Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
Making Shoes
Clip: Season 5 Episode 4 | 1m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
A visit with a real-life father-daughter team who handmakes colorful shoes.
We visit with a real-life father-daughter team who handmakes shoes. Mik and Lee pick out the shoe color together, and then Mik shows us how he cuts the leather using a big machine called a click press. Lee hand-paints dragonflies onto the leather, and then Mik glues and sews all of the pieces together. After the laces are put through the holes, we see the final product: a colorful pair of shoes!
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
Making Shoes
Clip: Season 5 Episode 4 | 1m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
We visit with a real-life father-daughter team who handmakes shoes. Mik and Lee pick out the shoe color together, and then Mik shows us how he cuts the leather using a big machine called a click press. Lee hand-paints dragonflies onto the leather, and then Mik glues and sews all of the pieces together. After the laces are put through the holes, we see the final product: a colorful pair of shoes!
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DANIEL: LET'S GO SEE SOME NEIGHBORS!
♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC) ♪ THIS IS MIK AND HIS DAUGHTER LEI.
MIK: DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THE YELLOW?
LEI: I LIKE THE YELLOW, I LIKE THE YELLOW AND THE RED.
DANIEL: MIK AND LEI ARE MAKING SHOES IN THEIR WORKSHOP.
♪ (CLICK) MIK: THIS IS A CLICK-PRESS.
THEY CALL IT A CLICK-PRESS BECAUSE WHEN IT CUTS THE LEATHER IT MAKES A CLICK SOUND.
IT GOES CLICK AND THEN YOU KNOW IT'S CUT.
♪ DANIEL: THESE PIECES ARE GOING TO BE THE TOES OF THE SHOES.
♪ WOAH!
IT'S A DRAGONFLY!
(GIGGLES) LEI: I FIRST STARTED HELPING MY DAD IN THE SHOP WHEN I WAS 6 OR 7, AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.
DANIEL: WHEN LEI IS DONE PAINTING, IT'S TIME FOR HER DAD TO PUT THE SHOES TOGETHER.
MIK: MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S NICE AND STRAIGHT, SQUEEZING IT NICELY TO MAKE THAT ROUND CUT, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE HEEL.
♪ AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THESE LITTLE PIECES, THAT WE'VE CUT OUT LIKE A PUZZLE ARE NOW GONNA TURN INTO A SHOE.
DANIEL: IT TAKES A LOT OF STEPS AND HARD WORK, TO MAKE A PAIR OF SHOES.
(BANG-BANG) ♪ MIK: THIS MAKES THE WHOLE SHOE, THE PRETTY LACES.
DANIEL: NOW THEY'RE READY FOR SOMEONE TO WEAR THEM.
THANKS MIK!
THANKS LEI!
THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN!
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