It is a bonus craft day!! My friend Jen from 100 Directions has a super easy tutorial for making doll sandals for us today and if you follow the link at the bottom of the post she has a tutorial for an easy doll sundress on her site, too.
The girls need some fabulous footwear just in time for summer! Here’s a quick tutorial to help you make your dolls a pair (or 10) of cute sandals using recycled stuff from around the house. No worries, you don’t need to sew either, yay!
I made these sandals for an 18” doll, but you could do the same thing for whatever size doll you have.
Materials you need:
- Craft glue
- Recycled cardboard (like a cereal box) or you could use fun foam
- Scrap ribbon or rick rack
- Scissors
- Pencil
Steps to make your doll fun summer sandals
1. Using your pencil, trace your doll’s foot on to the piece of cardboard.
2. Cut out the shape and make sure it’s the same size or slightly bigger than your doll’s foot.
3. Cut 3 more pieces of cardboard using the first as a guide. Make sure that two pieces are reversed so you have a right and a left shoe.
4. Hold 1 piece of cardboard against your dolls foot, blank side against the bottom of the foot.
5. Wrap ribbon all the way around the foot, leaving a little extra to overlap. Glue in place and let dry.
6. Add glue all over the bottom of a second piece of cardboard and place it on the bottom of the shoe. This will give a little extra hold to the strap and cover the writing side of the recycled cardboard.
You can add extra sparkle to the shoes or even paint to decorate… make a gazillion pairs! A girl’s gotta have shoes for every outfit, right? I also have a tutorial to show you how to make a no-sew sundress for your doll too!
If you make these sandals, I’d love to hear about it and see your fabulous creations!
Firstie and cute
OMG great craft I’m gonna make some later
What a great party craft!
cool i’m going to make these for my dolls
way to cute!! as all ways!!!!!!!!!
i just made one it’s drying i’m going to make the next one
Wow! I love these! I’ll probably make some later.
I made these from the ag party book, but these r stilll cute
This is just what I need because they are “going to the beach” soon. =^)
Great craft! Looks cute!
I’ve done that before, just for humans
I think I’m going to do this for my dolls, just with some foam instead!
hey how can i send in ideas or pictures?
aglover – you can always send ideas and photos to me at share@dolldiaries.com
Hi char can I send a video in please ?
Hayley – upload your video to your youtube channel and send me the link for the Sunday Showcase.
Char -Ok thanks
I’m so glad you all like these sandals! There’s no such thing as too many shoes
Char, I have come up with a craft on how to make a doll binder. Do you want me to send it to you?(The craft tutorial)
Bella – you can email it to me at share@dolldiaries.com
I love these!
omg thanks your awsome i did it and my mom is like omg their so pretty
I like anything that is recycled!
omg i love the idea and will make some for all my dolls