Can I paint ballet shoes?
yadayadayada asked:
My three year old’s k-3 class is already working on halloween costumes. My daughter insists she wants to be June from Little Einsteins. June wears a purple ruffled dress and red ballet slippers with a matching ribbon tied around the ankle (like a pointe ribbon). I can’t find red ballet slippers anywhere so I need to find some way to make the white or pink one’s that are available red and attach a wide ribbon to the back. Here’s a pic:
http://eliaday.typepad.com/baby/images/june2.gif
My three year old’s k-3 class is already working on halloween costumes. My daughter insists she wants to be June from Little Einsteins. June wears a purple ruffled dress and red ballet slippers with a matching ribbon tied around the ankle (like a pointe ribbon). I can’t find red ballet slippers anywhere so I need to find some way to make the white or pink one’s that are available red and attach a wide ribbon to the back. Here’s a pic:
http://eliaday.typepad.com/baby/images/june2.gif
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Tags: Ballet Shoes, Little Einsteins, Ribbon
December 25th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
You can take white ones and with Ritz dye just follow the instructions and dye them.
In the 1950s people would have their white pumps spray died to match the prom or wedding party dresses.
The ballet shoes should be a sinch.
you can also just get them damp and paint them with red acrylic paint and dry them with a hair dryer. I think the dye is better though.
December 26th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Yes you can, {I am just quitting ballet} Most dance stores should sell proper paint, I recommend that. Get a small bottle, You only should need a little.
December 29th, 2008 at 5:43 am
It is best to dye the shoes. You can find shoe dye in most grocery or drug stores. Since the shoes are already white or pink to dye them red should not be too difficult.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
i wouldnt paint them. when the paint dries it will crack and make an ugly mess. i think u could use fabric paint though. u could look on e-bay or something.