Old white trainers that have seen better days? Throwing them away is a shame, as you can easily give them a second life. Our DIY expert Melanie shows you step-by-step how to decorate old white trainers with cheerful flowers. And believe us: this DIY project is not only fun to do. You'll also be walking around in your own unique design afterwards!
Painting old white trainers with flowers
White trainers, who doesn't have a pair in their wardrobe? But before you know it, they get a stain, or after a few weeks of intensive wear, they no longer look so fresh. And then they often end up – what a shame! – in the bin. Or well, in that case, we hope you neatly drop them as a pair in the textile bin for recycling, but that's completely unnecessary! Instead of throwing away your shoes and buying new ones, you can easily breathe new life into your old white trainers. We'll show you how to transform your worn-out trainers into true works of art for your feet.
Give your old white trainers a second life. With a few acrylic markers or fabric markers, you can easily decorate white trainers with flowers.
Decorating white trainers with acrylic paint
Tools
- White or light-coloured canvas trainers
- for heat erasable pen or pencil
- Acrylic markers or fabric markers
- Black waterproof fineliner
Instructions
- Remove the laces and clean the shoes. A 30°C wash in the machine or a baking soda solution will work wonders. Don't worry if there are minor marks on the shoes, you can just paint over them.
- Use a heat-erasable pen to draw your design onto the shoes. You can also lightly sketch with a pencil, making sure your pencil has a good sharp point. For inspiration, try searching for ‘Mexican florals’. They are brightly coloured flowers. You can choose to make the shoes the same, then you draw everything in mirror image. But of course, you don't have to!
- Colour your drawing in with the markers. I used fabric markers, but you can also use regular acrylic markers. You can also paint the shoes with acrylic paint and a brush. Use a fine brush. If you want, you can mask off parts you don't want to paint with masking tape, such as the soles.
- When the paint is completely dry, you can add some accents with a white acrylic marker.
- Finally, outline the drawings with the black fine-liner to finish them off.
- Laces are back in and you can head out in your new trainers!
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Photo credits: Melanie de Oliveira.
