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How To: Origami polygons

Watch this simple instructional video and learn how to turn a paper square into several other polygons. These basic origami projects also serve as edifying practice in simple geometry. You can fold an equilateral triangle, a regular hexagon, and a regular octagon from square origami paper.

How To: Origami a Chinese rice dumpling

Review these simple steps to learn how to make an origami rice dumpling. You can use green paper as shown to make it look quite realistic. This simple but clear display of paper folding can teach you how to make seemingly edible objects with origami.

How To: Prepare ciabatta bread for baking

You mastered the art of baking simple bread, now try baking ciabatta bread. This how to video show you how to prepare this bread delicacy. Rather than forming it into the traditional loaf shape, form them into baguettes. Watch and learn how to simple it is to work your ciabatta dough for baking.

How To: Learn a simple chip technique

Chipping is one of the simplest actions in golf to master. You can play a chip shot with any golf club in your bag, including your fairway woods! All you need is one very simple technique that can transfer to all golf clubs. This is what you should be practicing.

How To: Cook salmon with simple seasoning

Salmon is full of protein and omega 3 fatty acid which helps you’re brain function and is a healthy fat. Add this delicious and healthy fish to your dinner with simple seasoning and cooking method that will really show off the flavor.

How To: Make a simple and fast paper plane

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a simple and fast paper airplane. First, fold the paper in half length wise. Next, open the paper up and fold one two triangles on each side of the crease. Now, fold the paper in on each side, so it lines up with the crease on top. You should now end with a pointed arrow. Next, fold the arrow point down to the bottom of the paper and then create two more arrows on the top of the paper. Next, fold the new triangle down to the other one and then fold the p...

How To: Select a ripe avocado at the grocery store

Need some help figuring out how to pick the perfect avocado? Learn how with this green grocer's guide. As you might expect, once you know what to look, feel and smell for, the process of selecting ripe avocados is a simple one. So simple, in fact, that this clip clocks in at just 26 seconds. For more information on how to tell when an avocado is ready to be eaten on the day of purchase, take a look.

How To: Calculate the area of various polygons

We can calculate the area of the simple polygons like square, rectangle, triangle, pretty easily. Area of square can be calculated by drawing it on a graph paper, of unit cm length and breadth. Area of a rectangle is length X breadth. Area of a triangle is 1/2bh, half of product of base and height. For a parallelogram , area is the product of base and height. For a trapezoid , it is 1/2(b1+b2)h. For some other extreme polygons, we can calculate the area by making it different simple polygons ...

How To: Make candy cane reindeer Christmas ornaments

Nothing brings joy around the house around Christmas time like home made crafts. In this video, Katrina and Sloan show their viewers how to make candy cane reindeer Christmas ornaments using simple materials such as glue, pipe cleaners, small pompoms, googley eyes, and a candy cane. Taking the pipe cleaners, wrap them around the crook of the candy cane, making the antlers of the reindeer. You then should stick on the googley eyes and the pom pom for the nose on the short end of the reindeer, ...

How To: Use MeBeam video conferencing

Once in a great while something comes along on the internet that’s so unbelievably simple and yet works so well. Twitter is one of them. On the video conferencing side, now we have MeBeam. MeBeam, which requires no software or drivers to be installed, is a web application that will permit you and up to 15 of your closest friends to hold a video/audio conference (provided you and said friends all have webcams or, at the very least, microphones). For further details consult this simple how-to!

How To: Draw a basic wolf using simple shapes

In this video, we learn how to draw a basic wolf using simple shapes. First, draw the head of the wolf looking down with it's mouth open. Next, draw two circles to show where the front and back feet will go. Next, draw the fur onto the animal, then draw in the fur. Next, draw in the details of the face and the paws as well. Take your time while you are drawing this and make sure to erase any unwanted lines are you are going along. Add in the fur to detail the wolf and give it more personality...

How To: Make a simple paper hand puppet

Do you perform magic or stand-up comedy routines and often find yourself talking to yourself on stage? Do you envy Jeff Dunham and his elaborate selection of puppets that he can interact with onstage in order to have a conversation with himself without sounds TOO deranged? This video is here to help. It teaches you how to make a simple paper puppet out of only a piece of paper, scissors, and a pen who's face can be manipulated to make it looks like it's talking. Kind of. Talk to the hand!

How To: Stack a simple wedding cake

The best wedding cakes are tall and regal. In this tutorial, learn how to stack a traditional wedding cake. Use this technique to create tiers and levels for your cake, and make it really stand out. Whether you are making the cake for yourself or designing for someone else, make sure you watch this video first for information on how to stack a simple wedding cake and impress wedding guests, no matter what!

How To: Quickly take screen shot of window in Mac OS X

Taking a screen shot of a window in Mac OS X can be a fun thing to do. Many people do not know how to complete this task. Following a couple simple steps can have you on your way in no time. The first thing that you will want to do is get your computer up and running. Once you are on the desktop, you can take a screen shot of it by pressing command-shift-4 and then holding the space bar. You should remember to hold the space bar and not just press it to ensure that the screen shot is captured...

How To: Crochet using the Bethintx method

This video crocheting tutorial series shows a simple method for learning how to crochet. Start off making simple loop stitches into a chain, and work up to an entire granny square. Advice for yarn and crocheting hooks are also included. Learn how to crochet by watching these instructional videos.

How To: Draw Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants

If you want to learn to draw Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants this simple guide will take you through the steps from start to finish easily and quickly. Drawing this character from the popular television series is a snap if you follow the free tutorial below -- it's a simple lesson that shows you how to do the drawing, sketching, and coloring of this guy. This one-eye villain may be bad, but he's so fun to draw! Give it a try and see how easy it is.

How To: Do easy arts and crafts with kids

In this instructional video clip series, our expert will show you how to make many types of simple crafts with your children using easy to find materials. Show you child how to make simple Christmas and holiday crafts, projects using simple materials like clothes hangers and clay, dinosaur projects and much more!

How To: Perform office magic tricks

In this expert video series, learn simple magic tricks to do at work. Greg Trevors will show you simple supply closet items that can mysteriously transform into magical objects. He will teach you a simple magic show routine, and various magic tricks using pens, rubber bands, paper clips, and coins. So, don't waste time at the office anymore; discover your inner magician today!

How To: Repair a bad paint spot on your automobile

Performing spot repair on an automobile can be a complicated business for the non-expert, but this video describes all the steps necessary to accomplish it including pre-polishing, wetstanding, all the way through to the final polishing. Take a look at this simple guide on paint spot repair for vehicles and see how they manage to repair the paint on this Cavalier using 3M products and more.

How To: Make an origami jumping frog

Grow your paper menagerie as well and your knowledge of origami. This video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step overview of how to make a simple jumping paper frog toy using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For more information, and to get started making your own paper jumping frog, watch this arts-and-crafts guide.

How To: Fold a simple origami dragon

Round out your paper menagerie with a fire-breathing behemoth. Make an easy, elegant paper dragon toy using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions on how to make your own dragons from folded paper. For more information, and to get started making paper dragons yourself, take a look!