Fourth of July is coming up in just a few measly days, and while we're sure you've probably already fired up the grill and purchased aquarium-sized packs of hot dogs, ground beef, cole slaw, and potatoes for your potato salad, you can show your patriotism through more ways than just food.
It's hard to picture Old Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner without their cherry red lips and thick black liner. Thanks to these timelessly glamorous stars, the retro pin up makeup look has been prized by women for decades.
Feel the need to rock but can't afford a guitar? Until you are earning a rock star's salary, why not make your very own guitar at home for cheap? In this tutorial, learn how to make a "ghetto guitar" out of cigar boxes that is totally playable.
Dakota Fanning is growing up fast, is't she? It seems like only yesterday she was five years old! But, our little girl is all grown up and this year she starred in a movie called "The Runaways" playing controversial rocker, Cherie Currie.
A Christmas present is not the only thing you can get crafty with. Why not put that mix tape into a homemade origami box for a truly personal touch?
Cheryl Cole is a huge star in the UK. Not only is Sheryl a popular judge on X Factor, she is also the star of girl pop group, Girls Aloud.
Shiho Masuda Teaches you to make 3-D origami star using recycled materials. The materials required are leftover wrapping paper, ribbons, two 3. 25" cardboard squares, ruler, scissors, glue, double sided tape and an X-acto knife. She cuts out 8 6"x6" squares from paper and glues them back to back to make four double sided squares. The four pieces are folded into 3"x 3" squares and stuck together with double sided tape. The 2 cardboard pieces are covered with paper and 12" ribbons are taped to ...
In this episode of the popular web series Systm, you'll learn how to make your very own lightsaber prop from the "Star Wars" movies. Many of the components are surprisingly simple - old flashlights, windshield wiper blades, etc. But when you them together, you can have an effective prop for a lot less than you'd pay for a reproduction.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 is considered one of the best first person shooters of all time. Released for the Xbox360, Playstation 3, and PC, Modern Warfare 2 provides an excellent gaming experience for action lovers. Whether you are new to the game or have completed it on Veteran, there's a good chance you'll find some useful information here.
Emeka Okafor teaches you how to block a shot with timing and body control. Bobcats star center, Emeka is a fantastic defender and generally leads the league with blocked shots. Check out exactly how you can practice and perfect the shot block.
Few people can pull off bobs. Even fewer can pull off curly bobs. But "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks isn't just anybody. The voluptuous actress recently wore a flirty curly bob to an awards show, and we're totally crushing on it.
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Yoda the Jedi master from Star Wars. You will first need to draw the basic body of Yoda, don't forget those long ears. After this, add in the small eyes and the rest of the facial features. Next, you will add in the details for the clothing and draw in the light saber he is holding in his hands. Now for the fun part! Use different colors with white mixed in to make it look like the light saber is glowing. Then, color in Yoda and his clothing to finish of...
In this video, Daddy Troy teaches us how to star gaze with your kids. This can get your kids interested in space and teach them a thing or two, while still having a good time. First, Google offers a service called Google Earth, which will show your child the entire earth, moon, and mars. Kids can use these programs just like a video game. They can see real pictures as well as their own home or grandma's home. This is free and a lot of fun! Next, you can see satellites with your naked eye in t...
Remember Skipper? She was Barbie's younger sister (we think) and she had her own thing going on with Mattel, with various Rollerblading Skippers and Christmas Skippers at every little girl's disposal to purchase.
Cake decorating when we were little kids was pretty uncomplicated. Once the cupcakes were out of the oven, we'd scramble over to the counter, maybe secretly take a bite or two, and then whip out a spatula and begin slathering on icing. We would then finish off with a nice handful of rainbow sprinkles because sprinkles were pretty.
In this video, we learn how to make five easy face or body paint designs. First, to make a shooting star, grab a sponge and apply your paint to the edge of it. You will want to paint three colors next to each other on the edge of the sponge. Now, drag this across the skin and make a point at the end, then paint on a star. Next, to make a flower you will paint four hearts that are all touching with their points in the middle, then paint on leaves by swiping the brush sideways. To paint Spiderm...
The Star Wars universe is vast and diverse, and for the Lego Star Wars-modeling enthusiast, knowing how to make the dizzying number of different types of figures from the series is key to creating accurate-looking scenes. This video features detailed instructions for making a shadow clone commando custom Lego minifigure. Complete your set!
See all the steps required to make this nifty photo album, which can be used as a picture greeting card or a simple scrapbook for yourself. Despite its complicated look, it's really not that hard to make. This stunning star album card can be made up as cards including many messages, pics, stamps, etc., or they can be made up as miniature scrapbook albums — especially great for kids after a special day out. It's good for a series of "happy" photos to cheat someone who needs "get well" messages.
A fun way to display photos and artwork in your home is with homemade frames. Keep the crafty feeling of the art and make a colorful frame for display. This project can be done with kids of any age, and they will love helping to decorate their rooms or play areas. These frames are 8 pointed star shaped decorations that add a spark to any wall. All you need are popsicle sticks, glue and any paints or glitter you may want to add to your project. So, get messy and have fun..its time to start cra...
Digital copies are being used more and more on DVD and BluRay releases. They may cost a little bit more, but they are so worth it. After you transfer the movie's digital file into iTunes, you can easily make a copy to play on your Apple iPad. This video will demonstrate exactly how to transfer a digital copy movie to an iPad.
This is a great instructional video on how to apply star wars makeup. First you have to take off some glue stick to smudge on the second half of your eyebrows. Apply liquid green all over the face. Now apply yellowy green powder allover the face with a brush. Now contour bitches. Draw eye shadows with dark colors and eye brows with black color. Taper it out into a point both on the outer corners going up and in the inner corners going down, an Arabic kind of eye. Now set liner with black powd...
Want to create some cool effects in illustrator? Create a new layer. Draw the ellipse tool and add radial gradient, then go to transparency and select screen. Then create the star tool and deselect stroke. Drag and place the star shape on ellipse and group them. Then duplicate that layer to make multiple sparkles on different layers. Resize other sparkles by holding down shift key. One can change colors of other sparkles. This will help you in making a good background.
Here is a step by step tutorial video on how to make an origami shuriken. A shuriken is a cool Japanese concealed weapon and is also known as a ninja star. This video is a silent demontration, but there is text to guide through the process of folding your own shuriken.
Learn how to make an origami paper star for Christmas. Fun project to do with kids. This origami animation is brief and to the point. If you are looking for a no frills origami tutorial, this video is for you!
Check out this video to learn how to do the amazing paper throwing star trick. First, just fold along the diagonal.
Adam shows you how to make samurai armor and a ninja death star for filmmakers on a low budget. You'll need spray paint, cardboard, scissors, and masking tape.
Check out this video to learn how to origami an easy mennorode star.
Here's an easy modular 8 point star made with 8 square papers. Once folded, it slides into place.
This is very easy to make... and you can use it as a Christmas ornament! This circular star has 8 points and a hole in the middle.
This is a video tutorial on making a rubber band star.
In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to draw a custom star in Adobe Fireworks CS3.
This video show how to make a realistic looking Star Wars Lightsaber for costumes and props from materials found at any hardware store.
Easy to follow step by step instructions for drawing the Star Wars character Boba Fett.
Watch this origami video on folding a five point star using scissors.
In this origami instructional video you can learn how to fold an origami star.
Create a card with a difference, using sparkly seed beads and silver plated wire. Corinne Bradd demonstrates how to form a stunning star pendant that can be displayed inside an aperture, or worn on a strand of organza ribbon as a piece of fashion jewellery.
You can learn how to fold a 5 point star. You start with one sheet of blank paper and fold it in half. You mark a halfway point on the bottom and then you fold the paper to that point.
Legendary drum-and-bass artist Squarepusher, the Warp records labelmate of fellow electronic music legend Aphex Twin, is back with his fifteenth album called Be Up a Hello, which is set to drop on Feb. 1.
One Instagram creator's augmented reality homage to Disney's deep bench of animated characters has earned him fifteen minutes of fame.
After stealing the show at the HoloLens 2 launch and starring in Qualcomm's unveiling the Snapdragon XR2, holographic video conferencing app Spatial has landed a leading role in Magic Leap's second act with the enterprise segment.