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Sometimes the simplest things yield the most fun results. This clever trick creates long, condom-esque plastic bubbles.
Sometimes the simplest things yield the most fun results. This clever trick creates long, condom-esque plastic bubbles.
Michael Faraday knows how to harness static electricity. The television sends enough static electricity to the aluminum to spin the cup between the polar charged cans.
Get ready to make your own Tie-Dye t-shirt! Host Lisa Bleyaert is going to show you how to do this cool craft! You will need a t-shirt, a bucket of water, rubber bands, a plastic bag, a ketchup bottle, a mustard bottle, two different colors of dye, and the step-by-step instructions in this how-to video. Tie-dye a t-shirt.
Learn how to build a terrific Barn Door Kite, just follow along with this how-to video. Use your imagination and you'll being soaring the friendly skies in no time! You will need a plastic sheet, wood dowels, cloth tape, ribbon, and scissors. Build a barn door kite.
Outdoor furniture is made of a lot of different things: Wood, iron, aluminum, even plastic. Dust, dirt, mold, mildew and moss on your outdoor furniture can be cleaned off almost immediately with a pressure washer. Watch this how-to video and learn to use a pressure washer to clean your outdoor garden furniture. Use a pressure washer to clean outdoor furniture.
Learn how to install a metal plastic waste assembly into a sink drain in this interactive video from Ace Hardware. Install a metal waste assembly in a sink.
A leaking waste assembly is usually the result of loose fittings. Learn how to fix leaks on metal and plastic waste assemblies with this interactive video from Ace Hardware. Fix a leaking waste assembly.
This video will teach you how to kill bacteria in dirty water, in the wild, with only a plastic bottle, a string and a lighter or match. Kill bacteria in dirty water.
This easy recipe for marinated chicken will show you how to make chicken dishes that are infused with the flavors of herbs and spices. It will melt in your mouth. You will need two chicken breasts and for the marinade you will need lemon juice, orange juice, minced garlic clove, whole grain mustard, soy sauce, chopped coriander, a pinch of pepper flakes, a sealable plastic bag, a bowl, and a spoon. Marinate chicken.
What would MacGyver do if he was stranded on a trash dump in the middle of the ocean? If he had the right supplies, chances are he'd come up with something very similar to this PVC and duct tape boat. C'mon, we all know MacGyver always has duct tape on him!
I guess I must still be sad that Dennis Hopper died, while searching his name I found this amazing project by a group known as Mashed in Plastic.
This is a great twist on a holiday tradition! After you have dipped your apple in caramel, use various different kinds of chocolate to give it a festive appeal! A great project for a holiday evening, or wrap and give as gifts! Decorate festive and delicious caramel apples at home.
Tamales are a classic Tex-Mex recipe. You can fill them with nearly anything - this recipe shows you how to make them using tender pork. You will also need chili paste, garlic, cumin, masa harina (for the dough) and corn husks to wrap them in. Make pork tamales in the south Texas style.
Giving your colleague’s office or cubicle a makeover is a nifty practical joke. You will need aluminum foil and a camera. Cover up the entire surface of the office with foil, wrapping down everything down to pens. Watch this video pranking tutorial and learn how to play an aluminum foil practical joke. Play the aluminum foil prank on a coworker.
The grill makes everything taste better, even salads. This grilled chicken salad, Asian style, is perfect for finger food. Yes, that's right— finger food. That's because this Asian chicken salad gets wrapped up in lettuce!
Tiramisù is a great Italian dessert that everyone can enjoy. Traditionally, it consists of layers of sponge cake soaked in coffee and brandy or liqueur, with powdered chocolate and mascarpone cheese, but it doesn't always have to be made that way, but it almost always is, just like in this recipe.
Learn how to build and install a wrap-around tree bench; watch a video that demonstrates step-by-step construction and installation tips. Design and build a custom tree bench.
Aside from food, oxygen, sunlight and water, there are other necessities that humans arguably need today to survive—clothing, love and shelter among them. Almost everyone wears clothes, needs somebody (or something) to love and a place to call home. And what's the one thing that connects all three? Something we all have? Keys.
If you're not a fan of warm or hot carrots, it's probably because you haven't tried the right ones. These oven-roasted carrots are sure to change your mind about warmed up carrots. This recipe from Katie Barszcz is almost dessert-like, which makes it the perfect side dish for a Thanksgiving feast.
Nothing is more relaxing than the sound of moving water in the garden. Here's how to build a one-of-a-kind water feature in a weekend.
Scotch tape may not be as versatile as duct tape when it comes to mending things, but it still has a number of weirdly practical uses that goes beyond taping down wrapping paper and sealing envelopes.
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This Animal Welfare Foundation three-part video tutorial is from expert veterinary staff demonstrating the correct procedures for handling small mammals for clinical examination and medication. Its aim is to show that the primary consideration should be for the the welfare of the animal. This video guide will show you practical animal handling for a rabbit.
Do something fun with your kids this weekend and get their creative juices flowing with help from this arts & crafts tutorial! In this video, learn how to make a giant tissue paper flower with your kids. Perfect for a children's room or to decorate a wrapped present! Make giant tissue paper flowers with your kids.
Learn to decoupage mirrors in Rosie O'Donnell's craft corner. Add a personal decorative touch to mirrors with wrapping paper and polymer. Decoupage mirrors with Rosie O'Donnell.
What is a master page, and how is it used? This video shows you new features of master pages in InDesign, including the ability to override master page items, and text wrap on a master page. Check out this how-to video created by Colin Fleming now! Work with master pages in InDesign CS3.
This video shows you how to use the latest version of Vanishing Point in Photoshop. You learn how to edit perspective, define a linked plane at an arbitrary angle, wrap images around multiple planes, and measure in a perspective view. Check out this video created by John Nack now! Use vanishing points in Photoshop CS3.
Video shows how to protect tropical plants from frost in the winter. Using fleece, scissors and string, video shows easily how to wrap tropical plants, such as banana plants, in the fleece. Protect plants from frost using fleece.
Julia Child and her guest demonstrate how to make salmon in a potato crust. The salmon is wrapped in paper thin potato slices, then fried until the fish is tender and the potatoes are crisp. Make salmon in a potato crust.
Science-fiction writer Jules Verne predicted many scientific breakthroughs, including the moon landing, tasers, and nuclear submarines. In his 1874 book The Mysterious Island, Verne writes:
Tom Price used nothing more than PVC pipes, nylon cable ties, and a large hot plate to melt together the blossoms.
This is more of an op-ed piece that is only loosely tied to this world in the sense that what he built involved PVC. What I like about it is it sheds light on what I call the New Poverty. That is, the fact that the plastic and fully automatic world of developed nations impoverishes our creative spirit. It impoverishes the human spirit in a way that you find the New Wealth in places like drought starved Africa.
I am anti-oil, anti-gas, and just anti-fossil fuel in general, which causes me some serious vaccilation of the mind when it comes to my enthusiasm for the do it yourself wonder material known as PVC. Even though I love this stuff for its properties, I really do not like the processes that go into making and disposing of it. That means I get happy when I see news like this.
After seeing your tutorial on making PVC sculptures, I remembered Theo Jansen. His sculptures are so beautiful. Are they made with PVC? It's some kind of plastic tubing...
Where We Go Wrong Nutritionally In our fifties we face numerous food challenges. We often choose to ignore them rather than face them head on. Here are the problems we face:
My GF showed this off to me. Found it in old plastic containers which we are keeping for no reason. And so she put some fish sauce in it (patis). Nice look, great for serving patis.
Getting started on the loom? START HERE for your first cast on and stitch technique. First Loom Stitch: E wrap or Single Stitch
I never knew Smurfs had hair on their skin. I guess they are plush toys now instead of plastic. cast:
Go to nearest popular grocery store like stop and shop, c town etc. and put plastic bottle and cans to get money and help environment!
You can almost feel the pain of Dave Kaleta’s outstretched, dissected frog (which is pretty incredible, considering it was constructed with those tiny, plastic bricks we call LEGOs). Kaleta's work of LEGO art was built for the MOCPages MOC Olympics.