Glitter Toes – Last Day of School Tradition

I love traditions! So of course I wanted a special tradition to mark the last of school. And since I am the mom of 3 girls(and one son), I came up with a girl tradition about 8 years ago – Glitter Toes. It seemed like the perfect way to celebrate the first day of Summer Break – creating pretty toes!! And pretty much every year since we have celebrated the last day of school with this little tradition. Glitter Toes- Last Day of School Tradition.

I went back to the first Glitter Toes post, way before Pinterest, SEO or anything that bloggers do now. And I saw that my post, while reflecting the spirit of our fun tradition, needed a little updating. So I am documenting  our Glitter Toes tradition – in case you want to do it too!! And of course this is a fun craft to do anytime – you don’t need to wait for the last day of school to try it out.

Glitter Toes – Last Day of School Tradition

It’s SUPER simple. All you need are three things – a base color of nail polish, glitter and clear top coat.

Here’s what you do:

1. Pick out the color of nail polish you want to use and paint your toes!
2. While your toes are wet, pour glitter over the wet polish and let it dry.
3. Then put a clear topcoat over the whole thing!

I’ve tried many different glitters over the years and I have discovered that I love either SUPER fine glitter OR very CHUNKY glitter. Here are my favorite brands:

Martha Stewart Super Fine Glitter 

Chunky Glitter 

Wet and Wild Nail Polish 

Over the years we have also tried nail wraps and some other fun things. We love our last day of school tradition!

Here are a few other summer activities that we love to do:

Summer Instagram Display

Summer Lemonade Stand Free Printables

Summer Reading Tent DIY

Summer Bucket List Printables 

Happy Summer! 

xoxo

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When Beckie was out filming our webshow this weekend, she mentioned a new (to me) product — nail polish strips. I immediately had to buy some to try with my girls. The brand that I tried was Sally Hansen Salon Effects. I love all of the different patterns and colors that are available in this line.

PLUS, they are so easy to apply. The strips stick to your nails and you don’t even have to wait for them to dry. Genius!! Beckie said that hers had been on for two weeks and they still looked awesome!!

1. Make sure your nails are clean and dry.


2. Hold the stips up to your nails and decide which size will work best.

3. Peel off the clear plastic coating, and then the white backing.


4. Place the strip right up next to the cuticle of your nail and then stretch it slightly so it really grabs the nail. Then trim the excess.

5. Do this to all the nails. Then come back and use the pink nail file (which is provided) and Shape the strips to fit the nail exactly.

•  Check out these Tie Dye Pedicures. Find out how to make them at C.R.A.F.T.

• You can always have a Glitter toes Party like we did. One of my favorite posts of all time  

 

• You can never go wrong with Rhinestones! 

• Polka Dot Pedicure

•  Happy Toes

•  Metallic Toes

**In case you were wondering, I wasn’t paid to write this post. I just thought this was a really cool product  

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