JUST DO IT : How to make a Paper Nike Sneaker Costume

Step 3 Pattern Conversion

I know what your thinking how am I going to make this giant shoe from this tiny pattern...

Well I have superior guesstimation skills ,and after I cut out all the pieces for the pattern ,I figured that I needed to make each piece about 10 times bigger to make it wearable. So if a piece was 3 inches long I made it 30 inches long, Amazingly it fit perfectly. I would advise that you increase the pieces by more then 10... I am a small person and if fit PERFECT like there was no extra room.

I cut my pattern pieces from newspaper ,again more guesstimation like I didn't photocopy the pieces, I looked at the small pieces and free hand drew it 10x bigger on news paper. If you don't like guesstimating I am sure there is some kind of mathematical way to make this work by taking your measurements into consideration... you could also probably blow up the pattern pieces using a copier.

After you calculated or guesstimated the pattern into larger pieces you are ready to trace them on to the poster board, and to cut them out. Be careful when cutting and tracing make sure you leave the extra spaces that need to be overlapped and glued down. (This will make sense if you have already made the mini version)