Hey Ms G, Me and my crew want to glittery up r shoes - but we didn't kow the bestest way to do that thing. Can yo help my homeboys out with a little shoe glitter love?

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Dear Shoe Boy, I think you are asking how to glue Glitter onto Shoes and while I do not own a pair of "home boy" shoes, I do have a nice pair of high heels I was going to glitter, so let me show you with these, and you will be able to glitter any shoes you wish!

What you need...

- a pair of shoes!

- a few oz (per shoe) of a good Glass Glitter

- one bottle of spray, craft, or rubber cement (see below for comments)

- a paintbrush

- newspaper

- a non-carpeted area

- spray on sealant

Before:

The principle of this is quite simple really. Paint the glue liberally over the entire area of the shoe that you wish to glitterfy.

Notes: On the glue, craft glue will dry white, but will crack and is not water prrof, rubber cement is water proof, but not clear, and spray on all purpose spray adhesive is water proof and clear and may be the best for this project!

Notes: Rubber cement is best for any type of canvas shoe.

Notes: Push plastic bags thorough clean/dry shoes to cover the inside, and wrap it to the underside to protect the shoe from glue overspray. use tape to mask off the sole and keep plastic where you want it and out of the way of the spray area.

Notes: I think one could use paper instead but I used plastic bags to be sure none of the glue got through to the parts I didn't' want glue. If you were doing a pair of tennies or other closed shoes I would just fill them with paper and tape off the sole/lower edge.



Step Two: Sprinkle large amounts of glitter over the shoes and pat lightly to set.



This is quite messy, hence the need for a non-carpeted area and newspaper to lay down where you are doing this. Set shoe on creased paper and pour glitter into glued area. Use a spoon to scoop glitter up and put back on shoe or move shoe to second piece of paper and then pour glitter from the first piece of paper over it as necessary and press with the back of the spoon to really stick it into the glue, be sure there is lots of glitter under the spoon so you don't mess up the glue. Keep doing that till you have all the glued area covered with a nice layer of glitter. This is the part the kids can help with, at least a little bit, depending on their age.



Shake shoe and tap to get excess glitter off and onto paper for reuse. (then I whacked the soles together to shake off the rest of the excess glitter.). Then clean up excess glitter that has gotten all over you and your work space, this could be a good outdoor project all together. :-)



I found that shaking the excess glitter off the shoe and then reapplying it onto the shoe worked quite well. Leave it to dry for about 1/2 hour after covering the entire area.



After 1/2 hour, completely paint the shoe in glue (do not do this step, if, you have chosen Rubber cement!) and repeat.



Once completely dry and there's no bald batches (which will most likely happen, that's why you should repeat the process at least twice), completely cover in sealant.



AFTER:



You can also spray paint the shoe a base color that matches the glitter color, then if the glitter flakes off (and it will), the same color is showing through.