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How to Knit a Rug Out of T-Shirts

Instead of throwing out old T-shirts you no longer wear, turn them into yarn to knit them into a rug. Make a small mat to lay in front of your kitchen sink or a large rug that covers your entire floor. T-shirt rugs are ideal projects for beginning knitters since they use large needles and require on

How to Paint Faces on Figures

Painting a figure or figurine is difficult enough as they are usually small in stature and painting the face on the figure is certainly the most laborious part. The face is also the most important part as it displays the personality and emotion of the figurine. The face requires detail with both col

How to Make Metal Jewelry Chains

Express your creativity by making your own metal chains for necklace and bracelet strands. Rather than purchasing ready-made chains based on another designer's vision, join jump rings together to make a metal jewelry chain to fit your style. Jump rings are available in a wide variety of sizes, color

How to Sew a Blanket Stitch on Fleece

In order to finish a fleece blanket, you could cut fringe and knot the ends. This creates a look more suited to a throw than a blanket. A simple way to solve this issue is to finish the blanket by sewing a blanket stitch on the edges of its fleece fabric. When you sew a blanket stitch on fleece you

Pinball Flipper Troubleshooting

Everybody loves the classic pinball games. If you are lucky enough to own one of these amazing machines, you want to learn how the insides work in order to keep your pinball machine healthy. The flippers are the levers that drive the ball around the game board and keep it in action. If the flippers

Beech Branch Crafts

Beechwood, also known as Fagus grandifolia, is a high-density reddish wood with a smooth, whitish-gray outer bark. The beech tree is native to North America and can grow to more than 60 feet tall. Beechwood is often shaped into flooring, railroad ties, household baskets, furniture, door knobs and je

Mousetrap Racer Instructions

Mousetraps are useful for more than pest control. The powerful spring in a mousetrap is designed to kill rodents. But it can also be used as a power source for a small race car. Designing a mousetrap racer can teach children about inertia and kinetic energy while giving them a fun craft to take up t

Diorama Techniques

Handmade scene of four men carrying a wrapped corpse on a stretcherminiaturen image by Karsten Fischbach from Fotolia.comCreating a diorama puts a world on display. From school projects to museum exhibits, building realistic settings, scenery, figures and details bring the diorama's...

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How to Make a Constellation Project

Ancient peoples looked up into the night sky and saw pictures in the stars. They used the constellations to navigate and the star patterns helped them find the correct navigational stars. Astronomers identify 88 different constellations found in eight different star families, according to Students f

Video: How to Knit Ears to Sew on a Hat

Video Transcript Hi. I'm Anna from WildYarns.com in Denver, Colorado. And I'm going to teach you how to knit ears for your hat. To knit ears to sew on to a hat, first cast on twelve stitches. Make sure you leave a tail that is six to eight long so you can sew it on afterwards. Knit two...

Friendship Ribbon Crafts

Make a ribbon gift for a friend and let her know how much you care. Ribbon crafts need not be complicated and are usually inexpensive to make. Ribbons are available in a huge range of colors, materials and patterns so you can easily find one in a shade and design to match your friend's taste.

How to Become a Poms Dancer

Many junior high schools and high schools have poms dance teams that perform during home football, soccer and basketball games and compete in dancing competitions. While still considered a spirit squad, a poms team excels in dancing, rather than the standard “rah, rah” cheers of the chee

How to Repair a Jansport Backpack

If your Jansport backpack has seen better days, but you are reluctant to let it go, you can try and repair it yourself. Whether the problem is a simple tear on the side or a huge split down the middle, most issues can be solved with just a needle and thread. Be forewarned, however: a backpack that h

How to Make Your Own Animated Mobile Screensavers

If you want to spice up your mobile phone but don't have any programming or design experience, you can still do it. Red Dodo, Zedge and the UnLocker are a few of the many free, online sites that help you make your own animated mobile screensavers. Each site has different animations, pictures and fon

How to Make a Balloon Lightsaber

Light sabers are the melee weapons of choice of the Jedi and Sith characters in the iconic "Star Wars" movies. The weapons feature a light-emitting beam of energy that has powerful cutting abilities. You can construct a safer, less technologically advanced version of light saber using a long balloon

Video: How to Do Speed Painting With Chocolate

Video Transcript Hey guys. My name is Gene, and I'm a graphic designer and I'm an illustrator. I've been working in the field for about the last fifteen years. And one thing I've never ever done is painted with chocolate for a client. Sometimes I paint with chocolate for fun because...

Animal Art Project Ideas for Toddlers

If you are a babysitter or a daycare provider, keeping craft projects for toddlers on hand is always a good idea. Since young children see animals in so many books, animal art projects allow them to work toward a result with which they will be familiar. You can even start your own zoo for the animal

How to Find Native American or Slave Ancestry From Records

The task of finding family roots is formidable for Native Americans and African-Americans. Although it involves a fervent search for family and historical identity, many of the resources readily available to other ethnic groups just don't exist for them. While difficult, finding slave or Native Amer