter

I love being able to resuse items I already have laying around or can easily find at a local thrift store. Finishing up Sofie's costume over the weekend gave me a great opportunity to use an old pair of  her faux crocs. I thought the crocs had a similar round bulky shape as the new version of  Strawberry's shoes.
Very easy and another quick project any little girl will love.

Do It Yourself: 

You will need - An old pair of shoes. These crocs still fit Sofie but she barely wore them. Something scruffed up would be great too.  Acrylic paint, glitter glue/paint and polyurethane. I used Anitas semi gloss varnish, which is good for decopage and is easy to brush on. Only use this if you are using shoes with a surface like the crocs, this finishing coat is not needed on fabric shoes.

It took a three layers of acrylic paint, which I mixed to match the pink in her outfit. Depending on fabric you are dealing with and base color, it will vary. I do suggest that if you are working with canvas shoes you add a fabric medium which could be bought at any art supply store. The one I use is Liquitex. Remember if you are using fabric shoes you do not need the polyurethane. Add the fabric medium to the paint at 1:1 ratio.

I made sure each layer dried thoroughly in between to prevent lumping and visible brush strokes.
Once the paint was dry I added the glitter glue (its just what I happened to have but of course any kind of glitter medium is fine). Start off little by little to and add on to your liking. Let this layer dry as well.
If working with shoes like mine you would add a thin layer of polyurethane at this point, just to ensure paint and glitter does not peel.

I thought they would dry and stiffen but they came out great.
Now you have another costume piece to play with, enjoy!