How To Make Dorothy’s Shoes From The Wizard of Oz

So, you want to make your own pair of ruby slippers? Well, you’ve come to the right place. This blog is a compilation of all my research in making these shoes and covers my first attempt at making a pair of shoes for myself. It’s been quite a journey and I have learned lots from it. Hopefully this page will be able to help you if you are thinking of making a pair yourself.

I’ve made my own version of the shoes by following instructions from several websites that have instructions on how to make the shoes. I’ve also added some information from other sites about the history of the shoes, costume notes and pictures of other versions people have made (feel free to email me with pictures of your own versions!).

The Ruby Slipper Shoe Pattern

There are several different patterns around on the web for how to make your ruby slipper shoes. I started off by looking at two – one based on the original movie shoes, and one based on the later “Return To Oz” version (which has slightly different proportions). I ended up choosing the “original” version because I thought it would be more recognisable and because, as far as I could tell, they were easier to

The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite films. I have seen it so many times that I can recite almost every line. This film has the distinction of being one of the most watched films of all time. In fact, the Library of Congress has deemed it to be “America’s Most Watched Film.” One of the most iconic parts of this film are Dorothy’s ruby red slippers. Everyone should have a pair!

That being said, making a pair of these shoes is not easy. There are a lot of components and a lot of time involved in making these shoes from scratch.

The first thing you need to do is decide what size you want your shoes to be. You will then need to purchase an old pair of shoes that are about that size. Make sure that you get old shoes though! The new ones will not work as well because they do not have the same level of wear on them as older pairs do.

The next thing you need to do is cut off the heel and toe portions from your shoes. You can use scissors or a knife for this, but make sure that you leave enough material so that you can glue them back onto the rest later on! Once you have done this, take some sandpaper and sand down

The shoes used in the Wizard of Oz were originally silver. They were painted red for the movie because the silver shoes in the original book were actually made from silver, not ruby. It is a common misconception that they were ruby slippers. The shoes were changed to red because the silver would have shown up too well on the black and white film and would have looked white. It was also believed that they would look better as ruby slippers.

There is a lot of confusion about who made the shoes for the movie, but we do know that they were purchased by MGM Studios from a store in California called I. Magnin & Co.. There are several stories about who made them for MGM, but there is only one person who can be verified as having actually made them. That is Charlie Johnson, a shoemaker in California at that time. Charlie was also hired by MGM as a consultant and he supervised all of the footwear used in their productions during his career. His name appears on many of their films.

The shoes worn by Judy Garland on set were actually size five, but she wore size sevens so that she could wear thicker socks for warmth and comfort. The heels measured between two and two-and-a-half inches high, which may not seem like

I will be posting the steps I took throughout the process of making Dorothy’s shoes. From start to finish.

The first step was to find a pattern for slippers. I went to JoAnn Fabrics and found a pattern for slippers instead of shoes, because I thought it would be easier. However, I was wrong. The sole of the slipper pattern was too shallow, so there wasn’t enough material since I cut my soles 3 times the standard slipper sole.

The only way for me to fit the shoe on my foot would be to add a heel and make it more like a shoe than a slipper. So that is what I did!

I’ve searched high and low for the perfect pair of ruby slippers. Well, not really. I only searched on the internet, but still. I’ve been looking for a while now and haven’t found any that have tickled my fancy. So I decided to do my own thing and make my own shoes.

I started with these shoes:

They are not very pretty, but they will make a good base. The color is right and the heel height is close enough.

I was going to take them apart and use their pieces as a pattern to make new shoes, but then I realized that these shoes already had an inner sole with a piece of stiff plastic sewn in to help keep its shape (probably so it will stand up on the store shelf). That plastic piece seemed sturdy enough to keep its shape even after cutting it down into a smaller sole, so I decided just to use that instead of making a new one from scratch.

Now that we have decided to make our own Dorothy costume, we need to figure out how to make the shoes. The movie version of the shoes is a pair of silver shoes with a red bow on top. Of course, we can’t use those because they are not real.

But there are some websites that show you how to make your own flexible Ruby Slippers. They recommend using white canvas shoes and spraying them with red paint (Behr’s Premium Plus Ultra Interior Matte) and then painting on the “ruby” stones with a silver paint pen (DecoArt Dazzling Metallics). We found that you can get canvas slip-ons at Walmart for around $5.

The other thing you need is the basket used by Dorothy in the movie. This site has instructions on how to make a basket from Styrofoam and then cover it with felt and add some plastic handle pieces. I bought all the stuff at Joanns Fabric store and it was around $10.

So far so good, but then we found out that it costs $40 to ship them to Hawaii! So, I guess we will just have to leave that part out of our costumes.

Step 1:**

Materials:

-A pair of red shoes that fit you well. It is best if they have a small heel.

-Red acrylic paint

-Brushes

-Paper towels (or rags) for clean up and drying brushes

-Paint thinner for cleaning brushes