10 August 2026
How to measure kids' feet at home
Paper, a wall, a pen, an evening. Two minutes per child, three times a year, and you never guess at a shoe shelf again.
Put a sheet of paper on the floor against a wall. Stand the child on it, heel to the wall, weight on the foot, and mark the tip of the longest toe, which is not always the big toe. Measure from the paper's edge to the mark. Do both feet and keep the longer number; most people have one bigger foot and children are no exception.
Measure in the evening. Feet swell over a day of running, and the shoe has to fit the evening foot. A morning measurement can be half a size optimistic.
When to measure again
Small feet can grow five millimetres in a month, and they grow in bursts. Three fixed points cover a Nordic year: August before the school and förskola start, late October before the winter boot purchase, and April when the sneakers come back out. Write the number down where you will find it; that habit is the entire reason our app exists.