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6th Jun 2006, Tue

Custom Slippers Users

When you have kids, you wanna spend time with them. When you have money, you don’t wanna spend them. But what can you do if you wanna spend time, yet not spend money? You can make stuff for them to play with. introducing Nick Pan’s Custom Slippers.

Ingredients: Cardboard, Masking Tape, Scissors.

Custom Slippers

Steps:

  1. Make outline of feet on cardboard
  2. Cut out shape
  3. Place feet on cardboard and add masking tape with sticky part facing upwards and wrap the feet
  4. Apply again masking tape with sticky side covering sticky side
  5. Add extra support on potential stress areas at base of slippers
  6. Apply kid
  7. See smiles
  8. Feel like a good and accomplish parent

Custom Slippers Close Up

30 mins for 2 pairs and 3 hours of them loving it and walking around the house with it. I wonder what we should do next.

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6 Responses to “Custom Slippers”

  1. Alex Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 6:55 am

    I’ll have to make a pair!

    I wonder if I can make more rugged ones with rubber sheets, nylon strap, and epoxy?

  2. ag Says:
    June 7th, 2006 at 8:40 am

    it’s time to doodle on them or get them to customize themselves ;)

  3. Joan Says:
    June 10th, 2006 at 2:49 am

    Your girls are so cute! :) And the slippers are so creative.

  4. claudia Says:
    June 12th, 2006 at 9:19 pm

    wow!! so cool! maybe can try using cardstock and pattern papers too? haha

  5. nickpan Says:
    June 13th, 2006 at 3:29 pm

    The cardboard must be hard enough.

  6. Dinosaur Cleo | nickpan.com Says:
    October 17th, 2010 at 11:52 pm

    [...] out come was actually quite nice. This reminded me of the last time we did slippers from cardboard. Cleo wants a pink [...]

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