Style trends come and go, but what happens when your sneakers are too comfortable to let go, Invent Super shoes! Why replace your favorite kicks when you can upgrade them? This inventive kit allows fabulous fashionistas to use their creativity to invent the shoes of the future. Use the Spark!Lab invention process and over 130 design materials to improve and accessorize your favorite pair of shoes. Our kit includes canvas shapes, canvas shoe swatches for concept designing, fabric paint, stencils, reflective stickers, and a mini-shoe key chain to decorate. Think it! Explore it! Sketch it! Create it! Try it! Tweak it! Sell it! This line introduces kids to the process of invention, the same process used by real inventors. Many people don't realize that fashion designers and inventors use a very similar process and that sometimes fashion designers even become inventors in their field when they create something new! necessity is often the spark of invention, so each Spark!Lab Smithsonian activity presents kids with a unique obstacle to overcome. With the scenario in front of them and the materials provided as points of inspiration, kids use the Spark!Lab invention process to create their own unique solutions. Watch as their ideas come to life! Spark!Lab Smithsonian inventive creativity kits show children that they too can be inventors and that the invention process can be fun and exciting even when it is challenging. Smithsonian inventive creativity kits are designed to provide children with the same hands-on experience at home as they would enjoy when visiting the Draper Spark!Lab at the Smithsonian National Museum of American history in Washington, D.C. Ages 8 .