How To: Get your kids out of bed and out the door
Does the morning routine in your household include temper tantrums and a mad rush to get out of the house? Follow this plan to keep everyone on track.
Does the morning routine in your household include temper tantrums and a mad rush to get out of the house? Follow this plan to keep everyone on track.
Waking up in the middle of the night with heartburn is no fun. Fortunately, there are some simple remedies for fast heartburn relief. Watch this video to learn how to soothe heartburn.
Everyone knows that dressing for success can give you an edge. Invest in a pocket square and put you and your suit over the top. Watch this video to learn how to fold a pocket square.
Are you bent out of shape over damage to your clothes caused by wire hangers? Don’t buy new ones – follow these easy steps to modify hangers you already have. Watch this video to learn how to turn a wire hanger into a cloth one.
Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make your own all-natural face masks. Tired of spending a lot of money on facial products that don’t even work? Try on some masks made from items you already own—they’re all natural and good enough to eat!
Watch this video tutorial to learn how to build a shelter in the forest. If you get stuck in the woods, you'll need to know how to protect yourself from the elements.
Learn how to relieve insomnia with acupressure. Get to sleep fast with a massage technique from the ancient Chinese healing art acupressure.
This video teaches how to plow without rows in Facebook's Flash game Farm Town. It is easiest to start at the top corner of your farm. Notice, put your cursor on the green highlight (or JUST below) of the plot. Then click left mouse button hold down and BARELY drag up and toward the plot to the left. It is tricky at first but after a field or two it is easy. This will DOUBLE the amount of crops you can plant on your farm.
Your garden hose can give you many years of good service if you treat it right. Learn how to properly care for your garden hose with this gardening how to video.
Quit hogging your own backyard. Make it a haven for your fine feathered friends. Learn how to attract birds to your yard.
Learn how to remove stains from wood furniture. Make your wood furniture look like new again by getting out rings and spots.
Motorcycle fatalities are on the rise. Make sure you're doing all you can to protect yourself. Practice good motorcycle safety.
Don’t throw out that banana peel—or that overly ripe banana. Put them to good use around your house instead.
Moving is one of the top ten most stressful life experiences. Here’s how to pack it up without wanting to pack it in.
Learn how to play "Black" by Tokio Hotel, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:
Learn how to play "You're Not Sorry" by Taylor Swift, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:
Learn how to play "Now Or Never" from High School Musical 3, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:
Learn how to play "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:
Master the art—and it is an art—of hanging garlands and tinsel on your Christmas tree. You will need garlands and tinsel, craft wire, ribbon and a step ladder. Tip: Follow the six-six rule: Don't hang more than six strands per branch, and leave about six inches of space between tinsel decorated branches.
Knitting button holes doesn't need to be a pain. With the tips in this how-to video, it can be quick and easy. If the button you're using is 4 stitches wide, make a 3-stitch buttonhole (as demonstrated). For a 5-stitch-wide button, make a 4-stitch buttonhole, etc.
Your dog travels all around the house all day. Here are five places to remember to keep clean. Watch this how-to video as the Dog Channel offers five places your dog encounters that are important to clean regularly. Remember he always travels to his toys, crate and bed.
Watch Tracy cook some authentic Jamaican Jerk Chicken. Ingredients for Jamaican jerk chicken:
We are sure you've heard and maybe even had Jamaican jerk chicken, well here is a recipe for jerk pork. The funny thing about Jamaican jerk seasoning is that it goes great with almost any kind of meat. In this cooking how-to video Tracy cooks some authentic Jamaican jerk pork. Follow along and learn how to prepare jerk pork.
Ready to try and sew-in your own weave? It's a big decision. As with everything that concerns our hair, we struggle with the pros and cons and often dwell on what could go wrong. Pixie cut. Perm or not? New shade (of pink, purple, or blue). These are all major decisions because ... well, it's our hair, and hair is such a big part of our style. To get a weave or not calls for careful consideration, and to sew one in yourself, that's an even bigger internal debate.
Palmist and astrologer Peeter John explains the right, left, and active hand for palm-reading in this how-to video. The active hand is the dominant hand which is more important to be interpreted for palmistry. This video also suggests a method for determining which is the active hand. Watch this video palmistry tutorial from Peter John and learn how to distinguish the active hand for a palm reading.
This billiards video tutorial will show you how to make the impossible looking pool shot. If it looks impossible, it probably is, or is it? Anything is possible is a pool game, so learn how to shoot properly, like a master, like a pool shark, a hustler. Make sure you put that left spin on the cue ball!
Learn how to do the slide stretch exercise for the left hand with this tutorial. This exercise is great for stretching and strengthening your hands for the cello. Watch this how to video and you will be able to perform the stretch slide exercise.
In this music lesson you will learn how to play half notes on the violin. This video also covers 1st and 2nd endings in music as well as left hand pizzicato. This tutorial is designed for beginner violin students. With the techniques in this how to video you will learn how to start playing the violin.
Basil is full of nutrition and flavor. It can be a powerful part of a healthy diet. Basil is full of flavor and reduces the need for salt.
Rava idlis are a super fast alternative to the traditional rice/daal idlis. Since there is no soaking, grinding or fermenting involved, you can enjoy these idlis at any time without the pre-planning. Watch this how to video and try this simple and delicious Indian rave idli recipe.
Sol cadi is a refreshing konkani drink with a light coconut base and a hint of kokum. Have a few sips of sol kadi and you will fall in love with it this drink. Once you try it, we are sure you’ll be hooked to this exotic Indian drink recipe.
This cabbage salad is an amazing salad/subzi recipe. All the nutrients (Vitamin C) are still intact as the cabbage has not been cooked a whole lot. Sambharo is traditionally a Gujarati dish and once again, like a lot of other Gujarati dishes, it will blow you away with it’s simplicity and the flavor. Watch this how to video to learn how to make sambraho, Indian style cabbage salad.
This simple chutney (or Raita for some) is a dish that is packed with flavor, texture and color and and many more pleasant surprises along the way. A perfect compliment to tomato rice, khichadi, any pulao or for that matter any rice dish. Enjoy the crunch in your food! Watch this how to video to learn more about the C-chutney.
Bean sprouts are an extremely healthy and delicious way to enjoy legumes. Although sprouting can seem intimidating to some, it is really an easy process. Any whole bean can be sprouted - Mung, Garbanzo, Kidney, Moth, Adzuki, Lentil, etc. Sprouts can be eaten raw in salads or cooked. Watch this how-to video and try this simple method for sprouting mung beans.
Soups do not have to be limited to winter. Daal soup can be enjoyed anytime of the year. It is so hearty and filling, that we really do not need anything else with it. But if you are one that has to have bread, rice or chapatis, go ahead and do just that! Watch this how to video to learn how to make Indian style daal soup.
Quick, light, but not without bite. Watch this how to video to learn how to make a nutritious taco wrap. For this absolutely fresh recipe you will need the following: tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, bell peppers, sun dried tomatoes, chipotle pepper, garlic, shallots, cumin, and corriander and romaine lettuce leaves.
If you have ever been curious about playing squash, watch this how to video. This is a quick squash playing tutorial that shows you two basics footwork techniques. This first is the forehand technique which has three main patterns: front left, mid court, and back court. This video also goes over front right, mid court and back court backhand squash techniques.
This how to video tutorial will show you how to weave in loose ends of yarn once you've knitted your project. Follow along and see how easy it is to hide the left over yarn without cutting it. Anyone can learn to knit and it's a great craft to know if you want to give handmade gifts! By combining the knit and purl stitches, you can create a wide variety of patterns.
This how-to video tutorial shows how to make a placard or card out of PCB copper board. Learn how to remove the copper from a piece of PCB leaving behind the desired text in the copper finish for a fancy text.
Today we learn how to make a simple compost bin in this how to video. Simple is good here, so you can have more time to do other things. All you really need to start composting leaves from the garden is chicken wire and some wood.