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Jazz Up Kids’ Sneakers with an Easy DIY - The Wall Street Journal

FIT TO BE TIE-DYED All it takes is colored markers, some rubbing alcohol and a little patience to update your child’s plain sneaks with this DIY trick.

Photo: Erica Chan Coffman

“I’M DOING PROJECTS with my kids more than ever before,” said Erica Chan Coffman, the 40-year-old founder and executive editor of lifestyle blog HonestlyWTF. Beyond offering indie fashion finds and home-decor inspiration, the blog, which has a following in the millions, devotes an entire section to chic DIY projects, like adding quaint patches to tattered jeans or assembling whimsical headbands from pipe cleaners and rhinestones.

As we—and our cooped-up children-—creep toward two months in isolation, Ms. Chan Coffman recommends entertaining them with some good old-fashioned crafting. Not only does DIY-ing keep her 4-year-old daughter, Coco, and 6-year-old son, Quincy, occupied, it’s given her insight into their individual personalities: “Seeing them be creative and interpret concepts has been so eye-opening and endearing,” she said. Below, she provides a foolproof guide to giving last year’s sneakers a tie-dye look with markers and rubbing alcohol—effectively a wearable, energized take on all those children’s sidewalk-chalk drawings that have colonized your Instagram feed. “This is an easy and impressive way to upcycle,” she said of the simple (though potentially messy) undertaking, a hands-on collaboration for parents and grade-schoolers. Plus, Ms. Chan Coffman noted, “What child wouldn’t love being allowed to doodle on their shoes?

Supplies
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White sneakers, colored Sharpie pens, small bowl, rubbing alcohol, dropper.

Step 1
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Doodle on the sneakers using colored Sharpies. Cover the entire surface.

Step 2
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Fill a bowl with rubbing alcohol. Using the dropper, drip alcohol over the doodles.

Step 3
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Once the colors have bled a little, let the shoes dry completely before wearing.

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