Using strings to tie little brown packages is SO Julie Andrews circa "The Sound of Music" era. Get in touch with the fun experimental quality of modern gift wrapping by watching this beginner origami tutorial.
For the proud fantasy weapon enthusiasts among you who does have the privelege of access to blacksmithing equipment, making a cardboard-and-clay replica sword is a fun and safe alternative project. This video demonstrates how to make a replica of the sword Perseus uses in the iconic and recently-remade film Clash of the Titans. Any practicing hobbyist should have all the necessary tools. The video makers website has very detailed step-by-step instructions to accompany the video here.
This video is demonstrated completely through visual movement and accompanied with a brief written description. A young man speeds down the soccer field with a ball and scores a goal. His signature move leading up to the goal is broken down into very specific methods of movement, the first of which is a high speed attack as he races down the field. The next method to this signature move is the weight shift, in which the goal scorer shifts his weight, along with the ball, from foot to foot to ...
A seasonal how-to for creating easy, perfect paper snowflakes. This is a fun Christmas craft this holiday season. To begin, start with a square sheet of paper. Fold the sheet corner to corner. Fold again to create a new triangle. Cut like crazy! For all sorts of patterns and ideas check out this accompanying article:
This video provides instruction on how to make "buckyballs" (dodecahedron, truncated icosahedron) from "PHiZZ" units. It looks complicated but it is really easy to make.
The company that brought us a BB-8 droid controlled with the Force — okay, just a high-tech wristband — is releasing its take on Spider-Man. Toymaker Sphero collaborated with Marvel to release an app-enabled Spider-Man toy equipped with numerous features, as well as games for your smartphone.
Dennis McIntosh shows viewers how to make jerk spiced seafood. Jerk is native to Jamaica and was once a way to preserve meat. It is now enjoyed as a spicy marinade and sauce to accompany most any protein. Jerk spices include ginger, thyme, scotch bonnet peppers, scallion, onion, nutmeg, and pimento berries. In food processor or blender, add ingredients with oil and blend on low speed. Next, add garlic, salt, cinnamon, pepper, and sugar. Pour marinade over fish and toss to coat. Add to hot pan...
This video will show you how to take advantage of one of Apple's iMovie advanced editing feature, picture-in-picture effect. This feature allows you to embed either another video, or images into a base video. To enable this valuable tool in iMovie, go into the iMovie preferences by clicking on "iMovie" in the top left hand corner of your screen. Under the General tab make sure "Show advanced tools" is selected. Import a video from your event library by dragging it into iMovie and selecting pi...
In this video, Hamid Reza Ebrahimi indulges the viewers in the world of copperplate writing through a short tutorial on how to accurately form the shapes of capital and lower case V. The video requires that the viewer has some previous experience with copperplate writing since it is not accompanied by instructions. Mr. Ebrahimi does a great job and the final result is honestly a true work of art. This video is an inspiration to anyone interested in learning how to write copperplate or just im...
From VidVend we learn, in this video, how to make a traditional old style German sauerkraut. The first step, and this is the most fundamental thing with sauerkraut we are told, is to salt your cabbage. Then, with your salt and cabbage mixed into a large bowl, you must compress it, in this instance this is done by putting a plate over top the cabbage, and then adding a weight on top of that. After a few hours, the cabbage is then rinsed, and cooked for 45 minutes with white pepper, juniper ber...
This is a video walkthrough of Chapter 12, "Finale on the Dark Athena" (2 PARTS) in the action first-person shooter, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for the Xbox 360.
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
It seems that recently there's been a lot of controversy surrounding beauty pageants (specifically, controversy stemming from what happens once those pretty faces open their mouths), but there's little dispute that all pageant girls know how to rock their locks.
Watch this video by Youtube user moshezuchter as he takes you through the different steps in playing the Nostalgia Theme by Alexander Winfield from the puppet play entitled, "All Hail Ye Mighty Lords of Nowhere," using an accordion. The tune of Nostalgia is very slow and haunting, and it can be used to create a mood when you're making a play or a movie. The piece is very easy. It's basically just a collection of different chords. First, you start with D minor, then, you play a G9. Alternate w...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a LEGO sword. LEGO consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. This video is very short and only lasts for 35 seconds. It is very basic and easy to follow. This LEGO construction is very simple, fast and easy to do. There are only 3 pieces required to make the LEGO sword. It does not matter what color the pieces are. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy pl...
If you want to manipulate tracks you’ll want to cut a song into many separate sections so that you can work with each section as needed. This can be done on using a computer musical typing keyboard program and is important part of the process in hip hop music.
Writer of 'How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew', Erin Bried shows us how to make a Vodka Gimlet for those of us hosting guests. Don't struggle to remember how to make it, or exactly how much goes into the recipe for the drink, the clearly laid out instructions with accompanied video makes making this delicious drink a breeze. From the chilling of the water, to preparing the shaker, to each component ingredient such as vodka and lime juice, there will be no confus...
This video shows how to draw the famous cartoon character and is accompanied by funky music, rather than commentary. After all, you can actually see what the artist is doing, so narrative is pretty much unnecessary. You basically start by drawing the eye and then the beak and cheeky smile. From there you complete the picture and shade in to bring the whole thing to 3d life. Because the whole thing is speeded up, you can see how it's done quite clearly but without having to spend a large amoun...
SpongeBob Squarepants has been a popular cartoon character for some time, but how do you draw him? This speeded up film accompanied by rock music shows, you will know exactly how to draw the character from start to finish. There is no narrative as the film is really self-explanatory. All you need is a pencil, an eraser, and a piece of paper and probably lots of practice. It looks as though the presenter has drawn this many times. If you follow what he does to the letter you should be able to ...
Making crafts with a group of children can get a little hectic and also maybe a bit costly. Recycling materials to use for creative activites with your kids can be a fun and and economicly fiscal alternative to your normal purchases. This video will give you some example on how to recycle materials for your kids arts and crafts. Using these everyday materials, accompanied with some great insight from this video, you can have a lot of fun creating all sorts of interesting projects with your ch...
This video illustrates a way to remember how to find the area of a trapezoid using a rap song. The step-by-step song is accompanied by a chalkboard rendering of what the song is describing. The equation used is part of geometry and is a good lesson so that you can easily learn what you are supposed to do. This informative video could be used to teach or to learn how to perform this equation so that it can be properly applied.
Learn how to cut into a pomegranate. First cut the pomegranate in half. Take half of the pomegranate in your hand. Take a spoon and turn the half upside down. Whack the pomegranate with the back of the spoon. Continue to hit it all around the rind until all of the seeds have come out. You can now use them on a salad or scoop them out and add them to some lettuce, carrots, celery, and cucumber. Maybe try some cottage cheese to accompany. That's all!
After Effects is one of the best digital motion graphics software programs out there. Learn it. Now.
After Effects is one of the best digital motion graphics software programs out there. Learn it. Now.
This video goes over cover letter formats, specifically in Full Block Style. Cover Letters accompany resumes in job applications. They should be sent ahead of the resume. They go over your experience, desires and objectives. The cover letter is important to both employers and employees. A human resources or HR department often receives thousands of letters that it must review before granting a job candidate a job interview or even reading their resume. This is a LIAD Production for World of W...
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
Soon, kids young and old aspiring to imitate Iron Man will only need to learn how to duplicate Tony Stark's snarky wit, because Hasbro will now supply the augmented reality helmet.
Video: . How can you tell if the Louis Vuitton handbag that you are about to buy online is not a fake? Follow these 6 simple steps to verify the authenticity of your purchase. Always ask the seller to use the youVerify app prior to purchase. It's Smarter Selling & Safer Shopping. Step 1: Branded Dust Bag
The piano is an interesting musical instrument that has inspired musicians like Mozart ever since the early 18th century. Learn more about the piano and how to accompany other musicians from a professional pianist in this free video series.
Get a little hula in your life by learning how to do these basic moves. You Will Need
The guitar is one of the most popular instruments in the world. This free video clip series will show you all the basics of playing it and how to sing along.
If you love lentils, you have to try this Mediterranean meal out! It's called Mujaddara, and has many different spelling variations (e.g. moujadara, majadra, mudardara, megadarra). It's a healthy Mediterranean recipe that's really popular is the Middle East. This Mujaddara usually consists of cooked lentils and bulgar wheat.
A three-part lesson in how to count and play your way through 12-bar blues changes on your harmonica. Required: a copy of "Harp Attack," a 1990 Alligator Records release.
Based on newly surfaced information, transparent smartphones like those teased in Iron Man 2 and those hand-tracking monitors made famous in Minority Report may eventually end up being "designed by Apple in California."
