Happy National Flip Flop Day!! Today is a day to celebrate the relaxed feeling of wearing flip flops. If you have a Tropical Smoothie restaurant near by they are giving away free smoothies today from 2-7 pm and raising money for charity. There are other retailers that have fun offers available today too.
I started today by making myself a smoothie out of greek yogurt, frozen strawberries and a banana, then I decided to make Kanani a new pair of flip flops to match her new swim suit from Springfield Dolls. I used the instructions from one of Karen’s very first posts here at Doll Diaries – How to make doll shoes – and added my own twist by criss-crossing the straps. Read her tutorial then add your own creative touches and have fun making sandals for your dolls! Then I took her photo. I uploaded the photo to Picmonkey.com and added all the fun beach goodies to the photo. Picmonkey is free to use and super easy too. You can resize your photos, add text and special effects before you send them to me if you would like.
Madelon’s dolls Cecile and Elizabeth are showing off their super cute new flip flops from MyDollsLife.com. Oh, how I LOVE those polkadots. And when Natalie wakes up – she is sleeping in after a late night at the BRAVE pre-screening – she is going to decorate a pair of her own flip flops with fleece tie-ons. We’ll be sure to take a picture when they are done.
The other thing Natalie wants to do is color the printable I have today and hang it near the Smoothie Stand scene she is working on. Print out the sign and color it the way you like it. Cut it out and hang it in your doll’s room, her beach cabana or by her ice cream stand – be creative!
Download the It’s a Flip Flop Kind of Day coloring activity as a PDF file.
How are you going to celebrate National Flip Flop Day? Personally, I would love to have my toes in the sand at the beach right now, but instead, I will be here in my cozy little office looking out at the sunshine. I have more posts planned today including a no-spoiler review of the movie BRAVE which we saw last night and I will be interviewing Ysa Penarejo who plays Toulane in McKenna’s movie this afternoon. And of course, working on more 100 Days of Doll Play posts!
Have a great day!
So cute
I love making ag flip flops!
Super Cute!
I know that thisis really random but I think I would be cool to have a craft that is for charm bracelets like pandora for dolls……… Idk just a random thought
Also u can make these flip flops out of duck tape!
cute
awesome!! i am going to ask my dad if me and my doll can go swiming to day!!! and i am so making the flip-flops!!!!
I made doll flip flops before!! to be honest ive never been to a beach. sad right? but im finally going to a beach in NC (North Carolina) this year in july. Very exited!!
cant wait to print the flipflop pic/frame!
Cute! I love making stuff for my dolls.
That’s my plan with the funfoam, to make some simple sandals for the girls to start with. We’ll see from there! In the meantime, I’ll wear my Birkenstocks. Those kind of sort of count as flipflops, right?
My son is totally jealous you got to see Brave last night. He can’t wait for it to come out.
i just turned the photo into a door nob hanger!
are the junebugs out where anybody lives??? i hate those things! does anybody else share my pain?
i also need dol swim suits. my mom dosent like to sew, and my dad wont let me learn. hes afraid that ill puncture myself with the needle
Great idea Chloe!
I just got some great swimsuits w/ matching foam flip-flops from BarbaraClassics on Etsy. Gorgeous and reasonably priced! $8 for cute swimwear plus flip-flops!
woah i just bought the same bathing suit for my dolls in the top photo at micheals yesterday!
I have the Springfield swimsuit too!
Thanks Char!
That is really cute! I’ve made doll sandals before and they really turned out nice, I think I should make some more…
Happy National Flip Flop Day! I’m having a campfire in my backyard- while wearing flip-flops of course!
Thanks for posting our picture!
Hi char..is doll play 16 already up?