Spring is a great craft season following on the coattails of Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Perhaps longer days and a surplus of sunlight can get one in the mood for doing something fun and crafty.

One craft I just discovered is the Paint Your Own Boots Kit by My Design. Debuting last year, it is now a hard item to find on the internet and I am quite ready to go on a treasure hunt to specialty toy stores in the area to find a pair for each of my girls at a better price than Bargainorama’s deal of $59.00. I was able to find a pair as low as $40.00 at FAO Schwarz but the sizes they carry were sold out. In hopes that with spring around the corner it is an item that will again make its appearance online and in retail stores soon I thought I’d review it’s potential for fun.

Paint Your Own Boots Kit is a plain white pair of boots similar to Wellies, packaged in sizes ranging from 1 to 12.5. Each kit includes six colors of water proof paints, a container of 32 magical erasing pads, two paintbrushes and one mixing palette (shaped like a foot for fun). The company is now making stylish stencils to custom design your footwear as well.

Who doesn’t need rain boots? It is the rainy season after all. Who doesn’t need some quality time painting together? This is the perfect solution to the rainy day blues. With the exception that you have to wait for the paint to dry before you get the boots wet, this is instant fun. The magical erasing pads allow you to wipe clean a previous design for a fresh working surface for your budding artist.

For you do-it-yourselfers, a purchase of rain boots or similar shoes and a trip to the craft store would deliver similar results as the kit. If you are a bargain hunter it is quite possible to do this on the cheap and have extra money left over to paint a hat, bag, or even a rain slicker to match. Stencils abound in the craft store and there will be plenty of Easter and spring themed designs to choose from.

Whether you are lucky enough to find the kit this spring, or savvy enough to put together a bargain version for an afternoon of crafting, I’m sure you and your fellow craft mates will enjoy. To double the fun, don’t forget to follow up with some quality time in the rain puddles afterward!