Customise Your Converse With Sugru

Folk have sent us images of jazzed up toe caps on their Converse so we thought we would give it a go.

We bought these shoes in a charity shop for £1.50 !!!! a quick hack later and they look super cute!


Did you know that sugru:

- bonds to most materials (including rubbers and fabric so you can customise or fix the fabric too !)
- is waterproof so will be fine in the rain and even a washing machine
- is flexible so will bend with your shoes
- can be mixed to to create custom colours

We used two packets of sugru for this hack, 1 mini pack is enough to cover the caps but because we were creating a lovely peach colour, we used 2.

To chose a colour, use the colour guide in the 7 steps booklet included with your sugru. This peach colour was a mix of 50% orange and 50% white.

To mix the colours, just knead the sugru in your fingers until the sugru is fully blended. You might like a marbling effect, if so, stop kneading whenever you like how your sugru looks :)

TOP TIP: While mixing sugru, it will get quite sticky, don't worry, use dry tissue paper to clean the sugru from your fingers.

Once you have the colour mixed, break off about half a mini pack and apply it to the toe of the shoe.

Push the sugru all over the toe cap then gently rub it to get a good surface finish.

Remember, if your fingers get sticky, just give them a quick wipe with dry tissue paper.

To get a great smooth and shiny surface finish, gently rub the sugru with your finger.

Leave to cure overnight.

TIP: Use soapy water when rubbing to get a super smooth finish!

We love the colours on our new converse but maybe you could try stripy, marbled, mixed or even mount things into the sugru, its up to you!

Have fun :)