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How To: Find shelter in the woods

Learn how to construct a shelter in the woods from Andrew Price of Dyad Bushcraft. Where are the best places to build shelter? What should you look for? Andrew will teach you what a 'basha' is and how to tie the best knots to build hammocks and other wilderness shelters.

How To: Create a clean and stylish flyer in Photoshop

Having a clean, stylish, and visually appealing layout is the key to effectively conveying information on flyers. In this Photoshop tutorial, we will plan, layout, and construct a good looking flyer that can be used for virtually anything. Learning how to create a flyer is a skill that can come in handy often, and after watching this tutorial, you should be able to create your own.

How To: Make a boomerang-like comeback can kids toys

Boomerangs can be dangerous. Oatmeal containers aren't. That's what makes this kids toy the perfect build for school or play. After constructing this "comeback can" toy, you'll have a can or container that you'll roll on the ground or table, and it will always come back to you. You'll need an oatmeal container (or similar can), rubber band, nut, a couple paper clips and a pen.

How To: Construct a kite messenger

This next video tutorial is going to show you how to make a cool kite messenger. If you don't know, a kite messenger is a little boat that fliesup a kite string to the kite. It then releases and comes all the way down the string. It's a cool little project that is sure to take up any time that you or your kids may have. So check it out, pay attention, and enjoy!

How To: Find confidence intervals with a sigma value in Excel

If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 80th installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to construct confidence intervals when the sigma is known known using the CONFIDENCE and NORMSINV functions.

How To: Make firework hemispheres

Nighthawkinlight teaches you how to make firework hemispheres. You start with a softball that will be the basis for the strips of paper you construct the hemispheres from. You take craft paper about an inch wide and soak them in a thin wheat paste. You start applying them on the softball in a pattern that doesn't create a lot of layers on top of each other. You need to spin and squeeze the shell to let all the air out. After you've added two layers of paper, clean off the excess wheat paste w...

How To: Construct a raised bed vegetable garden

Did you ever want to have your own garden but shelved the idea because there was not much space to work with. Well! This is the video you got to watch then. It’s a very innovative approach to gardening in limited space. After watching this video you would pretty much want to have a garden of your own in your home and what's more, you can have it too!

How To: Knit a moebius or Infinity Scarf

Adina Klein from Tahki Stacy Charles joins Interweave Videos to demonstrate the reversible mobius pattern. The moebius (a rectangle that has been twisted to construct a continuous loop) is a easy design using a "faggot lace" technique. You can download a free moebius pattern at www.knittingdailytv.com.

How To: Make an air vortex cannon

You've seen what a vortex cannon can do, so now it's time to build your own! Okay, this air vortex cannon is not huge, but it's definitely a fun thing to construct if you have some junk plastic laying around, and it works really well for its size. Grab a cheap plastic container and follow along to the video instructions and build yourself a homemade vortex cannon!

How To: Tie a single fisherman's knot for climbing

This knot is common in the climbing world. We use it to secure two ropes together. Often used to form a loop on a prussik (cordalette) to construct an anchor. Can also be used to connect two ropes to rappel. This knot has many applications in the real world not just climbing.

How To: Construct a paddle-boat

Learn how to create a one person paddle boat out of everyday objects. This narrated video goes through the process of creating both the boat and paddle. A poncho, a papasan chair, and a few pieces of wood will be needed. This guy is nuts!

How To: Build a unique terraced garden

In this episode of Southwest Yard and Garden Curtis Smith shows you how to turn a steep slope into a usable garden. By building walls along the slope using serpentine designs he shows you how to obtain a compromise of both strength and artistic design. Starting with a good concrete footer and rebar you can construct a retaining wall strong enough to hold the weight of the slope. Materials such as wood and railroad ties can be used but may not stand the test of time as the weight of the soil c...

How To: Construct your own headboard

Grace Bonney shows us an easy way to create an upholstered headboard for your bed. Using a low-end easy budget, you will be able to create a elegant looking headboard using wood, foam, batting, fabric, scissors, a utility knife, a staple gun, and flush mounts. After cutting out the shape of your headboard or starting with an existing headboard, cut out a piece of foam that is the same size. Pull batting over the foam to even out the surface, and then put the fabric onto the headboard. With th...

How To: Construct a ship in a bottle from a kit

Have you ever wondered how your grandfather constructed the ship-in-a-bottle on his mantlepiece? Are you frustrated by the poor instructions that came with the kit you bought at your local hobby shop? The people at Storm the Castle certainly were, and so they made this video to show you how to complete your ship-in-a-bottle kit using basic hobby tools, including a very small drill bit, very small clamp, and very small paint brushes. No hobbyist's collection is complete without one of these.

How To: Make a simple paper hat for your head

This how to video is by a young girl Rida Sharief and teaches you how to construct a hat from simple construction paper. First step, you fold the paper in half and crease the paper with your fingers. Next step, you fold it again in half and crease with your fingers. Next open back up so that the paper is only folded in half. Then, fold triangles inward almost all the way down, but leave space for flaps. Finally, fold the flaps up and you have your own self-constructed paper hat. To wear it si...

How To: Get inside someone's mind with NLP

Jamie Smart from Salad Ltd demonstrating eye accessing cues and gestures. This is a great tool for helping people work out how they are dealing with certain issues. Is it an image, sound or feeling? Are they remembering something or constructing something? Once you've figured that part out you can move on to tackle the problem. For example is someone using internal dialogue for good or to beat themselves up? Are they constructing negative images that are holding them back? Taken from Salad's ...