We've seen lots of soft soled shoes on the market, and now you can make your own! Michele from On Pins and Needles has a great tutorial for making your own soft-soled shoes that includes plenty of pictures and a pattern.

You could easily use the same pattern using all leather to make you own leather shoes. Just make sure to use a leather needle if you decide to do this, because a regular needle won't work.


Although she only shows pictures of girl's styles, you could easily make plenty of boy styles as well by leaving off the frills. You could even use an iron on applique on the top of the shoe. I would recommend adding this before you started sewing.

Good luck making these fun shoes for your kids! - Trisha