I am a big believer in you get what you pay for when it comes to buying school shoes. Growing little feet need a good supportive shoe and sometimes that costs extra
money. It will cost you even more money if those shoes wear out before the school year ends.

Heel savers on new school shoes

Fortunately, it only takes five simple tips and a few supplies you can pick up at a shoe or discount store to keep those school shoes looking good all school year long.

1. Add heel taps to the heels of your child’s shoes. The first part of the shoe to wear away is usually the heel. A heel tap or heel saver wears away first and makes it less likely to reheel the shoe at a shoe repair shop before your child grows out of the shoe. You can easily apply them or have a shoe repair shop do the job for you.
2. Ask your child to change their shoes after school. To save on wear and to prevent scuffing, encourage your child to wear school shoes for school and sneakers for play.
3. Dry your child’s wet shoes. Wearing a damp shoe allows the leather to stretch over time and makes the shoes wear out faster. If your child’s shoes get wet, do not dry them near a heat vent or the shoes may shrink The best way to dry wet shoes is to stuff them with old newspaper. The newspaper absorbs the moisture and helps the shoe keep it shape. The newspaper trick also works to deodorize stinky shoes.
4. Clean salt stains from your child’s shoes during the winter.  Rock salt can damage leather shoes just as it can damage the underside of your car.  Do not use soap and water to clean the salt off leather shoes! Instead, you should clean leather school shoes with saddle soap and white leather sneakers with an athletic shoe cleaner.
5. Polish your child’s shoes. At the first sign of scuff marks, polish your child’s shoes. It is amazing how a bit of shoe polish brings a dirty scuffed shoe back to life! Make sure you give the newly polished shoes an extra buff with an old rag when you are finished to remove any excess polish so it will end up on the rag and not your child’s clothes.

Following these five simple tips will help you keep your kid’s school shoes looking great until the end of the school year!