Sometimes it can be fun to make a holiday craft project that you can actually wear, instead of something to decorate your house or yard. If you’d like to wear something red, white and blue on your feet this Fourth of July, try making this fun pair of patriotic flip flops. They can be fun to wear to a family picnic, to your local Fourth of July parade, or just to wear while hanging out by the pool. They are so easy to make that you might just want to make a pair for everyone in the family.
Materials You Will Need:
1 – pair of inexpensive foam flip flop sandals, solid white
1 – tube of vinyl glue (a good quality of E-6000 glue usually works best)
Red, white and blue craft foam sheets (you can use self-adhesive foam sheets, but you will still want to use the glue so that the shapes are affixed securely to the flip flop sandals.
Red, white and blue ribbon
Red, white and blue sequins
Several pinch-style clothespins
Newspaper or an old vinyl tablecloth to protect the table top
Craft Instructions:
- Cover the table top surface with a thick pad of newspaper or an old vinyl tablecloth so that it will be protected from the glue.
- If your flip flops have clear straps, you can cover them with strips of white craft foam so that the other decorations will show up more clearly. Affix the strips with the glue, then clamp in several spots with clothespins until dry. If the sandal straps are already white, you won’t have to do this step.
- Using the red, white and blue craft foam sheets and ribbon, cut out various shapes and strips which you can use to decorate the vinyl straps. Move these around without gluing until you find a pattern that you like. Remember, both sandals do not have to match. You could use red and white stripes on one sandal, and blue stars on the other. Have some fun coming up with a creative design. Using a stencil shape can help you cut uniform stars.
- After you have a pattern that you like, use the vinyl glue to affix the shapes to the sandal straps. Use clothespins to hold the shapes in place until they dry. You can also adorn the sandals with sequins for extra color, fun and sparkle. Lengths of ribbon can also be wrapped around the sandal straps, forming stripes. This method of wrapping the ribbon is also good for making sure that the white foam strips don’t come unglued from the sandal straps, if you had to use this method.
- Use plenty of clothespins to keep everything securely attached until the glue has a chance to dry. Make sure to follow the drying times stated on the glue container.
- Once everything is dry, remove the clothespins, and enjoy wearing your red, white and blue patriotic flip flop sandals. You can almost guarantee that everyone will ask you where you bought them.
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