# Things you can do with old shoes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-old-shoes/345444>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 21, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-old-shoes/345444 "2006-02-21T05:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-old-shoes/345444/1 "2006-02-21T05:48:37Z")

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I recently replaced my dear old pair of Converse Skate Slam shoes, and after spending a month (a MONTH) looking for another pair in size fifteen, finally found them this morning.

But then I thought - I’m quite fond of the old shoes, and don’t really want to throw them away. So I created ShoeChucks out of them.

[http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/408/shoesrl3bi.jpg](http://imageshack.us)

I also made an easy-to-follow cartoon representation of my creative process.

[http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7707/shoes6tg.gif](http://imageshack.us)

So has anyone else gotten creative with old things like shoes and clothes and whatnot? Or have I created a whole new field of art here?

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-old-shoes/345444/2 "2006-02-21T13:26:16Z")

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Take an old cell phone, taken an old shoe… [voila.](http://www.friedmanarchives.com/Too%20Unusual%20to%20Sell/images/Shoe%20Phone%20on%20Ground%208x12%20300%20%20dpi.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-old-shoes/345444/3 "2006-02-21T13:52:39Z")

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I burned about 20 old pairs of shoes in a bonfire. They were mostly leather shoes, so it didn’t turn into a 20-year-tire-fire incident.

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-can-do-with-old-shoes/345444/4 "2006-02-21T16:46:56Z")

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I still use one of the Bus Kids old baby shoes as a change purse in the car. It’s the right size, it’s got a non-skid bottom so it doesn’t slide around in the console, and the tongue makes a handy little flap to keep coins contained.