DIY Sharpie Galaxy Shoes
These DIY Sharpie Galaxy Shoes are a fun project you can make at home to create your own customised shoes with a look that is out of this world!
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Supplies:
Canvas Shoes
Permanent Markers
Rubbing Alcohol
Paintbrush
White Paint
Masking Tape
Instructions:
The first thing you’ll want to do is remove the laces.
Next you’ll want to tape off the area of the shoes that you don’t want to get marker on. You can also be careful or help your little ones draw around the sole to avoid marking them.
Start colouring the canvas shoes with permanent markers. Use shades of blue, pinks, purples, greens and black. Have fun! You seriously cannot make a mistake. Be sure to switch up the colours you use and even keep a little bit of space white.
Once you are satisfied with how the marker looks, the next step could not be any easier!
Take the shoes outside and coat them with rubbing alcohol. You will instantly start to see the colours bleeding together to create a watercolour look. Allow the rubbing alcohol to dry completely. (preferably for 24 hours)
Use paint to create some white area. Add some large stars with your paintbrush.
Coat your paintbrush with quite a bit of white paint and use your finger to flick white paint across the shoes. This creates very tiny stars and lines throughout the galaxy! Allow the paint to dry completely.
Time to put the shoelaces back in! You can see that I have died the laces a pale purple. I scribbled on them with purple permanent marker and added a good amount of alcohol to them and placed them in a bowl. Once the colour was nice, I removed them and let them dry completely.
Remove any tape and get ready to have shoes that are way too cool for school! 😉
Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!
These shoes look so unique. These are great for my friend who loves to explore our galaxy. BTW, which galaxy photo is printed on shoes? Milkiway or Andromeda? Just kidding 🙂
how exactly did you apply the rubbing alcohol? spray bottle? pore it on from the bottle?
Spray Bottle works well!
Do they bleed when they get wet
I’m intrigued to know this too, Angela. They look great, and I’d love to give them a go. Has anyone made them that knows how they react to water? Thank you 😊
I made these with my daughters and used scotch guard after they dried so they wouldn’t bleed when wet.
These look amazing! What kind of paint have you used? Do you know whether the colour runs if they get wet? Thanks for sharing 😊
These are so cute! A great craft project idea to make with my granddaughter, she would love these.
Work hydrogen peroxide work instead of rubbing alcohol?
Yes Hydrogen peroxide works too.