The final 2 rows of crystals for the outer side of the strap as seen above took a row of 3 crystals and then a row of 2 crystals as the strap become narrower. The crystals can either be added leaving a gap to show the “Havaianas” logo on the strap or the logo can be removed to completely cover the strap in crystals. The easiest way to do this is with something like a Dremel tool or something similar. SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT GEMTAC GOES SOFT But it’s the best solution at present for personal use but NOT recommended for use if you are selling the Havaianas as there is a good chance the glue will go soft. We had such fun with this flip flops craft! It is a perfect group activities - perhaps for a summer party, or a long rainy afternoon with friends - and uses up all your scraps of paper, wrapping paper, card and ribbon! Younger children will enjoy the same craft using craft foam, card and pipe cleaners. Another alternative showing ss20 above is to change the colour of each row or just alternate row colours for a stripe effect (using complementary colours).

Place the Swarovski crystals on a clean dry surface faceted (shiny) face up. For the sake of this tutorial size 6/7 Havaianas flip-flops takes 291 x ss16 crystals per flip-flop.When starting the second half of the strap follow a mirror of step 5. Where the first 4 crystals are already present you just need to add the remaining 6 to create the template/pattern for the remaining rows. As you can see from the picture above try and keep the crystals in neat rows as the finished result will look more pleasing. Print out the Flip Flops Template and cut out the individual pieces. Younger kids will just need the bigger pair of flip flops; older kids will want to use both.

Place the Swarovski crystals on a surface faceted (shiny) face up. For the sake of this tutorial size 6/7 Havaianas flip-flops takes 291 x ss16 crystals per flip-flop. Adding the Crystals We further decorated our flip flops by cutting a small circle of craft foam and threading the pipe cleaners through that as well, and also by threading beads onto the pipe cleaner before pushing it through the second hold.

Adding the Crystals

Piece of cotton cloth / hanky: Cotton is ideal because it doesn’t leave fibers behind when you wipe a surface. Give the strap surface a good rub with the sand paper / emery board to roughen it up. Once the surface has been prepared it will provide a much better platform for the adhesive to bond with.