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How To: Fold an origami cherry blossom ball

Want to create a neat looking decorative item using just paper? Origami is the answer. The Origami Cherry Blossom paper ball created in this video by Tomoko Fuse requires papers, dexterity and a toothpick if the presenter is to be believed. The first steps consist of creating precreases on the paper. This step makes the subsequent folds easier to make as the fold lines also double up as markers. The second step consists of creating a complex shape. The same design is then repeated 30 times. F...

How To: Draw steps in perspective

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw steps in perspective. Start off by drawing a dot in the middle of the paper. From here, draw lines using a ruler coming from the middle diagonally on the top middle and sides. Now, you will be able to draw your pictures using these as a reference point. The lines at the top will show the steps that are at the top and farthest away the closer they get to the dot in the middle. After this, fill in the details of the picture making different items around th...

How To: Get rid of the musty smell in vintage clothing

So you've found the perfect jacket, sweater, or pair of pants in your trek in the thrift or vintage store. The only problem? Your new find smells like grandma. The way to fix this issue is easy. All you have to do is lightly spray the item with two parts water and one part vinegar. Voila! Smell is gone!

How To: Protect a Windows PC from spyware & malicious software

In this tutorial, we learn how to protect a Windows PC from spyware & malicious software with Dave. You can get spyware from downloading random things, so a great way to make sure you don't download these things, is to use Firefox and search your items before you download them. If you do happen to get these, use SpyBot to find and destroy the viruses you have downloaded. It's free to download, you just have to search it on Google, then download and install it. This will help save your compute...

How To: Origami a paper heart with your kids

Origami is one of the simplest crafts you could teach your children. It's costs nothing, but provides hours of fun and excitement. The thrill of creating something wonderful is enough to keep the kids coming back for more. And the best paper folding project to start with… a heart. Folding paper hearts is one of the easiest origami items ever, which means it's great for young children. All you need is origami paper.

How To: Make egg carton flowers with your kids

Some of the best kids activities are done right in your own home, recycling everyday items. For instance, an egg carton. What could you possibly make out of an old egg carton? This video will show you exactly what you could do! See how to make egg carton flowers. These decorative flowers can proudly be displayed anywhere. All you and your kid will need are:

How To: Make a box out of used plastic bottles

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a box out of used plastic bottles. This task is very simple, fast and easy to do. The materials required for this task are 2 plastic bottles and a zipper. Begin by cutting off the bottom of both plastic bottles. Now glue the zipper on both of the bottom pieces and glue the bottom pieces together. Then zip the bottom pieces together. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy making arts and crafts and recycling material, and would like to...

How To: Convert percents into fractions

Percents are handy for displaying statistics or labeling objects such as sale items in a store, or ingredient labels. However, in a math equation, a percent is a bit difficult to use. Therefore, you will need to convert your percents into an easier type of number form.

How To: Make a vibrant holiday bow

Jennisse uses an item called a Bowdabra which was purchased at Michaels to create beautiful holiday bow. First she uses a wire covered in gold and places it in the center of the Bowdabra. She uses two rolls of ribbon, making sure the wire on the sides is thick. Use a long piece of the ribbon to make longer legs on the bow. Facing down, she places it into the Bowdabra, twist the end, and make sure the ends are the same size. Press down the center of the Bowdabra making it tight, lift the wire,...

How To: Style your hair à la Miley Cyrus at the 2010 Oscars

For this look, you need some hot rollers and some bobby pins. Using these two items, and some hair spray, you will be able to get a look similar to the one Miley Cyrus was wearing at the 2010 Oscars. She begins the style by putting rollers in all of her hair and allowing them to cook for about 15 minutes. After she removes the rollers, she sprays in some "invisible dry shampoo" in her hair. Next she teases the hair, and puts it in a pony tail in the back of her head. She takes a little stick ...

How To: Delete the search history from your Google account

Want to clear the search history from your Google account? Well follow these simple instructions and return your history to the original settings! First log into your Google History Account at google.com/history. Next scroll down and locate "Remove Items" on the left hand side tool bar. Click on this. Next locate "Clear entire Web History" towards the top right of the screen. Then the final step is to click "Clear History". Follow through the tutorial video to get rid of all of the annoying s...

How To: Safely shave with a straight razor

This video starts with a man introducing himself and stating he will be demonstrating how to shave with a straight razor. The picture shows the items he will be using, a razor and shaving cream, brush and lotions. He gives a disclaimer that shaving with a straight razor is somewhat dangerous as it can cause cuts and irritations to the skin.

How To: Make a home-made rubber band bow and arrow

In this video, Lusitano 9514 will show you how to make a homemade rubber band bow and arrow out of common household items. To do it, you will only need a basic plastic coat hanger, a long rubber band, and some kind of a stick (for the "arrow"), all of which are quite inexpensive. Watch Lusitano 9514 demonstrate for you exactly how to make the bow and arrow, and show how it works. You will also learn tips and tricks, such as what materials make better ammunition, and what kind of "arrows" are ...

How To: Set Windows to boot from a CD-Rom first

The video shows users how to change the boot sequence in a computer with an older AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.) BIOS to boot from the CD/DVD drive. This is required, for instance, if you need to reinstall an operating system, or fix a corrupted windows installation by running Windows Setup from the installation CD. Users should first enter the BIOS setup by pressing the delete key when prompted shortly after powering the computer on. Once the Bios Setup screen has loaded, users may navigate...

How To: Send different items from your phone to your computer

This video you shows how to send your pictures, videos, music and ring tones from your cell phone to your computer. The tutor asks you to find the pictures that you want to send to the computer, and then mail those pictures to your e-mail. We can then later open our computer and through the email download all the pictures and videos that we sent to ourselves. So in this way we can send all our personal stuff from the cell phone to computer without ever connecting the cell phone to the compute...

How To: Quit smoking using the Swish Pattern

Put down that cigarette and save yourself your money (and even your life) with The Swish Pattern method! This can even be adapted to learn how to quit any of those bad habits like biting your nails or even be used to shed a few pounds. You first visualize yourself and what you do when before you indulge in your bad habit (called the queue image). Then you think about yourself free of that habit and how you wish you could be. Now when you get the urge to smoke/eat/etc... Make the ideal image "...

How To: Make a breakaway cardboard chair prop

A breakaway chair is one of the best pranks, or one of the easiest effects for your indie film project. A breakable chair can be made out of simple household items, and is very cheap. The biggest material needed is cardboard. So basically, you'll make a cardboard chair, that breaks. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make a fake movie prop brick.

How To: Pull the Yoville log glitch (07/12/09)

How to hack Yoville! Yoville cheats, tricks, hacks. Yoville is a game that can be played on Facebook or MySpace. In the words of Yoville's Facebook app, YoVille is a world where you can buy new clothes for your player, purchase items for your apartment, go to work, and meet new friends. Yoville is a city building simulation game.

How To: Do the Yoville Gift cheat (07/12/09)

How to hack Yoville! Yoville cheats, tricks, hacks. Yoville is a game that can be played on Facebook or MySpace. In the words of Yoville's Facebook app, YoVille is a world where you can buy new clothes for your player, purchase items for your apartment, go to work, and meet new friends. Yoville is a city building simulation game.

How To: Build a paper blowgun

This video tutorial will show you how to build a paper gun that can shoot. The idea behind this is to build a paper gun that can shoot paper pieces and other items, with power from your mouth. This video should help you in the making of your paper gun, which is more like a blowgun.

How To: Clean an oven spill quickly using salt

Like all appliances, the oven has a tendency to get dirty inside. Unfortunately, unlike most appliances, the oven is extremely difficult to clean out. Many ovens have a clean selection that will burn off all the excess items in there, but even those left over ashes can sometimes be difficult to wipe away. If your oven does not have the clean function, the method most people use is to clean it out with an oven cleaner. It will most likely consist of spraying the cleaner on all dirty parts of t...

How To: Do the Halloween brown owl chant with a preschooler

For preschoolers this is lesson tune that works on animal identification and color recognition. It includes lots of Halloween themed and colored items like a skeleton, spider, and black cat. Preschool video lesson tunes are short songs or chants with an educational message done to a familiar tune. Music is used as tool to teach or communicate a message. Repetition is used to reinforce learning, and children love repetition. Hand and body movements are used to help deliver the message and for ...

How To: Decorate cake borders

Don't serve your guests a plain old cake. Jazz it up with these decorative borders. You will need a cake stand, piping bags, round and star pastry tips and a coupler. These cake decorating items can be found online or at a specialty food store. You will also need some room- temperature icing for easy piping. This video shows you how to do pearls, stars, flowers, shells and a bottom cake border.