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How To: Use crayola color explosion papers

Crayola Color Explosion™ lets you create wild multicolored effects with a single color-reveal marker! The unique clear-ink marker works only with black Color Explosion paper, revealing hidden colors for amazing designs. Drawings can be done freehand or with stencils. A great project to do with your kids!

How To: Make a toy boat and water mill

In this video series, our expert Katalin Toth will teach you how to do crafts with children. She will show you how to make a toy boat including how to paint the boat, glue the popsicle sticks, cu the popsicle sticks, and test the boat out in water. Katalin and her children will also teach you how to make a toy water mill including how to cut the popsicle sticks, how to add soil, and how to make a decorative star for the toy water mill.

How To: Make a pipe cleaner crafts

Our expert will guide you with some basic tips for manipulating pipe cleaners; then watch him do several projects with step-by-step instructions. It’s an easy way to introduce your children to the world of arts and crafts, or maybe just share an afternoon of quality time together.

How To: Make unique bookmarks

In this video series, let Karen Weisman show you how make bookmarks. With these simple and easy instructions, you can make unique bookmarks for yourself or as gifts for friends. Learn how to make a photo bookmark. Karen also shows you how to make bookmarks out of ribbon and beads. Finally, learn how to make a bookworm and glamour girl bookmark. These fun and easy projects will be perfect for the creative crafter in you. So, learn how to make homemade bookmarks today!

How To: Do easy arts and crafts with kids

In this instructional video clip series, our expert will show you how to make many types of simple crafts with your children using easy to find materials. Show you child how to make simple Christmas and holiday crafts, projects using simple materials like clothes hangers and clay, dinosaur projects and much more!

How To: Make friendship bracelets

This series shows you how to make two different types of friendship bracelets: an easy bracelet and then a rainbow bracelet. So if you're looking for a blast from the past, or have kids that are going through the friendship bracelet phase, this video will help you out.

How To: Build a sandbox

No family backyard is complete without a sandbox. Learn how to make your own sandbox with your family. It's a great way to spend time together, fun for your kids, and way more original than buying one. This sandbox looks like a car! Build a sandbox.

How To: Make a Chanukah Star of David decal

Get ready to decorate your windows this Chanukah with th cool Star of David Stained Glass window decal shown in this how-to video! You will need plastic wrap, silver puff paint, scissors, glue, red, green blue and purple food coloring, white paper, a black marker, tape, gold cord, a table top covering, a plastic plate, and 4 paint brushes. Follow along with this video activity tutorial and learn how to make a stained glass Star of David decal for Hanukkah. Make a Chanukah Star of David decal.

How To: Make a banana buddy puppet

You'll go bananas for the puppet project in this how-to video. Join expert puppeteer John Kennedy and his pal Tabitha as they make a really cool squeeze mouth Banana Buddy. Give it a squeeze to make it talk! You will need a permanent black marker, a permanent yellow marker, a pencil, scissors, glue, one 10”x 4” piece of 2” thick foam rubber, six 3/16” white pom-poms, two 3/8” white pom-poms, two 3/16” black pom-poms, and the step-by-step instructions in this video activity tutorial. Make a ba...

How To: Make a sock puppy puppet

It's always a party when Sock Puppy is around. Dig into your sock drawer to create a cuddly new pal with puppeteer John Kennedy and his pal Tabitha in this how-to video. It's so fun and easy you can create a litter of sock puppies in no time! You will need a tube sock, a 3 1/2 square of poster board, a 3 x 4 piece of fur, a 3 x 5 piece of batting, a 3" square of red felt, two 3/8" black pom-poms, 1 black pom-pom, two 1 white pom-poms, sixteen 1/2" brown pom-poms, a 1 x, 3 pieces of pink sheet...

How To: Make a dancing snowman puppet

Have a blast with puppeteer John Kennedy in this how-to video, as he shows you how to create the coolest guy in town, Dancin' Snowman! He'll dance his way into your heart in no time. You will need white felt, 1 six foot feather boa, 6 paper plates -2 small, 2 medium, 2 large, 2 dowel rods – 36” x 1/2", 36” x 5/16", assorted pom-poms for facial features, 1 wooden bead, 2 necklace strings – 20”, 40”, 1” foam rubber cube, black sheet foam, one candle cup holder with 1/2" (15mm diameter hole), tw...

How To: Build a soccer goal

If your kids are into sports, or just like running around the yard, they'll love having their very own soccer goal. Better yet, building it makes a great family activity, it is inexpensive, and only takes about 2 hours to construct. Build a soccer goal.

How To: Make designer flip-flops with your kids

Looking for a fun and creative project to do with your kids this weekend? In this arts & crafts tutorial, learn how to make custom designer flip flops or sandles - that your kids will not only enjoy making, but wearing! Learn how to complete this neat crafty project with the help of this video. Make designer flip-flops with your kids.

How To: Draw a book worm cartoon

Animals and insects make great cartoon characters. So get ready to learn how to draw a worm that turns into a bookworm. All you need is paper, pencil, marker, colored chalks or colored pencils, and an eraser. Start by drawing a squiggly line. Come around and double the line, keeping an equal distance from the other. Draw a curved shape for a head at the end. Draw large circles for his eyes and connect them to give him glasses. Draw his pupils going all the way to the right. Add two small eyeb...

How To: Draw a cartoon of a shy guy for a Valentine's card

Learn how to create your own Valentine's Day card with Bruce Blitz. All you'll need is a paper, pencil, marker, colored chalk or pencils, and an eraser. Using your pencil, draw 2 circles, one with curved guidelines to have the face turned to the left, and one with straight guidelines to have the face looking straight ahead. You want to be able to draw curved guidelines when it’s time to create your Shy Guy, because he will be looking down. Starting with a fresh sheet of paper, draw another ci...