I’m always one who loves to craft items that are useful and practical. For me, that reduces the clutter, cuts down on the idea that maybe some supplies were wasted (although I don’t feel crafting and using your imagination and skills is ever wasteful), and simply gives the crafter a new way to display their creative endeavors. One of the things that I have done with my Girl Scout troop and my children is decorating clothing items. Let’s start in a simple manner and work our way up.

I was looking for something unique for the guests to take home for guests to make and take home from a birthday party. One of the crafts we did was to decorate shoe laces. Yes, those wonderful, old fashioned white shoelaces were a lot of fun to decorate. It was very easy to do. All you need is a set of white shoelaces and some of the stamper-type markers. We used the permanent markers that had a type of stamper at the end. You could also use fabric paints or markers.

Another idea would be to create headbands. You could tie dye some white fabric headbands, or find another way to color them. The magic marker and/or fabric paint would be a good idea for these, as well.

Caps or hats are good ideas for boys and girls. Give your child some way to color a hat, some fabric, foam shapes or other creative decorations and let them decorate to their hearts’ content. It would be interesting to see what they come up with. This is a simple way to have them create some characters if they wanted to act out a play, or need a theme for a party or school celebration. I created a flamingo hat for an Halloween costume by using a white painter’s cap. I then covered the cap with pink feathers, except for the very front. I glued big googly eyes onto the front of the cap. I left the brim white, except for the very edge where I used a black permanent marker to make an thick line for the beak. It turned out really cute and there was no guessing which bird my daughter was trying to be!

I will be adding some new articles soon on other wearable crafts. If there are ideas you need help with, or have some ideas to share, please stop by the forum to let us know your thoughts.