Free Directions for Making Your Own Jibbitz for Crocks and Other Holey Shoes
Love the look of the little decorator accents so many people wear in their Crocks and other holey plastic shoes? I was shocked to find out they run $5 or more a set; and a set is usually only 5 or 6 items. Now, you can make your own for a fraction of that cost and the designs will truly be unique and able to reflect your own personality. So easy even children can make them under adult supervision!
Items Needed
- Flat buttons slightly larger than hole in shoes.
- Decorative buttons with shanks.
- Hand sewing needle.
- Threads.
Instructions
- Find a flat button, without a shank, that will squeeze through the hole on your shoes but not easily fit. This will be your base.
- Thread your needle and make a knot at the end using both ends of the string. Run through flat button and back to other side. Run needle through separate pieces of thread to anchor. Be sure knot is on non-smooth side of button as this is the side you want toward the shoe and not the foot.
- Run thread back and forth from button with shank (decorative button) through flat button until secure.
- Knot thread around button and cut. Pop flat button through hole on shoe.
- You can also reverse the buttons if you find a "shankless" decorative button you really like!
How do they compare?
The photo below shows a flower purchased in a set of 5 Jibbitz for almost $6 and a butterfly button I made myself from a set of 10 for about $1.50!
