Why are Pennies Glued to Kids Shoes?
The trend started with one mom who saw a need and found an easy and inexpensive way to solve it. The problem? Tap dance shoes are EXPENSIVE (a good pair can cost $30+) so, she decided to make her own.
And parents everywhere are doing the same. Don’t have a tap dancer? No problem!If your kids like to make noise, here’s a fun new way! Glue Pennies on the bottoms of their play shoes, and voila! pic.twitter.com/gBdTo3wAlq
— Yankee Toy Box (@YankeeToyBox) April 21, 2014
You can do the same thing and just allow your kid to head outside to make some noise. Just imagine all the fun they’ll have!
Brilliant, right?
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Pretty sure you could use tap washers if you don’t want to ‘deface’ currency and don’t want the feds after you for a whole 20c. But absolutely, don’t do this and let your kids have a bit of fun in case they slip. Also, don’t let them eat because they might choke and don’t let them near dogs because they might get bitten. It’s a bit of metal on a shoe, not the code to a nuclear armourments factory, FFS.
A quiet child that is very hard to locate in the house?? Huh? Child… you must keep your penny shoes on inside the house at all times so I can locate you! Lol oh boy ?
I agree with the slipping risk. If they are only used in tap class, fine.
Isn’t defacing, or destroying, legal tender a crime in many countries? Unsure of US laws because a limited search only discovered mention of penalties relating to the deliberate burning of banknotes still in circulation.
In my country of Australia; “it’s a criminal offence under the Crimes (Currency) Act 1981 to deface or destroy an Australian coin.
The penalty for defacing, or selling or possessing defaced coins, is a $5000 fine or imprisonment for two years.
You may also be guilty of making counterfeit money if you alter a genuine coin.”
Of course you were confused.
$30 is expensive? That’s a bargain for most shoes these days. Guess mama will have to stop going to Starbucks for a few days.
Sounds like a solution in search of a problem that never was.
What a time to be alive.
The neighbours will be very impressed. Not to mention any establishments you visit with these laminate-ruining shoes.
And lets not forget the slipping risk? Not much traction on pennies.
Ridiculous suggestion.
Exactly what I was thinking! I worked at a preschool and one mom sent her 3 yr old in “squeaky shoes”! That lasted part of the morning and the child was in her socks the rest of the day. Drove everyone nuts!! And the slipping factor??? ????
My Mom had taps put on my shoes whenever I got a new pair. It helped them to last longer. I don’t recall any slippage with them. I loved the sound walking in them.
Such a good idea, Loretta!
I remember back in the 50’s having “cleats” put on shoes. It was a big thing especially for the guys. I’m not talking cleats like on golf shoes but kidney shaped flat pieces of metal that were attached to the heel of shoes. The purpose was to prevent the heel from being worn down on one side because back then the heels and soles were made of leather. Some cleats were horseshoe shaped to cover the outline of the heel The resulting “click” was just a bonus. I have a pair of actual tap shoes from the 80’s and to replace them is more like $79.00 and up.
Tap dancing is still a thing?