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How To: Paint nails in a sparkly pink and white silver design

Love4Nails demonstrates how to paint nails with a pink and white sparkly design. First, apply a hydrating base coat. On top of the base coat, apply the color of your choice like a light pink color. Then, create the side swipe which is about half of the nail. Create a straight side swipe in a white color. You may need to do two coats. Then, create a flower with the background color on the white polish. Add a pink rhinestone to the flower. Repeat the technique making a white flower on the pink ...

How To: Make a bow tie out of a dollar bill

we are taught how to make a unique bow tie from an ordinary dollar bill in just a few short steps. There are no tools are supplies necessary, just your fingers and a dollar bill. Folding the bottom up, then again in half. Opening the sides it forms a 'tent' like fold on either side. Fold up bottom, fold end down. Fold the corners to the center, turn around and repeat that same motion. Pull out while grasping the middle. Flatten it out and there you have in your hand a bow tie, created in just...

How To: Draw a manga fox girl

co23ghttoe is here to show you how to draw a manga fox girl. You first start with a circle and two lines to line up the eyes on the face. The eyes can come out looking pretty rough but with the proper use of eyebrows, it can make a "cuter" expression. You then outline the bottom half of the face, like the cheeks and the chin. Follow up with the hair by dashing your lines down her face. Finish up with her neck and shoulder line. Now is time to add the fox ears. Erase some of her head as demons...

How To: Make a homemade quiche

This is a USA fire and Rescue's favorite recipes segment. To make this quiche you begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. After that you combine cheese, and flour (the thickener) in a mixing bowl and toss them until the cheese is lightly coated. Next, add beaten egg, and pepper. Mix again. Now you need to add cooked and drained broccoli, and drained mushrooms. Mix again. Pour into a pie shell and cook for about an hour, or until it sets. A good tip is to cover the edges with t...

How To: Make the classic dart style paper airplane

That Paper Guy shows you how to make a simple paper airplane. First, get a piece of paper 8 1/2" x 11" and fold it in half lengthwise. Then fold on one side a triangle. Flip to the other side and fold a triangle as well. Fold the corners down in the same direction on both sides, making sure the edges meet the center fold. Fold the corners down one more time on both sides, again in the same direction. Open up the finished airplane so that you're able to grab the center with your thumb and inde...

How To: Make a clutch wallet out of duct tape

Watch this video and teach yourself how to make an easy and cheap clutch wallet using duct tape. The materials required for this are a pair of scissors, a rod, Velcro sticky tacks and duct tapes of different colors and you can use as many colors as you want. Cut out 12 inch strips of duct tape and stick five of them slightly overlapping one over the other. Then stick five more of the duct tape strips as in the above procedure so that the sticky sides of the two layers will be stuck together. ...

How To: Make a banana & lemon facial mask for oily skin

In this video, we learn how to make a facial mask for oily/dry skin with natural ingredients. First, take a bowl and place a half of a banana in it, smash the banana in the bowl until it makes a paste. Now, take a 1/2 of a lemon and squeeze the juice into the bowl. After you mix this together, add 1 tbsp of honey into the bowl. Mix this all together very well until it makes a paste. After this, apply the paste to clean skin. After about 10 minutes, rinse this off and pat your skin dry.

How To: Make Indian-style chicken stock

In this Food video tutorial you will learn how to make Indian-style chicken stock. Harpal Singh Sokhi presents this video. To make good soup or gravy, the stock is the main part. Take the chicken bones; boil them with hot water and drain. Then refresh them with cold water, that is, just put them in cold water. Then slice half a carrot with the skin, cut one onion with the skin into quarters, celery stem, leaks or spring onion, two bay leaves, pepper corn, 3-4 crushed garlic pods and add all t...

How To: Make spotty fimo buttons

The Crafts Channel teaches viewers how they can make spotty fimo buttons! First, take a piece of fimo and roll it out to about it's a few centimeters thick. Take another color and roll this into a thin long snake shape. Then cut this long snake into lots of tiny slices. Lift them off and put them onto the surface of your rolled out clay. Next, roll over this clay and take a baking surface, cut out the clay with a circular cutter and take away the excess clay. Now with a needle, make your hole...

How To: Swallow pills easier

Ray provides information that hopefully will help you swallow pills easier and quicker. First go to the mirror, open your mouth and say ahhh. Look how big the hole is that allows you to swallow the pill! Put the pill on the back of your tongue as far as you possibly can. Practice with the tongue at this point putting the pill not half way, but all the way to the back. Next, close your mouth. When you close your mouth, your tongue goes back down anyway and the pill goes down your throat. The f...

How To: Make delicious, homemade peach cobbler

USA Fire and Rescue Favorite Recipes demonstrates how to make peach cobbler. First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then, add 3/4 of a cup of sugar, 1 cup of flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, a pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons of melted butter and 1/2 of a cup of milk to a mixing bowl. Mix the ingredients together until it is well combined. Coat an 8 inch by 8 inch baking dish with butter and pour the mixture into the dish. Pour two small cans of drained peaches over the mix. Pour half of a c...

How To: Throw and carve a double walled pottery vase

This video illustrate how to throw and carve a double walled pottery vase. Here are the following steps.Step 1: First of all take a potters wheel.Step 2: Now take clay and put it on the wheel and rotate the wheel.Step 3: Make inner and outer partition and slowly shape the inner clay into long vessel shape.Step 4: Now take the outer clay and shape it into vessel, now join the neck of this vessel to the inner vessel and shape it into a vase.Step 5: After the pot has half dried cut the outer bou...

How To: Fold a paper heart from a dollar bill with origami

We learn an easy and fun way to make an origami heart out of a dollar bill. No supplies needed. Just the dollar bill and two capable hands. First fold up the bottom of the bill. Then fold it in half. Fold both sides into triangles bringing them to the middle. Turn over in. Fold in inside corners. Then the outside corners, rounding into a heart. Make sure the creases on the sides are well done. Flatten the paper out with palm to make it completely flat. And there in your hands you have a paper...

How To: Install memory in a 2009 Mac Mini

This video demonstrates how to install memory step by step in a Mac mini (2009), as it is a complicated method; it is advisable to watch through the process then attempt to do the same. First step is to remove the old memory from the Mac Mini. Shut down and unplug the Mac mini and place it on a soft cloth to prevent any scratch. Turn-over the mini to get into it using a small buddy knife. Carefully place the buddy knife between the inner and the outer case. Try to detach the inner clips using...

How To: Make a neat paper hat

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a paper hat easily with only one piece of paper. First, take a piece of paper and fold it in half. Once you've done this, fold two triangles on both sides of the paper. Now, flip the bottom flap up. Next, flip over the hat and flip the back flap of the hat up. Now, pick up the hate and open up both sides of the hat! You can now decorate your hat and draw on it as you wish. This is a great project for kids to do with parents or with other children!

How To: Do a casper flip on a skateboard

To begin with, you may want to learn how to kick flip before you try to do a casper flip as that is half of the trick. Try practicing it at a low speed as there is a lot of movement with your feet and this will help you keep control of the board. Now set your front foot on the two bolts in the front of your board and have your back foot square. Pop the board up like a normal kick flip, sliding your foot underneath the board as you flip it and when it is flipped over, spin the board back aroun...

How To: Make a traditional Japanese miso soup

In this tutorial, we learn how to make homemade miso soup. You will need : miso, firm tofu, green onions, diced ginger, dashi, water, chopsticks, pot, ladle, cutting board and knife. First, you will prepare your tofu by slicing half a package of tofu into bite sized pieces. Next, you will prepare the broth by filling your pot with water and setting it to a boil. After this, you will add in the Dashi. Next, you will place the tofu into the boiling soup and then add miso with your chopsticks. O...

How To: Knit a thumb onto a mitten

This video illustrate how to knit a thumb onto a mitten. Here are the following steps.Step 1:Take the mitten on knitting has to be done.Step 2:Now at the center take out the contrasting thread and then pass the knitting sticks through the leftover stitches .Step 3: Now similarly pass the other knitting sticks through the other half leftover sticks.Now take two more sticks and pass them in horizontal direction to that of the previous sticks so that the previous leftover stitches overlaps the n...

How To: Make cinnamon rolls from a can

This is a great video from Andrea Cook. To cook cinnamon rolls start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. You will need an oven safe pan to cook the cinnamon rolls. To keep them from sticking the video suggests spraying the pan with no stick cooking spray. Then pop open the can of cinnamon rolls and line them up in the pan. Let the cinnamon rolls cook for 20 minutes but make sure that the centers are done before you take them out. After they are done heat the icing cup in a microwave for 3...

How To: Make homemade egg drop soup

This video explains how to make homemade egg drop soup. What you will need for this project is a pot, noodles, water, an egg and a bowl. First, you'll want to heat up and boil your water in the pot. Next, add your noodles. The noodles and flavor you will use will be Choice Ramen. Before you add the noodles, crunch up the noodle in the package. When the noodles are half way done, limp and softening, add the flavor to the pot and mix. Next, drop in the egg and simply break the yolk of the egg. ...

How To: Make a margarita cocktail drink

The British Bartender shows you how to make a great Margarita. To make a great Margarita, follow these steps: Add the following ingredients to a cocktail shaker: 1 1/2 ounces of good tequila 1/4 ounce of Cointreau or Triple Sec. 3/4 ounce lime juice. Rim the glass in some salt by moistening the rim with a lemon or lime wedge, and then roll the glass in it. Only rim half the glass in case the person you will be giving it to doesn't like salt. Add ice to the shaker and shake well. Add ice to th...

How To: Make an easy & quick shrimp scampi

In this Food video tutorial you will learn how to make an easy & quick shrimp scampi. Boil noodles. Take two tablespoons of butter and put on a pan add two tablespoons olive oil, three teaspoons minced garlic and chopped onions and stir till they are light brown. Now add in the shrimps, add two more tablespoons of butter. Once the shrimps turn light pink, remove from the pan and put in a bowl. To the pan add a few squirts of lemon juice and half a cup of white wine and stir for a while till t...

How To: Make a chili cheese nacho casserole with Betty

Nachos are a great snack food but did you ever think you could eat them for dinner? Well, in this tutorial, Betty shows us how to make her chili cheese nacho casserole, and it is so tasty you may never eat 'normal' nachos again! This is a great way to get rid of that stale old bag of Tostitos in your pantry and turn it into something fantastic. Ready? Vamenos!

How To: Fold a fitted sheet for perfect storage

Folding fitted sheets is always trickier than folding a conventional rectangular sheet. First, throw the sheet onto the bed. Then use your hands to tuck all the corners in on themselves. Then lay the sheet back down and straighten it. It makes a horseshoe shape with its elastic. Then fold one corner over the top so that all your elastic hangs over one hand. With the other hand grab the other corner so you can lay it down flat in a half moon shape with all the elastic together in one place. Th...

How To: Make mini cotton candy for a doll & dollhouse

Use a q-tip (ones for little kids will have a larger base, but are not required). Put a few drops of red food coloring in a glass of water and stir it up as necessary. Dip q-tip in red water, get it nice and saturated. Remove q-tip and let sit overnight. Cut q-tip in half, then take a small rectangle of paper, apply glue from glue stick to one side, then make a small fold from a corner and roll (this may take some work). Use scissors to cut down to the correct size. Next rub q-tip's cotton si...

How To: Fold an American flag in the traditional method

Three students demonstrate how to fold an American flag. Two students hold the flag lengthwise, flat. They fold the flag in half with the stars on the bottom of the fold. Then they fold the flag a second time, gently pulling it taut. A third student keeps her arms under the flag as one of the students begin to fold small triangles down the length of the flag towards the student at the other end. The purpose of the third student is to keep the flag from falling. When the flag has been folded i...

How To: Make a grilled cheese sandwich step by step

Learn how to make delicious grilled cheese sandwich in simple steps. You will need: a plate, butter, any kind of bread, any cheese and a pan. 1. First take a slice of bread, add some cheese on top by tearing it into small pieces. 2. Place another slice of bread over it and spread some butter on its top. 3. Now put the bread on a medium heating pan with its butter side at the bottom. 4. Spread some butter on its top and flip it over when its bottom is cooked. 5. Let it cook for about a minute ...

How To: Prepare deep fried sweet banana peppers

This video from Betty's Kitchen is a demonstration of how to cook deep fried sweet banana peppers which are popular in restaurants. She shows how to clean the peppers by cutting off the top, cutting around the core from the top, and pulling out the core. Cut the pepper in half the long way and remove the seeds. To make the batter, she uses one well-beaten egg and adds one cup of skim milk, 1/4 cup of canola oil, and one cup of self-rising flour. She heats up oil in a deep fryer, dips the pepp...

How To: Prepare mate tea

This is a very useful instructional video on how to prepare mate tea. To prepare mate tea you need a mate straw as you see on the video. You also need mate cups and mate tea powder. First you need to have almost boiling water in a kettle. Now you have to put about half a mate cup of mate tea into mate cup. You can close your palm and invert the cup so that the unwanted tea power will stick to your palm. Now you can pour the water into the mate cup from the kettle. Now you can insert the straw...

How To: Properly gain muscle by warming up and more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to gain muscle and lose fat with stretching methods. Before exercising, users should warm up for about 10 minutes. Warming up allows safety and consistency. The sequence for an intense workout should be: 10 minutes of warming up, light stretching, 45-60 minutes of intense resistance training, intense stretching that lasts one-half of the intense resistance session, and then cooling down. This video demonstrates various stretches and warm-ups such as: ...

How To: Make the best banana pudding

Start by putting two packs of vanilla pudding mix in a bowl. Add two cups of milk to the pudding. Stir it with a large plastic or wood spoon until it is really creamy. Next you will add 8 ounces of sour cream and stir it in with your spoon. After it is well mixed, stir in half of a container of whipped cream (about 4 ounces). In the bottom of another bowl, put 1-2 sliced bananas and some nilla wafers. Take the mixture that you have made in the other bowl and spread it out on top of the wafers...

How To: Draw an emo boy with pencil

Brittany Black Rainbow demonstrates how to draw an emo boy. Begin with the back ground of hair, draw it like an inverted cone, assuming like one eye is covered by the hair. Draw the second eye and brows, and now draw the nose and mouth. Complete the face. Just draw the neck and the body with a round neck T – shirt with half sleeves and the hands. Now complete the hair. It’s like thorny bush, just draw all these lightly. Give black shade to the hair with pencil itself. Now darken every thing, ...

How To: Prepare dried prunes

In this video Genevieve Ko gives a few ideas for prunes and plums. She prepares dried plum muffins. She starts preparing the muffin by stirring egg, milk and melted butter with wholegrain muffin mix. Then chopped dried plum is added and mixed well. The batter is poured in a muffin tray and is baked at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Then she prepares a great appetizer by placing a scoop of blue cheese on the dried plum and tops it with bacon. Finally she prepares Pork tenderloin that would ...

How To: Bait a fishing hook

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to put bait on a fishing hook. Be careful when working with the hooks. Begin by taking off the hook from the rod and put the bait on the hook. Depending on the bait, users will need to use the whole or half of the bait. With the head of the worm, put the hook into the side of the head. Now thread the worm through the point of the hook, until it cover the shank of the shank of the hook. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in fishin...

How To: Make a zig-zag Chinese staircase bracelet

In this video we learn to make a zigzag Chinese staircase friendship bracelet. You can go wild and make it all different colors or all one color. You start off with 5 strings about a yard long and fold then in half. Then you make a knot creating a loop for the end and to hold to a nail or clip while you make it. Take a strand and make 5 forward knots. With the same strand you then do 5 backward knots. Repeat this one time, so in all are 20 knots and then switch color, or to another strand. Do...

How To: Make a paper box using newspaper

Have you ever thought about creating small boxes out of newspaper? Tomoko Lipp shows you a simple folding and cutting method to do this. Making these can be another way to recycle and be environmentally conscious. You might also consider using them for a unique gift box idea or for storing small items. All you'll need is some newspaper, a pair of scissors, and a pen to mark a few measurements.

How To: Sew an arm/leg warmer for a baby or toddler

Vanessa is teaching you how to make arm and leg warmers for babies or toddlers. She is simply using some socks that she got by going to the dollar store and buying them. They only need one seam. You need to cut off the top of the sock first. Then you cut the heel and toe off the remaining sock piece. You need to fold the bottom part of the sock in half and make it into a loop. Put the loop over the raw end of the top of the sock. This will make it so all of the round edges are together. Stitc...

How To: Do criss-cross corn rows

Criss-cross corn rows are a stylish way to maintain your hair. This video tutorial demonstrates how to braid hair with criss-cross corn rows. Begin by dividing the scalp into four parts, with one line extending from ear to ear, and the other crossing down the center of the head. To complete the hair style, continue to divide each section in half until you reach the desired amount of hair segments.