Cardstock paper is a key material for designing paper shoes. It is a heavy and durable paper available in multiple colors. While making a boy’s paper shoe, choose a boy color such as blue to use as your template. Cardstock papers are available in crafts shops with a variety of weight and textures.
Templates for designing baby paper shoes are mostly available online. Search a boy’s paper shoe template that you would like to use. Once you have decided on the template, print it out on the colored cardstock paper that you have chosen. To get your desired paper shoe design, cut along the border line of the printed template.
Decorating your paper shoe is a very important and interesting stage. While settling on the designs consider decorations that align with boys’ interests, you can decide to use ornaments, paintings, markings and stickers made of toys to decorate. Decorating the cardstock while flat makes your work simpler than when it is folded.
A boy’s shoe has shoelace specification. The template usually has areas marked "hole punch." Punch the holes according to specifications. To assemble your paper shoe, place the glue in the indicated areas and fold the shoe on its back to make sure the blank cardstock is facing out. The marked flaps should be folded inward towards the decorated side of the cardstock. The folded flaps are then glued and hard-pressed onto the sole of the shoes.
Once the cardstock is folded and glued to make a paper shoe, it must be laced up through the punched holes. Choose the ribbon suitable for you, and tie them to make shoe laces. The shoe pad should be glued behind the shoelaces. You can add a decoration on the shoe laces to make it attractive.