What You Need:

-Any pair of old jeans (I got mine for free from a friend, but you can get cheap jeans from a thrift store or use an old pair you don’t wear anymore)

-Scissors

-Highlighter or Permanent Marker

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-Tongs or Tweezers

-Bleach

-Clothes Color Dye (It could be ANY color; I’m using yellow and red)

-Studs (Any type you prefer)

-Bucket

-Gloves (You should be wearing them the entire time!)

1. Try on your jeans and mark where you want it cut. It doesn’t have to be perfect since you’re going to distress them later on!

2. Cut the jeans to desired length.

3. Distress your jeans by pulling or tugging on the hem with tongs or tweezers. I use tongs because they make the process faster! If you’re using tweezers, you will have to pull on the small white strings at the bottom of the cut jeans one by one, which is very time consuming!

4. Pour a little less than half a bucket of bleach and dip the bottom half of your shorts in.

5. Lay out your jeans on a plastic or trash bag and wait until the shorts are damp.

6. Pour your colored dye into another bucket and dip the very bottom of your shorts, into the dye. I repeated this step with another color. You could keep it one color or use as many colors as you want!

7. Wait until your shorts are COMPLETELY dry. Place them in the washing machine and drying machine after.

8. Now go crazy and stud them however you prefer. If your studs have prongs on the back, use scissors to push them down. If they don’t, stitch or use fabric glue to attach them.