Happy Friday: Homemade Toddler Treads
Sent from reader, Minde:
I am always looking for a way to save a buck and make do with what we have. When my daughter started walking, I discovered many of the shoes I had bought her were smooth on the bottoms and were very slippy. Instead of buying new shoes I began searching for a way to fix the ones she had. I ended up finding some no-slip carpet backing underneath an area rug. I snipped a couple small pieces off, glued them onto the bottom of her shoes, and voila! The problem was fixed. Her shoes were no longer slippy and it didn’t cost me a penny.
I submitted my tip to Parents magazine and they decided to publish it! This is my daughter, Molly, showing off her shoes in the magazine!
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Awesome!!! great money saving tip!!
Awwwe! What a cutie! And great idea! Hi from you neighbors in Blairsville, PA 😀
thank you! I used to live in Indiana, PA 🙂
So funny! I used to live in Boswell, PA, and my family is still there, with grandparents in Somerset!
I saw the word “slippy” and thought she must be from Western PA. I was raised in Piitsburgh
Nice to see something positive from Johnstown!!! Great idea. Hi from Windber! (grew up by Armagh and took dance lessons behind the “new mall” in Indiana. But you are probably too young to know that reference!
Wooo-Hooooo Johnstown! I live there too!
lol, who knew there were so many of us here!
Hey! Me too! What a small world
thank you! I lived in Indiana for a few years but only new of 1 mall 🙂 Windber is super close to me though! Cool to see some locals here!
Where TJMAXX is now was the Regency Mall. Smelled like old cigar smoke from the smoke shop. Then they built the current mall. My parents still refer to it as the “new mall”
That’s awesome! I live in homer city! 20 minutes from Indiana!! I’m 25 & know what the “old” mall is! :-)! If you wanna call it a mall! haha Indiana needs some new store & what do we get 2 new pet stores?!!?! Not a Victoria Secret or something useful!! :-)! lol :-)! Awesome seeing other people from close to me!! And to clarify I say slippery!! :-)! & I was born & raised here however, my family says “slippy” & it drives me crazy!! :-)!
It’s indeed a small world and I love seeing all the people from around here! I live in Northern Cambria which is a half hour either way from Johnstown or Indiana. Ah the good old Regency Mall in Indiana. I remember Montgomery Ward being there as well.
That’s a great idea! Especially since its good for babies to wear soft soled shoes, and it’s hard to find non slip ones
She is so cute!!
This is awesome – and I knew she was from Pennsylvania because she said “slippy”!!!!
Lol me too born and raised pa I live in SC now but still a northern girl at heart.
Haha. …I also grew up in western PA, and picked that out 🙂
I know, I love it! Happy to see someone “local.”
Haha! I didn’t even realize that was a Pennsylvania word. I thought everyone used it! At least I didn’t say “Younze” right?
I’m from western PA, and I didn’t pick up on it, either.
I totally thought she’s from Western PA. I grew up in Pittsburgh and had no idea the real word was slippery until college. Also did not realize most people do not call it pop. After living is a few places I find it all pretty funny. Yinz must think we sound funny n at.
I saw that too, immediately thought a PA Hip2Saver lol I’m from California, PA and now I’m in Gibsonia, PA but pittsburgese is part of my vocabulary.
I loved reading this and immediately knew this was from near where I grew up when I read “slippy.” I’m a Washington, PA native stuck in Texas.
Great idea !!!!
This is brilliant. And what a beautiful and excited cutie!
I saw it in my magazine! Great idea!
Adorable Baby Girl!
Haha western Pa here too! Never heard “slippy” until I moved here!
Yes for my best friend!!! What can I say my son had an ADORABLE girlfriend!!!
The tip is great, but look at that face!!!
thanks so much everyone!! she’s my beautiful girl 🙂
Your kind words mean so much!
I knew I had seen this picture *somewhere* today, and then I read the whole story! How fun for you and your family to have your idea printed in a great magazine!
I too saw this in the magazine just yesterday! Smart momma for thinking of it & adorable little girl!
there is a product called moleskin a couple of bucks at any drug store, you can cut it to put on bottom of shoes so you don’t slip. My daughter and her fellow dance ladies use it on the tips of their pointe shoes
Great tip! Thanks for sharing and that little sweetie pie is adorable!
Instead of carpet tape, you can also use silicone caulk for the bottom of the shoes and on the carpet~instead of the tape~ it’s really cheap too!
Puffy paint works great, too!
That’s what I was going to suggest. Love the idea of silicone caulk, though. I don’t know about anyone else, but I ALWAYS seem to have a half-used tube lying around!
We use the silicon on feetsie pjs also. When you buy them used usually the traction is all gone. Just use silicon and your good to go. Ours have lasted for months even going through the washer.
You may also be able to put a couple dots of caulk on the soles. I read in Martha Stewart to put in on the bottoms of rugs for slipping. It may work but I have never tried it.
I use dots of puff paint. Easy, cheap, and you can even do cute design. I use itshoes on pjs and shoes!
that’s a great idea too! I like that you can make it look pretty. Only thing I wasn’t crazy about with this idea was the look.
How cool your idea was published! And she’s such a little cutie!!!
I thought I’m the only one to get so excited to see the name “Johnstown, PA” here.
Hi from Altoona!
I saw this in Parents magazine first and recognized the picture. Awesome!
Cute sweetie!
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She’s so cute! That was a great idea
Just like a lot of you, I have a local connection too and had to post a comment. I lived in Johnstown for about 9 years and recently moved to NC. I did a double take when I saw “Johnstown!!” Great tip Minde! Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea:-) Thanks for sharing, Mindy!
You can also buy some “grip stop” that go on the bottoms of slippers at JoAnn Fabrics or probably other fabric stores. It is $15/yard but you can buy as little as 4.5 inches.
Puffy paint works to or chaulk I saw a rug thing at dollar tree
Also excited to see Johnstown as well. I am in Johnstown!
Awwww, I want to grab up Molly and HUG her! She’s PRECIOUS! Great idea on the shoes…I’ll pass it on when I can!
I am ‘fixing’ shoes of my 75 years old mom, she is always afraid to fall, thank you for sharing! 🙂
Wow in got pediped for a gift and it was leather but my daughter would
Slip on it all the time. I love See Kai Tun though. This is
A great idea!!