Watch this instructional painting video to paint a rose using the wet-in-wet method of watercolor painting on Chinese rice paper. This fluid style of painting takes lot of practice and does not allow for mistakes. Every brush stroke counts. Get out some newsprint to practice painting these beautiful rose petals.
Watch this instructional painting video to paint a rose with watercolors on Chinese rice paper. This fluid style of painting takes lot of practice and does not allow for mistakes. Every brush stroke counts. Get out some newsprint to practice painting these beautiful rose petals.
A mouse in the house? Why not? Pet mice are cute, easy to care for, and fun to watch. You will need a wire cage or ten-gallon glass aquarium, aspen shavings, paper, or hay, rodent food, a water bottle, untreated wood blocks, paper towels, toys, an exercise wheel, and of course, a pet mouse. Find out how to care for a pet mouse by watching this video animal care tutorial.
Here is a demonstration on how to fold an origami crane. Tsuru is the Japanese word for crane. The crane is considered a national treasure, appearing in art, literature, and folklore. The origami crane is also a symbol of good fortune and longevity. Fold several of these origami paper cranes to give to friends and family.
Watch this instructional origami video to fold an origami balloon. Kami fusen is the Japanese phrase for paper balloon. When you are finished folding your origami balloon, don't forget to blow it up!
MIT's mascot, though called a brass rat, is actually a beaver. With the huge cost of the class rings, every MIT student (and those who didn't make it in) can make their own for just the cost of a square piece of paper. Watch this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold MIT's mascot the brass rat beaver out of a piece of paper.
Watch this instructional origami video to fold an origami sailboat. This origami boat is folded and designed by Joost Langeveld. This instructor paints the origami paper to enhance the visual illusion. He holds the origami paper in front of several completed examples of the origami sailboat, creating a quaint ocean scene.
Not sure what to origami today? Try folding an origami paper cup. Watch this instructional video and learn how to fold your own glass.
Check out this video to learn how to fold a yellow flower from a triangular piece of origami paper.
This is a tutorial on how to make an origami rose that also becomes a box. Magic? Maybe. You will need three pieces of red paper and three pieces of green paper.
Paul Jackson demonstrates how to make an origami barking dog. You do this by folding a square piece of paper. To finish the face, you need to fold the paper back.
Dave from Dave's Garden explains how to make paper pots for young plants.
This is a step by step guide on folding the best origami paper plane in the world. I was taught how to fold this many years
In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create old burnt parchment paper in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
This video explains how to cut a hole large enough to fit your whole body, in a small piece of paper.
This video will show you an easy way of making a tension wrench using a paper clip.
This video demonstrates how to make a cheetah. Starting with cheetah paper the author makes a series of folds and cuts to result in a paper cheetah. You will need a pair of scissors for this craft.
If you can’t find your bottle opener, just watch this video and you'll learn how to open a beer bottle with a piece of paper. It's certainly safer than using your teeth.
At its core, Valentine's Day is about giving and getting sweet treats. While one could argue that the same idea applies for both Halloween and Christmas, on Valentine's Day these sweets are packaged in the most adoring, lovey dovey ribbons and wrappings.
One way to get your kids to read more books is not by forcing them to do so, but by making the reading experience fun by giving them these cute handcrafted bookmarks.
These are great, personal gifts that you can hand out to friends this holiday season. Find a picture and a quote you like, then dress them up in a picture frame! All you really need is the frame, some paint, a few old magazines and some paper!
Cereal boxes make great craft materials during the winter holidays, standing in for the much harder to bake and make gingerbread for faux gingerbread houses and making excellent durable ornaments.
Make one and see for yourself how much fun it can be.
Learn how to perfect your craps game while in prison. This video demonstrates how to make dice from toilet paper, water and a ball point pen - a common form of entertainment in prison.
In this cardmaking demonstration I make a very unusual but beautiful card using a paper technique from the Anna Griffin Paper Tricks 2 Kit and with papers from the Anna Griffin Madison Paper kit. The card is 3D is style and very easy to make even though it looks complicated, when you see the steps to make it, I am sure you will agree its easy.. Step 1: Items Used
In this tutorial, I'm gonna show you how to make another amazing paper plane that can fly really far. GUARANTEED.
How To Make A Paper Boat - An easy step by step origami tutorial on how to fold a paper boat with a sail that floats in water.
Learn how to make a paper origami teo flower instructions. This origami flower is my improvisation, and I haven't seen any similar flower from the nature. I named the flower to my wife Teofila (Teo) because i gave to her the first model of a complete paper flower :). The model is easy and the stamens make the flower looks one idea more beautiful :)
Valentine's Day is a beautiful day associated with true love. Surprise your loved one or friend and show you care with this mini Valentines card with origami heart. You need not more than 10 minutes to make the card. First You Need to Make an Origami Heart
It may be surprising, but those cardboard toilet paper tubes are dead useful for so many things besides just keeping the circular shape of your TP roll. As shown before, you can make car dash mounts for your mobile phone, but that's just one of the many beneficial uses from a seemingly junk cardboard tube. You probably go through quite a bit of bathroom tissue over the course of a year, especially if you're using it for facial tissues, too. So, the next time you throw away that lonely little ...
Paper towels are really cool. I like having them around for quickly cleaning up messes and what not. However, I do not have a stand or something similar for my paper towels, so it can sometimes get a bit taxing to pick up the roll and unravel it every time I need a towel.
With this video tutorial from Household Hacker, you will learn how to make a functional circuit on paper. Really—on paper! See how to make an LED light up with a lead-based paper circuit and how to make a resistor on that circuit. It also shows how to make a flashlight out of one of these paper circuits, an LED, and a battery.
Bored in your cubicle all day? It's time for helicopter wars! This video shows you how to make a fun and simple helicopter out of some basic office supplies. The materials you will need are: a big paper clip, a smaller paper clip, a large aluminum can (such as from Rockstar or Monster energy drinks), a ruler, Scotch tape, a rubber band, a pair of pliers (if you have a Leatherman multitool, those will work just fine), a pen you can take apart for the long tube, a pair of scissors, and some pla...
Detail sanders are one of the finest tools for polishing wood surfaces to a perfectly smooth finish. But it often costs a lot to replace detail sander sheets. Luckily, there's a way to save some moolah on your sanding sheet needs.
While the holiday season offers a lot of festive joy in putting up holiday decor, shopping for Christmas presents, and baking cookies, it also offers up a lot of opportunites to spend money. So that means that by the time you've purchased the presents, wrapped them in tissue paper and wrapping paper, and send them off in a box, your wallet is probably shedding a tear.
Who said that you couldn't have a trick and a treat at the same time for Halloween? When you first take a look at this project, you just see a folded and pleated piece of paper. But upon closer inspection, you'll find that this is no ordinary piece of paper but an evil green witch complete with pointy hat and crooked nose.
In this tutorial, we learn how to craft quilled Christmas decorations. First, you will need to take paper and cut it into thin strips that are all the same size. After you do this, you will need to take a think stick and wrap the paper around it all in the same place. Once finished, you will need to take this circle of rolled paper and place it into a stencil that has a bunch of circles on it. Shape these circles into teardrops and then glue them together with other pieces to shape into a sno...
This is a video tutorial in the Arts & Crafts category where you are going to learn how to fold a five-point paper barn star. You will need a square sheet of paper. Fold it in half to make a rectangle. Take the right folded corner and fold it up to the left edge of the rectangle. Place the corner about 1/3 from the top edge and fold the sheet. Next take the left corner and fold it over the edge you just folded. Finally take the flap on the right and fold it over to the opposite side. Now cut ...
You will need: rubber glove, paper towels, liquid latex, paint, and newspaper. First, fill the glove with newspaper, then secure the fingers with electrical tape to make only 3 fingers. Then, mix up the liquid latex with black paint and apply it to the fingers. Then, place the paper towels over this in coats and shape them so they are pointy. Add in some texture using paper towel strips and cotton balls. Continue to paint over with the liquid latex/paint until you have made your desired textu...
Christmas may not be until a few months from now, but it's never too early to start crafting for the holidays! If you're excited about the holiday season and can't wait to begin crafting gifts and cards for your loved ones, check out this video to learn how to make an accordian folded Christmas paper flower.
