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I come from a frugal family- “Make Do and Mend” and all that! So this spring when my daughter came home one day with her boots all split, I knew that I didn’t want to buy another set for only a few weeks of wear. Enter Duck Tape® Minis to save the day!
And you know what? It was EASY. And only took 20 minutes and TWO ROLLS of Duck Tape®!
I chose the pink and green for spring!
I started off by cleaning the boots & examining that split. It was massive. I thought for sure these boots were a goner!
I started off by just repairing the split with some standard-width Duck Tape®.
That fixed the split. But that’s not quite good enough, is it? We also want some CUTE. So I started laying down strips of Duck Tape® Minis, alternating green and pink.
I stared over the toe and worked my way up.
I love the thinner width- it was SO much easier to work with on the curved areas! Really, this stuff is brilliant. Once I got up so far over the instep, I worked the strips around the part that goes up the leg.
Where the ends were messy in the front, I added a vertical stripe to hide them! Clever and stylish, I tell you.
I decided to not to worry too much about the bottom edge as I was working- I left the ends ragged. Then, once I was done covering the whole boot, I went around the edge CAREFULLY with a *sharp* craft knife, cutting delicately along the edge of the rubber sole. Voila. Clean edge!
So now my daughter has a “new” set of boots that will last the remainder of the wet season, and for under FIVE BUCKS. Seriously, I feel like I won the lottery!
I love being thrifty- could you rescue and re-do with Duck Tape®? I’d love to hear your thrifty solutions!
For more great ideas, make sure you check out Duck Tape® on Pinterest, on Facebook, and on Twitter too! And if you need to learn more, you can find Duck Tape here!
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Amy Anderson says
So cute! I love these stripey-d rain boots!
Jesseca says
These are so adorable! Cuter than the ones I’ve seen at the store recently for sure!
Natasha J says
i have tons of duck tape from making hula hoops, im going to do this with my ugly black matte rain boots from walmart….how well does this hold up?
Debbie says
What a great idea! Love the colors and I know Duck Tape is awesome and holds up well!
Debbie