The New Year: A Fresh Start to Get You Moving

As we welcome a new year, it's the perfect opportunity to get a fresh start on our entire lives. But if that sounds overwhelming, why not take things one step at a time? For those who are trying to get into exercising, adding a pop of color and personality to their shoes can be a great way to motivate themselves. One simple yet effective way to do this is by creating your own DIY rainbow shoelaces.

Lace Up with a Life Hack

Before we start our crafting journey, it's essential to tackle one quick life hack that will make the rest of the process easier. If your shoelaces are all creased and messy looking from being in your shoes for too long, you can actually iron them out with a hair straightener. This is a simple yet effective way to restore your shoelaces to their former glory, making it easier to work with them for our DIY project.

Preparing the Workspace

Once your shoelaces are ready to go, lay down some sort of plastic drop cloth to protect your workspace from any ink spills or stains. For this project, I'm using a trash bag as my drop cloth. Now that we have everything set up, it's time to gather our materials. We'll need markers and rubbing alcohol that you've put into a spray bottle.

Creating the Rainbow Effect

Now it's time to bring our rainbow shoelaces to life! To create this effect, we'll use markers to draw our design onto the shoelaces. For my first attempt, I did a random tie-dye pattern which came out quite well. However, for my second attempt, I decided to go all out with a rainbow of colors and colored about an inch at a time onto the shoelaces. It's essential to make sure that you're flipping them over and doing both sides as you go, and try to saturate the shoelaces with as much ink as possible.

Spraying for Perfection

Once we've completed our initial section, it's time to spray some rubbing alcohol onto the shoelaces. This will help spread out the ink and create a beautiful blend of colors. Make sure to flip the shoelaces over and saturate both sides before spraying with the rubbing alcohol. Don't worry about getting into every last spot, as this is where the magic happens. Just like before, once you've done a section just like before, spray it with rubbing alcohol making sure to flip it over and saturating both sides.

Drying Time

Once we've sprayed our second layer of ink onto the shoelaces, let them dry completely for at least an hour. This will allow the colors to set and blend together beautifully. While we wait for the shoelaces to dry, you can start thinking about your next step. Do you want to add more design elements or leave it as is?

The Final Result

Once our shoelaces are completely dry, we can see how the colors have blended together to create a beautiful DIY rainbow shoelace. I love these so much that I think they're really unique and I think they look great on black sneakers where the colors can really pop. This is a quick and easy DIY that will be fun to do with a friend. You could each come up with your own designs, maybe even doing your school colors.

Revamping Your Look

The best part about these DIY rainbow shoelaces is that they're incredibly inexpensive. With only a couple of dollars spent on materials, you can revamp your look without breaking the bank. Whether you're looking to upgrade your everyday sneakers or dress up your running shoes, these colorful laces are sure to make a statement.

Getting Involved

I'd love to hear from you - what colors or patterns would you put on your shoelaces? Do you have any school colors that you'd like to incorporate into your design? Let me know in the comments below. And don't forget to show off your own DIY rainbow shoelaces on social media using a branded hashtag.

Time for Errands

And finally, I think it's time for me to go run some errands and show off my cool new shoelaces. It was an absolute blast creating these DIY rainbow shoelaces, and I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial as much as I have. Until next time, when we'll be exploring another fun DIY project - goodbye for now!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys welcome back to HGTV handmade so it is the new year which is a great excuse to get a fresh start on your entire life but if that's a little overwhelming you can take some baby steps why not just start with your shoelaces if you're trying to get into exercising you could put these fun DIY rainbow shoelaces on your running shoes or you could just use them to dress up your everyday sneakers let's get started so first is a quick life hack if your shoelaces are all creased and messy looking from being in your shoes for too long you can actually iron them out with a hair straightener this is really easy and it'll make the rest of the craft easier to do too so once your shoelaces are ready to go lay down some sort of plastic drop cloth I'm using a trash bag for this project you'll need markers and rubbing alcohol that you've put into a spray bottle you can see how if we draw with our markers and then spray it with the rubbing alcohol the ink spreads out and bleeds together for my first try I did kind of a random tie dye pattern which came out all right but for my second attempt I used a rainbow of colors and I colored about an inch at a time onto the shoelaces make sure that you're flipping them over and doing both sides as you go and try to saturate the shoelaces with as much ink as as possible but don't worry about getting into every last spot because once you've done a section just like before spray it with rubbing alcohol making sure to flip it over and saturate both sides let that dry completely for at least an hour and continue coloring and spraying the rest of the shoelaces and once they're completely dry you can see how the colors have Blended together beautifully to make our DIY rainbow shoelaces I love these so much I think they're really unique and I think they look great on black sneakers where the colors can really pop this is a quick and easy DIY that will be fun to do with a friend you could each come up with your own designs maybe do your school colors new shoelaces only cost a couple of dollars so it's an inexpensive way to revamp your look without buying all new shoes so I would love to know from you what colors or patterns would you put on your shoelaces let me know in a comment right down below and now I think I've got to go run some errands and show off my cool new shoelaces I'll see you guys next timehi guys welcome back to HGTV handmade so it is the new year which is a great excuse to get a fresh start on your entire life but if that's a little overwhelming you can take some baby steps why not just start with your shoelaces if you're trying to get into exercising you could put these fun DIY rainbow shoelaces on your running shoes or you could just use them to dress up your everyday sneakers let's get started so first is a quick life hack if your shoelaces are all creased and messy looking from being in your shoes for too long you can actually iron them out with a hair straightener this is really easy and it'll make the rest of the craft easier to do too so once your shoelaces are ready to go lay down some sort of plastic drop cloth I'm using a trash bag for this project you'll need markers and rubbing alcohol that you've put into a spray bottle you can see how if we draw with our markers and then spray it with the rubbing alcohol the ink spreads out and bleeds together for my first try I did kind of a random tie dye pattern which came out all right but for my second attempt I used a rainbow of colors and I colored about an inch at a time onto the shoelaces make sure that you're flipping them over and doing both sides as you go and try to saturate the shoelaces with as much ink as as possible but don't worry about getting into every last spot because once you've done a section just like before spray it with rubbing alcohol making sure to flip it over and saturate both sides let that dry completely for at least an hour and continue coloring and spraying the rest of the shoelaces and once they're completely dry you can see how the colors have Blended together beautifully to make our DIY rainbow shoelaces I love these so much I think they're really unique and I think they look great on black sneakers where the colors can really pop this is a quick and easy DIY that will be fun to do with a friend you could each come up with your own designs maybe do your school colors new shoelaces only cost a couple of dollars so it's an inexpensive way to revamp your look without buying all new shoes so I would love to know from you what colors or patterns would you put on your shoelaces let me know in a comment right down below and now I think I've got to go run some errands and show off my cool new shoelaces I'll see you guys next time\n"