Reuse Old Shoes
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SHOE PLANTERDrill several very small holes in the soles of each shoe. These will serve as drainage holes. It isn't necessary to drill through the heel.
Fill the toe area of the shoe or boot with good potting soil and pack it in quite firmly. If the potting soil you use does not have fertilizer included as an ingredient, add a small amount to the soil that you put into the toe.
Put a small amount of dirt in the heel of the shoe and add the plant. Press soil in around the plant so that the plant is held firmly in place and that you can't easily stick your finger down beside the plant.
Water the plant quite thoroughly and place it in a shady area for a few days until it acclimates.
Fill the toe area of the shoe or boot with good potting soil and pack it in quite firmly. If the potting soil you use does not have fertilizer included as an ingredient, add a small amount to the soil that you put into the toe.
Put a small amount of dirt in the heel of the shoe and add the plant. Press soil in around the plant so that the plant is held firmly in place and that you can't easily stick your finger down beside the plant.
Water the plant quite thoroughly and place it in a shady area for a few days until it acclimates.
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Resole them. If you have a really good pair or just a real favorite pair of shoes that are a bit worn out, you can get them resoled for a song. If the tops are scuffed, a bit of elbow grease and shoe polish can do wonders. Eyes can be replaced inexpensively if your laces have pulled them loose or out.
Donate your shoes so that others can use them. There are a lot of thrift stores, such as Goodwill or Salvation Army, that raise money to help others. They would love to take your old shoes. Homeless shelters, battered women's shelters and halfway houses for people with mental health or substance abuse problems would also love to have them. You can also put them on Freecycle.com or give them away to a local person who needs or would just like to have them.
Consign or sell them. Look in the yellow pages under consignment shops for a great way to get some bucks for your shoes and boots. They have to be in great condition but you will get a lot more for them--even with the store commission--than you would in a garage sale. You may get your check and turn around and buy something else for yourself there.
Make something new out of an old pair of shoes or boots. Use boots for doorstep planters. Slip a plastic plant container with pretty flowers inside the boot. Add some dirt or other type of filler in the bottom if the boots are kind of tall. Work boots and high-topped sneakers are also great for bird feeders. Staple a shoe's tongue to a piece of wood--a paint stirrer is good--and you have a really great fly swatter.
Make heavy-duty slipper socks. If all that's good is the soles on your old shoes, cut them off and stitch them to heavy socks with a carpet needle and heavy thread. These will last for years and then you can replace the sock tops again if you want to. Fill your old shoes up to the end of the toes with plaster of Paris and paint the shoes with clear resin or acrylic and you can make doorstops or bookends.
Donate your shoes so that others can use them. There are a lot of thrift stores, such as Goodwill or Salvation Army, that raise money to help others. They would love to take your old shoes. Homeless shelters, battered women's shelters and halfway houses for people with mental health or substance abuse problems would also love to have them. You can also put them on Freecycle.com or give them away to a local person who needs or would just like to have them.
Consign or sell them. Look in the yellow pages under consignment shops for a great way to get some bucks for your shoes and boots. They have to be in great condition but you will get a lot more for them--even with the store commission--than you would in a garage sale. You may get your check and turn around and buy something else for yourself there.
Make something new out of an old pair of shoes or boots. Use boots for doorstep planters. Slip a plastic plant container with pretty flowers inside the boot. Add some dirt or other type of filler in the bottom if the boots are kind of tall. Work boots and high-topped sneakers are also great for bird feeders. Staple a shoe's tongue to a piece of wood--a paint stirrer is good--and you have a really great fly swatter.
Make heavy-duty slipper socks. If all that's good is the soles on your old shoes, cut them off and stitch them to heavy socks with a carpet needle and heavy thread. These will last for years and then you can replace the sock tops again if you want to. Fill your old shoes up to the end of the toes with plaster of Paris and paint the shoes with clear resin or acrylic and you can make doorstops or bookends.
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