My husband bought my son some hideous Batman light up shoes from Walmart. DS wore them every day. Before I knew it, it was Time for new shoes anyway. Feet grow fast. Shoes fall apart. I picked out his next pair, and DS didn't complain a bit. Maybe he'll beg for ugly shoes next time, and maybe I'll give in. It just doesn't matter to me.

What's wrong with Paw Patrol? My son has a blue pair and we did the BOGO sale at Payless. We got 2 light up shoes for around $38. This is the pair he has. Kids look cute in anything. You're overthinking this.

https://www.payless.com/boys-paw-patrol-toddler-paw-patrol-lighted-runner/79422.html?dwvar_79422_color=navy#start=2&cgid=brands-kidscharacter-paw-patrol

We have a pair of sketchers that you can turn on/off.

Stride Rite has a bunch of styles, should be one to fit your taste. When the store in Columbia Mall was closing, we bought 3 pairs of shoes for each twin in the next 3 sizes (all sales were 50-60% off). They picked the shoes themselves. They are currently wearing these:

Op here -- The Carter ones should do the trick, and they aren't horribly expensive! Thanks PP. He'll get SO MANY LIKES on Instagram

FWIW, I bought the Carter's ones b/c they were cheap and less hideous than some of the others. They fell apart within a week.

My son had Geox ones that were ordinary light up shoes with no hideous logos or whatever.

The Sketchers one were the least offensive to me - you can change the light pattern to simply be one color and not flashing as I try to be considerate when possible in public.

They are plain - here's the link to the black ones. I got my 4 year old DS the plain white ones. They're fine. He doesn't wear them often but loves the attention when he does remember them and wore them on a few outings.

https://www.shoes.com/skechers-s-lights-energy-lights-high-top-sneaker/796223/1711211?cm_mmc=googleproductads_pla_with_promotion-_-none-_-none-_-none

Light up shoes are terrible for the environment.

Agree with Puma, I got DD these after she started asking for light up shoes. A kid actually has to stomp pretty hard to get them to light up, so a lot of the time one wouldn't know they're light up shoes.

http://us.puma.com/en_US/pd/speed-light-up-power-kids-sneakers/pna190274469433.html