How to Make Grass Sandals

If you can't run through the grass, wear it on your feet.

After conducting a UK survey about stress, a major American doughnut retailer decided to design a somewhat tongue-in-cheek product to help fight urban stress: flip-flops made of real grass. As it turns out, the stressed-out survey participants cited a lack of contact with nature as a source of their woes. With grass sandals, you can feel the grass between your toes, even as you pound pavement. The novel footwear had a relatively short life span and a limited release, so if you want a pair, you'll have to make them yourself. Doing so is not difficult.

Things You'll Need

• 1-inch sod or imitation grass
• Newspaper
• Foam-soled flip flops
• Black marker
• Utility knife
• Scissors
• Low-temperature hot glue

Instructions

1. Place a 16-inch by 16-inch square of 1-inch sod or artificial turf upside down on a piece of newspaper. Place the flip-flops on top of the backing and trace them with a black marker.

2. Cut around the inside of the black lines with a utility knife, leaving you with 2-foot-shaped pieces of grass.

3. Place one grass cutout on top of one of the flip-flops. Cut a tab out of the tip of the sod to allow it to fit around the toe thong. Trim the edges of the grass as necessary to give it a good fit. Repeat with the other cutout and flip-flop.

4. Remove the grass cutouts from the flip-flop base. Apply a line of low-temperature hot glue all the way around the bottom of one of the cutouts. Press the cutout in place on the corresponding flip-flop. Repeat with the other cutout and flip-flop. Allow the glue to set before wearing.

Tips & Warnings

• If you use read sod, water daily to keep the grass alive as long as possible.

• Don't apply hot glue directly to the foam flip-flop or use high temperature glue because it may cause it to melt.

References

• Current: Krispy Kreme Press Release -- World's First Grass Sandals