I don’t care if I’m not in school any more — I love back-to-school season with a passion! Joe Fox said it best: “I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” And I’m sorry if I’ve quoted You’ve Got Mail before, but it just may be one of the most perfect movies ever. But I digress! Back to the business at hand, which obviously is painting cute little pencils on your sneakers for back-to-school!
I found these cute sneakers, and they’re super comfy and the perfect transition from summer to fall! After I wore them once or twice I started thinking that the lines on them reminded me of binder paper and I totally knew what I had to do. Let’s all make ’em!
Materials
- striped sneakers
- craft paint in yellow, pink, and gold
- small paintbrushes
- black Sharpie
Make Time: 30 Minutes
Step 1: Paint a diagonal thick yellow line on the toe of your sneaker. This will be your pencil.
Step 2: Paint a small gold triangle at the base of the line, which will become the point of your pencil.
Step 3: Paint a rounded pink square at the top of the pencil. Allow all the paint to dry thoroughly and go over any spots that may need more coverage.
Step 4: Begin tracing the outlines of your pencil with the Sharpie. Start very lightly so that you don’t overdo it; you can always add more black. Trace the outer edges of the pencil and create a few lighter lines in the center.
Step 5: Draw a small triangular tip where the lead of the pencil would be; also draw a few scribbles coming from the pencil.
Step 6: Trace the eraser by drawing a flattened oval at the top and two lines on either side, almost connecting with the lines on the sides of your pencil. Then draw a few arcs where the metal would be that connects the eraser to the pencil.
Step 7: Repeat the process on the other shoe, mirroring the image you created on the first.
That’s it! Tell me these aren’t the cutest things you’ve seen all day. I’ve been bopping around in them and they’re keeping my feet pretty happy (and also making me wish I was picking out more back-to-school shoes!). Hope you try them out! xoxo
These shoes are so fun and cute!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
How cute! I love that you made painting that pencil look super easy too. It looks like the shoes were printed that way!
Love these! And I could always use another pair of striped shoes ?
Chelsea these are too cute!!! I love anything with pencils and art supplies on them! Such a cute and simple DIY!
These are just adorable, and I love how perfectly the “writing” goes with the blue lines on the shoe – perfect!!
I love this so much! Even if I wasn’t a teacher I still would ;P
At first sight, I thought it was some iron on pencil work but to my surprise you painted it yourself, it looks absolutely amazing!!
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