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How To: Make pipe cleaner action figures

In this series of crafts videos, our young comics and science fiction fan (and professional actor) Halley Joseph Eveland will talk you through the creation of pipe cleaner action figures. As you bend, twist and snip your colored pipe cleaners, watch these fun versions of your favorite Star Wars heroes take shape before your very eyes. And these are not simply stick figures, but artistic creations with muscles, capes, masks and of course light sabers.

How To: Make a candy corn with tissue paper

For preschoolers a great art and science activity! Lot's of small motor skills are involved with brushing and placing tissue paper. The reaction from the tissue paper and vinegar is the exciting science element of the activity. Art gives your child a chance to express themselves through their imagination. Art allows children to explore and understand their world through creative experiences that emphasize the process of art, not the product. When your child is creating there is no right or wr...

How To: Reycle plastic into easy to make shrink art

The video is part of the awesome web show and this video is about recycling of plastic into beautiful shapes-Shrinky Dinks .At the beginning of the video an old plastic container top is taken and using scissors is cut into a circular shape. The scratchy surface of the circular plastic is coated with one color and on the other side some designs are drawn using another color. This piece of plastic is kept in a microwave oven which is preheated to 350 degrees to shrink it to a smaller size and t...

How To: Make a hovercraft for less than 5 bucks

In this how-to video, you will learn how to make a hover craft from a meat tray. You will need a meat tray, a piece of cardboard, a 9 volt battery, tape, a propeller of some sort, a motor, and two tires. All you have to do is assemble the motor so that it connects to the battery. Now, place the motor and battery on to the piece of cardboard. Next, place the entire chassis on to the meat tray. Once this is done, connect the wire to turn on the motor. The hover craft will move. Do not keep it o...

How To: Build your own hovercraft

How a Hovercraft can be build.Brittany is demonstrating how to make a Hovercraft. Since hovercraft needs a base she is using plywood for it. She takes square plywood of 48*48 and finds out its center to cut plywood in circle. Don’t forget to wear safety goggle while cutting the plywood. Then she takes a square plastic to make it an air cushion so that the hovercraft should float. In order to secure plastic to the wood she used screws and a plastic top. Then cut the vent hole and plastic by si...

How To: Make a huge rubber band ball

To make a rubber band ball you will need a lot of rubber bands, most likely a whole bag full. The more rubber bands you have, the better and bigger your rubber band ball will be. To start your rubber band ball you can tie a rubber band in a knot. Then put each rubber band in two and wrap them around the first rubber band. If you keep doing this until all of your rubber bands are gone then you will have a good rubber band ball. The size of the rubber band ball depends on the number of rubber b...

How To: Make a rubber band ball using a bouncy ball shortcut

This video shows you how to make a rubber band ball. First, take a small bouncy ball as a basis, and wrap the first rubber band around it. The technique to do this is to loop the rubber band around the ball and pull it tight, then twist the rubber band and loop it around the ball again. Continue in this fashion until the rubber band is wrapped tightly around the ball. Take another rubber band and wrap it around the ball in the same manner as the first. Do this with as many rubber bands requir...

How To: Make Mentos bottle rockets

This entertaining video demonstrates how to make a bottle rocket using tape, paper napkins, Mentos, and Diet Coke or Coke Zero. Try at your own risk! Make a pouch with the paper napkin. Put the Mentos in the pouch and roll the napkin with the Mentos into a tube shape. Open the plastic bottle of Diet Coke or Coke Zero. Place the tube in the top of the bottle, but don't let the Mentos make contact with the soda. Keep the napkin/Mentos tube stuck tightly in the top of the bottle. Re-attach the b...

How To: Use crayola watercolors for projects

Crayola Washable Watercolors offer the best and brightest watercolor painting experience, without the mess! They come in a variety of vibrant colors that blend smoothly for more color-mixing possibilities. Washability you can trust™! This video has great ideas for projects to do with your kids!

How To: Use crayola colored pencils for projects

Crayola Colored Pencils are made with thick, soft leads, so they won't break easily under pressure. The smooth colors are perfect for color mixing and blending, as well as practicing more detailed techniques. Crayola Colored Pencils come in a variety of specialty types and sizes, so there's a colored pencil that's perfect for every young artist's needs.