Make Your Own Elsa Shoes

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek...

My little munchkin is all about Frozen at the moment so we've made a dress and cape and crown so now it was time for the shoes. This is a tutorial to show you how I made some pretty Elsa shoes for my 4 year old.

What you need:
A pair of court shoes  ( I found these at Target on sale for $5)
White paint ( I just used student acrylic paint but gesso would be better)
Fabric Glue
Blue and silver fine glitter
Shimmery blue sheer fabric ( I had some off cuts from our Elsa cape which is shiny organza with snowflakes printed on)
A hot glue gun
Fire (cigarette lighter or candle)
Rhinestones

Step 1:
Cut off all unnecessary trims from original shoes









Step 2:

Paint white

Step 3:
Paint fabric glue all over and cover in blue and silver glitter.









Step 4:

Cut 2 circular pieces of fabric out and cut some spikes into the edge which will overhang the front edge of the shoe. Then using the cigarette lighter carefully seal the edges of the fabric so it won't fray. The fabric needs to be something synthetic for this to work, 100% polyester is perfect.

Step 5:

Using the hot glue gun, run a line of glue around the front top edge and attach the front fabric.

Step 6:

Use hot glue along the toe edge where the sole joins the shoe and just stick about 2-3cm down, pulling the fabric so it is taught over the shoe. Then work your way around the edges pulling the fabric as you go and pressing it into the glue well, being careful not to burn your fingers!

Step 7:

The finishing touch of sparkly diamantes. I had a snowflake on the front of each shoe so just stuck the diamantes on it using the hot glue gun. If you had plain fabric you could make a snowflake in fabric glue and glitter it then add some rhinestone highlights. Or whatever you like, as long as they are blue/silver and sparkly everyone is generally pretty happy ;-)