Any body know where I can find parts for Croc shoe charms?

I am trying to find parts for Croc shoe charms, like Jibbitz. I really need the plastic pieces to pop in the crocs. I know they are cufflink type, but I can%26#039;t find them anywhere. PLEASE HELP!

Any body know where I can find parts for Croc shoe charms?
Those findings are called %26quot;clog embellishment doodads%26quot; at Oriental Trading... here%26#039;s a link:


http://www.orientaltrading.com/applicati...





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And are some other suggestions I%26#039;d written on a craft board a month or so ago about making the charms and/or the attachers with polymer clay and other materials, if you%26#039;re interested:








....you could make the charms themselves from polymer clay, and attach them in several ways... here are a few possibilities:





... glue the charms onto the shoes over the holes --or anywhere (best glues might be a two-part epoxy glue, or a silicone type glue like E-6000, ShoeGoo, etc)





....... and/or you could add a clay %26quot;stem%26quot; (solid cylinder) to the backside of the charm to act like a plug in the hole, and just glue that part into the hole








Depending on how much the backs under the shoe tops might bother her from sticking out or from being not-rounded:





...make the charm with a stem as above, plus a slightly wider rounded clay disk on the end of the stem which could be forced through the entire hole from the top (as long as the croc material has enough give) but still have enough of a wide back on the other side of the hole to hold the charm in place (..don%26#039;t use Sculpey or FimoSoft for that; they%26#039;re too brittle after baking --go for Premo, FimoClassic, or Kato Polyclay instead)


(...this may be how the regular charms are made)





....you could make something for the charm like a length of wire bent into a spiral (wider than the hole) at one end, leaving the other end free and straight (perpendicular to the spiral)--buy something like a brad/paper fastener, or nail


... any of those could be pushed up through the hole from the underside; then glue whatever part is sticking up into pre-made, same-shaped holes in the bottom of the clay charms --make holes when clay is raw... superglue would probably hold the projections in the clay as long as the fit was good and tight, or use 2-part epoxy, etc.





...you could also embed into the bottom of the clay charm a post-type earring finding (the disk end), then secure the finding on the underside of the croc top with a plastic or metal earring stop (may come off though, or stick out too much unless folded down)





...weave plastic lacing, wire, ribbon or a shoelace through the holes, then make the dangles like beads or buttons with %26quot;shanks%26quot; which could be threaded onto it


...see this page for shanks:


http://glassattic.com/polymer/buttons.ht...





I think I like the simplicity and ease of just using glue though! (...but weaving might be fun too, and it and the plugs with disks would be the only of these that were easily removed and changed around).





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HTH,





Diane B.
Reply:I saw some at Dick%26#039;s Sports. Try online @ Dick%26#039;s.
Reply:I have seen them on Ebay.
Reply:ask around your mall. and if you go to their home web site you can prolly find them



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