Have you ever tried to walk around with your shoes and find your feet slipping out of them or have your toes moving forward painfully into the toe box? Comfort – ill-fitted shoes will lead to blisters, bunions, and pains on the arch thus being unable to wear the shoes you love. If you’re experiencing the same questions and wondering how one can alter shoelaces, or make your too big shoes fit – you’ve come to the right place.

Here in this guide, we will be coming your way with few good tip and shoe hacks for big shoes to assist you. I  you have perhaps purchased shoes for wider feet and exchanged period is over or you are in general in search for shoes too big hack, we will help you. 

8 Too Big Shoes Hacks

1. Shrink Shoes with Water

If you have shoes that are too big,  you can always attempt to shrink the shoes using water. But of course before doing this hack, one must read the do’s and dont’s on the box especially if the shoes are leather made. Here's what you'll need: water, spray bottle or empty bucket, sock, hair drier.

The process is simple: wet the shoes, if leather use spray, else if canvas, the place the shoes in a bucket of water for an hour. Then either use a hairdryer or take them out into the sun to dry (don’t use the hairdryer on leather shoes though). After drying, try them out. If the shoe didn’t fit then repeat the shoes slightly too big hack. When it fits, ten properly polish it up/ conditioner the shoe particularly if its made from leather.

Pro Tips:

• Leather shoes if dried post wearing on the feet give better results of a snugger fit with these shoes too big hack.

2. Wear Thick Socks

If it is half size then thick socks are recommended. I believe this one is the easiest approach to wearing massive shoes. You can swap a sheer/slim dress sock with the crew sock. If it for example is still winter, or cold during night time, then they could layer some more pairs of socks for extra insulation. However, be aware that this may complete the extent, but the width can also seem tighter.

Pro Tips

• This wearing trick works for fitting athletic boots/shoes and not dress shoes.

• If it is hot outside, avoid this hack as it will make you uncomfortable.

3. Try Insoles

Apart from that, insoles can be used for something going on with the feet or any kind of problem on the interior of the shoes and for dealing with large shoes. Currently, there are numerous types of insoles that being a shoe accessory are also considered rather an economical purchase. You can also use two - three thin ones of foam material to provide even more firmness to the shoe.

Pro-Tips

• Try the insole before purchase with the bigger shoes, for a proper fitting.

• Dress shoes, Heeled shoes and Open toed-shoes with a bigger size fit well using insoles.

4. Use Stuffing

If you don't have the socks or insole option available and you have no time to seek a pair, then you can sandwich around the foot the cotton, toilet paper, thin rags or even tissue papers before fixing the footwear properly although placing them at the toed section is also acceptable. This also will prevent movement of the foot backwards and forward, which is one of the causes of blisters.

Pro-Tips

• Stuffing is a typical boots too big hack that also works great with flats and closed-toe heeled shoes.

• Avoid stuffing for long walks or exercises.

5. Use Balls of Footpads

The balls of footpads are equal to insoles but much more comfortable to wear than insoles. They are also cheaper and easy to come by.

Pro-Tips

• Ball-of-foot pads are very useful on larger sized heels and flats.

• Since these are available in various colours, these can be matched with the colour of your bigger size shoe.

6. Add Elastic Band Inside

Stitching elastic bands at the back side of shoes will assist to gather the whole shoe snugly to your feet if they are wide. When sewing elastic to the sides you will need a sturdy elastic to hold the shoe up.

Pro-Tips

• Both the shrinking hacks can be used in conjunction with the elastic hacks which are for shoes which are loose. This can be used as Sneakers too big hack and as Boots too big hack particularly for Ankle Length Chukka/Derby boots.

7. Use Shoe Fillers

There are a number of shoe fillers in the market available in silicone, polyurethane, etc. and they are to be inserted in the toe box of the shoe. This reduces the length of it to a few centimeters.

Pro Tips

• Most cost-effective too big shoes hack.

• Combining fillers with heel liners helps to make this larger shoe size solution, a very comfortable one.
• Compatible with any type of shoe.

8. Seek Professional Advice

If none of these hacks for shoes that are too big is working for you then, consult a cobbler around or online shop where you normally buy your normal size of shoes. This will keep you away from beating about the bush for shoe hacks for bigger footwear.