I bought an adorable pair of white sandals for my daughter to wear this summer, but the bottom of the shoes are slippery. She can barely walk a couple of steps without falling in them. Does anyone have a suggestion on what to do to the shoes to prevent them from being so slippery? The bottoms are not a smooth hard surface where you could sand them but a (almost) felt type bottom.
They make adhesive backed skid pads for womens dress shoes maybe you could get some of those and cut them to fit her sandals and stick them on there. It's worth a try.
My Mom used to put a piece of masking tape on the bottom of the shoe... not sure how that will work for her shoes. I have also used this on dress shoes/heels when I would get a pair that was slippery! Good luck!!
Yep! Get some non-toxic puffy paint at any old craft store and paint patterns, her name, your phone #, whatever, to the bottom. It will provide the friction she needs.
(I read a great suggestion in a magazine article about safety that if you put your number in your child's shoes, and teach her to show them to a grown-up if she's lost, they will be able to call you and reunite you with your little one.)
I think the band-aid idea might be good, too, but might pose a choking hazard if she can pull it off easily. Since the bottom is felt, that might be the case.
Duct tape. We use it on our girls tap shoes so they won't slip and fall. Works great.
try putting a band aid on the bottom of them =
I have always had luck with gray tape on the bottom of the shoes if they are slippery. It will curl on the ends some occasionally so you might have to keep an eye on that, if it will stick to the felt type bottom. Good luck, I know that must be aggravating for you.
M.
you will need to harden the fabric botttom. you can use super glue or a product called fray check, these products will absorbe into the fibers and harden them. You can they use a coarse file or coarse sand paper to them break up the surface.
Good Luck!
L. Seben
Masking Tape/Duct tape should do the trick!
When we were little my mom would always take a fork and score the bottoms of our new shoes- not too deeply- but just enough to break up that smooth spot under the ball of the foot area- then she'd tell us to go outside and kind of scuff the bottoms of the shoes up on the driveway or sidewalk for a few minutes- somewhere we had either something to balance ourselves with or hold on to- like one hand on a car or fence- does hat make sense?- anyway- in no time the bottoms would be scuffed enough to stop the "new shoe slip n slide" feeling. If you are worried about scuffing up the bottoms of the shoes- just think about the fact that *most* kids grow out of their shoes before the wear them out...
Good luck-I hope you fond something that works for you and your daughter gets to wear the adorable sandles!
