If you’re demonstrating this technique to someone, point the toe side of the shoe toward them so they can see your hand movements. To make it easier for children, color the bottom of one shoelace brown, the middle part of the lace green, and the top part of the lace brown. This way, when you instruct them to make a loop with the lace, it can look like trying to form a “tree” by always making sure the green part of the lace is at the top of the loop, like the leaves at the top of a tree. [2] X Research source
If you are using the “tree” trick, instruct your child to form a loop with the colored lace so the brown parts of the lace are on top of each other (the trunk of the tree) and the green part sits at the top of the loop (the leaves of the tree).
Again, if you are using the “tree” trick, instruct your child to wrap the shoelace with the knot over the “trunk” of the tree.
Another way to explain this is to have your child poke the knot on the shoelace through the hole to make another loop.
You can also instruct your child to pull the knot and the top of the tree trunk to either side, tightly.
If you’re demonstrating this technique to someone, point the toe side of the shoe toward them so they can see your hand movements.
You should now have two loops on either side of the knot in the center of the shoe.
If you’re demonstrating this technique to someone, point the toe side of the shoe toward them so they can see your hand movements.
Make sure your pinky finger is also gripping the shoelace. You should be making a half rectangle shape (or lobster claw shape) with your thumb and forefinger, as you grip the shoelace. [15] X Research source
Don’t forget about your pinky finger. Make sure it is also gripping the shoelace. You should be making a half rectangle shape (or lobster claw shape) with your thumb and forefinger.
It should look the the two halves of the rectangle or the two lobster claws are coming toward each other. You should be forming an “X” shape with the laces. [18] X Research source
