Forget about the weather channel. Radio and TV seem not able to predict the darn weather anyway. Make Your own barometer within the next few minutes! Become the weatherman of the house! You will need an empty jar, scotch tape, a balloon, a tubber band, scissors, a straw, a ruler, a sheet of paper and a marker.
This video tutorial demonstrates how to make a magnificent lamp with used cooking oil, a glass, cotton, rock salt, and a stick. Save money and energy by recycling household supplies to make a nifty lamp that will prove your resourcefulness.
In this science tutorial video, learn how to make a simple lamp from household materials. This lamp is great for power outages and other stuff like camping. All you need is some type of alcohol (isopropyl, ethonal, or even vegetable oil), a pair of scissors, a jar with a lid, and a cotton ball. Make your own alcohol lamp with this instructional video.
Need a camera dolly but don't own one? Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to improvise your own camera dolly with just some household items at your disposal. To use this makeshift camera dolly, you'll need a tripod with supports.
Learn how to incorporate everyday household items into you beauty routine with this tutorial. You can pamper your face, hair and nails with products found in your kitchen. Watch this how to video and you can create that spa experience in your kitchen.
It doesn't take fancy materials to make a greeting card. Random recycled household materials can be transformed into a thoughtful little card. Watch this video card making tutorial and learn how to make a greeting card out of a toilet paper roll.
Pilates exercises involve strengthening the core and flattening the abs, so why are your instructors always talking about the pelvis? This how to video explains the importance of pelvic placement and how it relates to the lower back and the muscles around the hip joint. Just becoming aware of your pelvic placement as you drive your car, walk down the street or do any household activity can help you improve your alignment and strengthen the deep postural muscles of your body.
Superglue (cyanoacrylate) has many uses. Besides the typical household function of sticking things together, it's used in surgical procedures and even in crime labs to develop unseen fingerprints. Originally marketed as Eastman #910 in 1958, this stuff is sneaky and it goes everywhere if you don't keep an eye on it.
Aquarium filters can be expensive to replace, but are important for the health and happiness of your aquatic friends. This video tutorial shows you how to keep your pet fish in good condition by making a replacement aquarium filter out of a soda bottle and a few other household supplies.
Check out this how-to video for a very nifty (and very thrifty) Halloween idea.
This video will teach you the process of vacuum forming sheet plastic into 3D shapes using the $40 make-it-yourself vacuum former from this "Instructable."
This is a video tutorial on how to set up a very simple foil parabola to increase your wireless signal at your home.
In this how to video, learn to make sodium acetate (hot ice) with household items. Make a heating pad, that is re-usable more than 100 times, with this step by step science experiment.
This video will show you how to lift fingerprints off of something by using several simple household materials. With these tips, you can start your own CSI division.
Properly clean the glass coffee pot part of your coffee maker using environmentally friendly household ingredients. It is a housekeeping trick that everyone will love. Use salt, ice and vinegar as an eco-friendly safe way of cleaning a glass pot.
Start a fire using water. It is a pretty cool trick. This guy takes a couple of goofy household chemicals and creates a powder that explodes when water touches it.
Learn how to make nitrogen triiodide (NI3), the main ingredient of the small, paper-covered parcels that you throw at the ground to make a snapping noise, with household chemicals and items. This chemical is very unstable, so please exercise caution.
Watch to learn how to build a ghetto talkbox with some simple household tools (plumbing supplies, pc speaker, and a toilet plunger).
Learn how you can protect your home in a pretty radical and fun way by transforming two cheap household items into a stealth hi-tech, anti-burglar, security system! Literally to hot for any bad guy to handle!
This is a video demonstration on how to recycle your own paper from old newspapers using household items.
Here's how to make a cool laser gun using some household junk and silver spray paint. It's a Sprite bottle, by the way. It's best if it's empty too. Really.
Xander and Calvin give some helpful tips on how to light your films and videos! You can use common household lamps or ones at the hardware store. Remember, safety, get some workgloves.
A very simple recipe to make an excellent homemade bubble solution! With only three cheap, common household ingredients, make a LOT of this great solution! A good way to save some money. A little bit goes a long way. Thanks, and enjoy!
This video is a guide that shows you how to make a fake poop out of an empty household roll of toilet paper. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
Use a few simple household items to make a flashlight powered by you computer through the USB port.
This video shows you how to create a miniature teddy bear using household items for decorating a cake or other baked goods.
Learn how to make a bulb thermometer out of simple household items.
Aloo Parathas (Parantha) are a staple dish in many Indian households. Warm flatbread stuffed with a spicy potato mixture, Aloo Parathas can be enjoyed with yogurt, pickle or with any curry.
The Thread Heads visit ReadyMade magazine and take on one of their projects. The How-to doesn't start until a few minutes in, but it's a good one. Use sprockets and chicken wire to make cool patterns for your clothes. Sweet!
Learn in this video how to make sodium acetate (hot ice experiment)with household item,and how to make heater pad re-usable more than 100time,give 45*c for 1 hour.
Play the spoons with tips from the BeeBeeBeeQueen. She shows you how to use these common household items as a musical instrument. Portable drums, yah! She's quirky and we like her use of red duct tape.
A bathroom is only as clean as its toilet. Keep yours disinfected and smelling fresh by following these easy tips. You will need a pair of rubber gloves, cleaning sponge, toilet bowl brush, powder or liquid toilet cleaner and a disinfectant spray. Be sure you have good ventilation when working with household cleaners.
Step by step instructions on how to build a one axis accelerometer out of basic household materials! See how many "G's" of force are being pulled.
Watch how to make a better bounce card for your camera flash. Using 8 1/2X 11 paper and other household items you will learn to make very effective bounce cards.
Your car is a well-oiled machine...when you first get it. Once the new car smell wears off and the excitement of driving the latest and greatest model lessens, car maintenance becomes a chore and some of us even forget to do it regularly.
This video tutorial demonstrates Photoshop CS5's bristle brushes, which simulate traditional paint brushes—the kind your local art-supply store sells—and its new Mixer brush, which lets you give a photo a painterly look. Along the way, its host passes along a tip for customizing Photoshop's interface—one of those little chores that can save so much time but that so few of us do. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular image editing software or a seasoned graphic design professional just looking...
Sometimes pairing your mobile phone with your car is a difficult and unwritten chore to accomplish. But now with Ford's new SYNC system, you can easily pair your cell phone. It's as easy as pressing the Phone button. Let it search for already stored bluetooth devices, and if none are stored, simply press the Arrow buttons until you see the Add Bluetooth Device option. It's that easy!
So after months and months of pleading with your parents and weeks of doing chores to earn your keep, you've finally scored yourself an iPhone. But before you get ahead of yourself and try to add applications or message all of your friends that you just got a new iPhone, there's some basic business to take care of first.
It's amazing what you can create with a few, everyday household and office supplies. Most of these items are already sitting in your junk drawers, so there's no need to spend money! Kipkay shows you 4 awesome hacks you can make in this "household hack pack" video.
Thanksgiving dinner doesn't have to be a nightmare. If you have a decent-sized grill, you have the perfect platform for a delicious turkey feast. But there's one more thing you'll need— beer. It's called a beer can turkey, but you can substitute the beer can for just plain water and spices.