How To: Recycle a cereal box into a stationery set
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.
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How To: Make a "Harry Potter" Victorian dragon egg case dome
Remember Harry Potter and the Triwizarding Tournament from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"? If you consider yourself any type of repectable Harry Potter fan, then you know that Harry retrieved a dragon egg from his challenging dragon during the first round of the tournament.
How To: Make a schoolyard chic scissors holder with kids
With inflation making even simple household wares like cups and pencil holders going for $10 a pop, it's easy to see how attractive making your own home essentials is.
How To: Build an iPod/iPhone dock out of a PS1 controller
In this tutorial, learn how to take apart an old Playstation 1 controller and mod it into a fully functioning iPod or iPhone dock. This makes for a very cool dock and is pretty easy to do. Check this out if you have old controllers laying around your house and need something to play/charge your MP3 player.
How To: Repurpose your plastic bags into fun holiday crafts
In this video, Elizabeth Gleeson shows us how to repurpose those plastic shopping bags that pile up around the house into fun crafts that make perfect gifts for the holidays. You can use this new fabric for tons of projects including new purses, wallets, shopping bags or anything else you would use normal fabric for! So, get started and help save the Earth - one bag at a time!
How To: Play "Canned Heat Blues" by Tommy Johnson on guitar
Popularized by artists like Son House and Skip James, Delta blues is not only one of the oldest forms of blues music, it is among the most stylistically distinct and technically rewarding to play. In this video guitar lesson from YouTube user deltabluestips, you'll learn how to play Tommy Johnson's "Canned Heat Blues" on the guitar.
How To: Unclutter your kitchen
Is your kitchen out of control cluttered? Do you have paper work, utensils, and junk mail scattered in the one room in your house that should act as your sustenance sanctuary? In this episode of Real Women Scrap, the hub of every household is attacked as well as other ways to unclutter your kitchen.
How To: Draw a hot Latina in graffiti pen
The enigmatic, the inimitable, the sublimely talented Wizard is in the house, this time demonstrating for us how to draw a beautiful Latina kneeling with her arm on her elbow. This type of figure is somewhat atypical for Wizard, but his graffiti penmanship knows no limits, and he executes the work with all of the style and virtuosity that we have come to expect from this master of his craft.
How To: Make shingles for a Tudor style roof on a dollhouse
There are many different styles of dollhouses out there, and they are all beautiful. In this tutorial, learn how to make shingles and put the finishing touches on a Tudor style house. There is a great sense of accomplishment when you make one of these classic toys from scratch. This video will take you step by step through the shingles, and you will have a fantastic toy or collectible in no time.
How To: Make slime for kids
Any time is the right time for slime! In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to whip up a nauseating glop of green goo. It's actually a remarkably simple process, requiring just a few basic steps and materials you probably already have around the house. So get to work, and then get sliming!
How To: Repair your broken NES system
Do you have a broken NES system lying around somewhere at your house? This video shows you how to fix it yourself with very few tools required.
How To: Survive a fire
Whether a house fire or a forest fire, when a blaze catches you off guard, you have precious little time to react. HOW TO SURVIVE outlines the best ways to get out safely! Watch this video tutorial and learn how to survive a fire, whether in the home or in the wilderness.
How To: Score a bargain at a foreclosure auction
You can get a real steal at a house foreclosure sale, or you can overpay for a money pit. Here’s how to avoid the latter. With the bad economy, now is a great time to take advantage of real estate bargain sales. Watch this video real estate tutorial and learn how to get a good deal on real estate foreclosures.
How To: Simulate brick wall effects for dioramas
Here are some examples of brickwork for dioramas or war game terrain. Create a fine grit coating for foam carvings using a mixture of white glue, paint and fine sand. Press in brick patterns into foam, or if working in smaller scale, you can coat cardboard with a thin coat of plaster. Find old pieces of dry flat wood to create miniature slats of wood for sides of a barn or haunted house.
How To: Stop your hard drive from vibrating
You know that really annoying whirring sound your computer makes when it's, well, working? That's due to your hard drive vibrating and creating a small noise while doing so. Luckily, you don't have to put up with a loud hard drive anymore.
How To: Play "House of the Rising Sun" on acoustically
A nice easy song for beginners that includes F chord. The strumming pattern is easier than the Animals' original version. Chords are open chords. Progression: Am, C, D, F, Am, C, E, Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am, E...etc.
How To: Repair a subfloor in your home
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates a very simple way to repair a hard to reach subfloor by squaring up the opening. Watch and learn how to keep your house looking sharp.
How To: Hack together LED candles
Ah, the alluring glow of the LED light. Whether you're looking to create a bit of romantic (albeit extremely geeky) ambiance, or you just want to have some extra emergency lighting around the house, a set of mini LED candles is a great thing to have. They also happen to be quick, easy, and cheap to make yourself. In this video, executive editor Mike Haney demonstrates how to do it.
How To: Be a house husband
Learn how to be a stay at home husband. It's not an easy job and as time moves on more and more blokes are making the move to staying at home. It is a hard job as you have to be a psychologist, doctor, nurse, mother, cook, cleaner and teacher to name a few!!!
How To: Create jump rings in three minutes
Karen Bratt demonstrates how to make jump rings for jewelry and key chains. To prepare jump rings the things required are a coil of silver plated wire, a pair of round pliers and a pair of cutting pliers. Take the coil of silver plated wire and place it at the wider end of the round pliers. Slowly bend the wire and form a circle around the pliers such that the wire coils. As you bend allow the coil to come up the beaks of the pliers until you make half a dozen of jump rings. Take it out of th...
How To: Make a flower lily for a miniture dollhouse
This video shows us how to make lilies for a dollhouse just in time for Easter. First you take a toothpaste cap and some copper metallic paint and paint it. This is your flower pot! Make the flower heads and set aside. Take some clay and stick it into the flower pot. Then take some wire, the length of what you want for stems, and stick one end into the flower bloom and the other into the cap. To make these flowers, you take some clay and roll it into a ball. Lengthen your ball into a cone lik...
How To: Avoid razor burn
Do you always get razor burn? Razor burn can be painful, irritating and lower self-esteem. Follow these simple steps to get a smooth shave without the irritating bumps and burn.
How To: Make Nonstick Cooking Spray
Feeling like MacGyver? Create your own cooking spray in a few simple steps. Reach in your cabinet and make your own homemade cooking spray. Here are a few ways to make it at home.
How To: Make natural body powder
Whether you’re looking to save money or to avoid allergens, homemade body powder lets you know exactly what you’re putting on your skin.
How To: Protect your hair from chlorine and saltwater
Everybody into the pool! Or the ocean! But not before you take measures to prevent your hair from getting fried.
How To: Keep your hair healthy
Learn how to keep your hair healthy. Having healthy hair is easier than you think. Follow these simple steps for lustrous locks.
How To: Make lentil walnut veggie burgers
Veggie Burgers are a nutritional alternative to beef burgers. Many people don't think of making their own veggie burgers but they are really easy to make at home. Store bought veggie burgers are nutritional but often very high in sodium and preservatives.
How To: Complete the first sidequest in Dragon Age 2, 'Bait and Switch'
Congradulations, you've reached the point in Dragon Age 2 where you can start your first sidequest! Simply look on Gamlen's desk for the 'Bait and Switch' letter to start it. Thisvideo series will give you a full walkthrough of this important early quest that may even net you a new companion...
How To: Strengthen your bones with a Mediterranean diet
This video is a report by Terry from Good housing keeping. She reports that women of any age should be thinking of bone health and one of the best ways to strengthen your bones experts say is to follow low fat Mediterranean diet.
How To: Install exterior shutters
Tim Carter shares some pointers about exterior shutters and which type of window shutters you should buy. Wood shutters are nice, but they don’t always hold up over time if not properly maintained. Vinyl window shutters are a great alternative. They are maintenance free and come in a variety of styles and colors for any style of house. Vinyl shutters come with a special fastener for quick and easy installation. Drill a 1/4" hole into the shutter and in the house, then drive the fastener into ...
How To: Draw a house in perspective
Without perspective, drawings would never look realistic and would instead be flat, remedial depictions of reality. Luckily, the discovery of perspective during the Renaissance lets us simulate reality if we know the mathematical principles behind it.
How To: Build a mineral oil cooled computer
Build a mineral oil computer aquarium. It cools the system while giving you something to look at.
How To: Everything You Need to Know About Inns & Greenhouses in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
We Harry Potter fans all remember Hogwarts students pulling Mandrake Roots in the greenhouses in Chamber of Secrets. Well, in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, we now have an opportunity to work in our own Greenhouses, as well as dine inside Inns scattered throughout the map. Let's take a look at how these two establishments help you along your magical AR journey.
News: Gorillaz Debut Augmented Reality App to Go Along with Their Album Listening Party
The Gorillaz have launched a new app in promotion for their new album Humanz that allows you to "[s]tep inside the hallowed halls of the Gorillaz house" through the power of augmented reality.
How To: Complete the Game Mystery House for Apple II
Mystery House by Sierra On-Line was the first game to feature graphics in a text adventure. The game featuring crime fiction, cut scenes and suspense is known to be the first adventure game to feature high resolution graphics. Released back in 1980, the game set a new era for the adventurers around the world.
News: The Ultimate Valentine's Day Date Guide for Steampunks
You (or your partner, or both) are a Steampunk. Let's get away from all the mindless, unfeeling commercialism for a few minutes and think about dates instead of gifts—where do you take your significant other for Valentine's Day? What would be the ultimate Steampunk Valentine's Day date?
How To: Play Skyrim Like a Girl
Anyone that has ever watched a member of the opposite sex play a video game knows that the other gender does it wrong.
How To: Give yourself some Slytherin inspired eyes from Harry Potter
A tutorial for the Harry Potter fan who likes to play with eyeshadow! This will look great on skin tones that do well with green (of course). Give yourself a green and golden look inspired by the colors of Slytherin house.
How To: Make a candy cane striped Christmas card box
Christmas cards are wonderful and beautiful to display around the house during the holiday season, but what happens after Christmas and the New Year has passed? Most of us either stuff them in a drawer somewhere or simply throw them away.
How To: Easily sort your snail mail with wall hooks and binder clips
If you've been letting your snail mail pile up for days on end, there's an easy solution that won't cost you anything. Just rummage around your house and find some wall hooks or binder clips, and start sorting away. You'll be surprised at how much more organized this method is!