How to Make Ballet Slippers With Hair Clips

Ballet slippers can symbolize dance.

Since many girls own a wide variety of hair clips and barrettes, finding a method of presenting them in an organized but visually pleasing manner can be a challenge. For a girl who is a dancer or is a fan of dance, you can present the hair clips by incorporating them into a ballet theme. The ballet slipper is a simple yet effective way of relaying a theme of dance. Use the slipper design as a way to make a girl's hair clips easily accessible while demonstrating her love of dance.

Things You'll Need

• Poster board
• Pencil
• Pink paint or crayons
• Paint brush
• Hole punch
• Hair clips

Instructions

1. Draw an outline of ballet slippers on a piece of poster board. The basic shape of ballet slippers typically resembles the outline of the numeral eight. Often a strap that crosses the middle of the shoe or even two that cross-cross across the middle. Sometimes the shoe will also have ribbons attached to either end, which the dancer uses for lacing up the ankles. Choose the ballet slipper design you or your little girl likes best.

2. Paint or color the shoe pink, including any ribbons or straps, leaving the inside of the shoe white or coloring it tan to show contrast.

3. Cover the pink portion of the shoes with scattered holes using a hole puncher. Leave enough space between the holes that the pink is still visible. Do not hole punch nonpink areas, such as the area inside the shoe or around the shoe.

4. Clip hairpins, clips and barrettes into the holes by clipping them through one hole and out another. Continue until you have covered the entire pink area of the shoe with hair clips, leaving bits of pink showing in between.

5. Hang the poster board on the wall for easy access to the hair clips and to showcase the dance-themed hair clip organization.

References

• DragoArt.com: How to Draw Ballet Shoes