On the 8th Day of Christmas… I am wishing you a Happy New Year. Plus I’m sharing some blinged out Santa boots with you. Yup, that’s right, it’s time to upcycle your kids’ too small rain boots and make a cute and easy Christmas craft. These Santa boots make a cute decoration or a gift.
Supplies:
- An old pair of rain boots (your own kid’s or a second hand pair – my pair was actually both)
- Red paint (mine was a free sample from Lowe’s)
- Red glitter
- Mod Podge
- Small paint brush
- Soft fluffy white material (mine was Sherpa Craft Fur from Joann Fabric – I needed only a 6 inch strip cut)
- Glue (glue gun, glue dots, or whatever adhesive you want)
How to make Santa Boots:
1) Wash the boots. Give the bottoms a really good scrubbing. I even put mine in the dishwasher.
2) Paint the boots red. The accent color on the boots I used was already red, if not paint that red too. Or black.
Let your kids have a turn painting too.
3) Paint Mod Podge on with a paint brush and then sprinkle glitter on top. This was actually pretty painless, and not too messy. I did mine over a plastic bag inside a cardboard box. Don’t worry about going all the way up to the top because the fabric is going to cover that area anyway.
4) Fold the 6 inch Sherpa material in half lengthwise. You now have a 3 inch wide piece. Stick about an inch inside the boot and let about 2 inches hang over the outside of the boot. Adjust the fit and then cut to length. Glue down.
Yeah, I’m more of a builder than a crafter these days, but the clamps did the trick.
And this is what you end up with.
Loved the Santa boot idea and the Christmas Nisse…Thanks
Glad you liked them! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Love the Santa boots and the Santa logs
Thanks Reba!
Love this idea and made them for my grandchildren, but unfortunately I used one pair that was too tall and flexible so the glitter cracked off.
Oh no! Mine are still going strong after 4 years.