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Barbie Shoe Earrings

Turn a pair of doll heels in to a cute pair of earrings.
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Steal a pair of shoes from a Barbie when she's not looking. Alternatively, you could just buy a pack of doll shoes from your local toy shop.
Hold the shoe in place and carefully drill a hole through the heel of the shoe. If you don't have a drill at hand, you can hammer a nail through the shoe instead - but be careful, it's quite tricky.
Open a jump ring with some jewellery pliers and slip through the hole on the shoe.
Slip an earring hook on to the jump ring and close the jump ring.
Repeat with the other shoe and you've made yourself a cute pair of earrings.

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Elizabeth W.

Oct 8, 2007 1:12am

All i need to do is find some of my old barbie shoes, i always lost thoughs. You have some really great ideas on here!

Ahhh I remember my first pair of barbie shoe earrings. I was just about to put this on my site actually. I'm diggin' the color! If somebody doesn't have a small drill; a hot needle, pliers, and a candle works perfectly for making the hole in the heel. =)

love it!
Me.

Caroline

Oct 8, 2007 12:45pm

Cute! ^_^ Another way you could make the hole is by heating a pin up over a candle (hold it with pliers as it gets hot!)and push it through. Me and my sister used to do it this way when we made plectrum jewellery.
xox

creationsbydanielle

Oct 8, 2007 8:30pm

WOW! Great idea! my sister and I were Barbie fanatics. This is a cute retro gift idea! :) Thanks!

Carina K.

Oct 9, 2007 3:17pm

Can't you just see these in red glitter ala Dorothy and the wicked witch in Wizard of OZ

opposites-girl

Oct 9, 2007 9:46pm

cool idea! I want some of them red glittery ones!! haha

Jocelyn A.

Oct 12, 2007 1:58pm

There's no place like home... There's no place like home... there's no place like home...

WHoooSh! ... See these shoes are magic!!

Cat Morley

Oct 16, 2007 10:12am

I love my glittery ones, thanks for the idea Carina!

Whitney E.

Nov 8, 2007 10:05pm

That's a really cute idea!! Especially the Dorothy shoes. I should try that sometime!

Please Ignore the Spaz

Nov 25, 2007 10:17pm

I've made these before too. The easiest way to pierce the shoes is to use imitation barbie shoes instead. The cheaper generic dolls have much thinner shoes, and you can simply poke them with a regular (not necessarily heated) pin. This would be especially good for the Dorothy shoes since they're gonna be covered up anyway.