Kids take great pride in things they’ve made, and that goes for clothing as well as crafts. Give them a little extra kick in their step by customizing sneakers for school this fall!

You’ll need to start with blank canvas sneakers; the ones from Kikiz Kids are made of non-animal materials, and inexpensive enough that you won’t mind unleashing your mini Picasso on them.

If you want to make the project into a bit of a lesson, try stenciling in lines with a pencil first, and encouraging your child to trace along the lines. We used glitter pens, but you can also use paint pens for the project.

Travis had his own plans, and soon his shoes were a riot of colors.

We also liked practicing our tracing around the eyelet holes!

Now those are some kool kicks: