So last Tuesday I was cleaning out my closet, right? Found these beat-up old Vans from college – total junkers with peeling soles and faded blue canvas. Almost threw em out. Then bam! Remembered Percy Jackson’s sneakers always getting trashed in battles. Got this stupid idea: why not turn these wrecks into Camp Half-Blood kicks?
The Messy Start
First, ripped off the flapping rubber soles. Barefoot shoes now – kinda demigod style already. Grabbed:
- Golden acrylic paint from last Halloween’s Zeus costume
- Crappy dollar store paintbrushes
- Black electrical tape (for laces? No clue)
- This cracked green phone case for scales
Operation Blue Pancake
Slapped white gesso over the blue fabric. Looked like wet cement. Waited six hours – still sticky. Said screw it and painted golden wings on the sides. Brushes kept shedding hairs – had to pick em off with tweezers. Painted the collar orange like camp shirts. Globs everywhere.
Lace Disaster
Tried wrapping electrical tape around the laces. Made em stiff as broomsticks. Couldn’t even tie knots. Ripped it all off at 2AM. Found old green ribbon in my sewing box – soaked it in glue hoping it’d hold. Spoiler: it didn’t.
Medusa’s Last Laugh
Cut snake shapes from that phone case. Superglued em near the heels. Next morning? Three scales fell off in my cereal. Gorilla glued the survivors. Burned my thumb smoothing edges.
“Finished” Demigod Trash
After four chaotic days: Flaking gold wings, fraying ribbon laces, and one wobbly green scale left. Wore em to walk the dog. Ribbons unraveled in 10 steps. Found em later stuck to wet grass. But the muddy, cracked mess? Totally looks like Percy crawled out of Tartarus in these. Perfect failure.
