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How To: Make a mini milkshake for a doll & dollhouse
This short video explains how to create a mini milkshake for a doll. Using Elmer's Probond Stainable Wood Filler is preferable because it happens to already be the right color, although using this brand is not absolutely required-any wood filler would do. You can find this at a hardware store. If tiny cups are not at your disposal, don't worry! Our presenter shows us how to use a bead cap in the tiny cup's place. Fill the bead cap with the wood filler, and then using a tiny spoon that can be ...
How To: Make a diet Coke and Mentos rocket
Do you want to make a diet Coke and Mentos Rocket? Well, first of all you have to buy a 2 litter bottle of Diet Coke and some Mentos. Then, go outside, because you don't want do it indoors, believe me. Wrap the paper cover off the Mentos, but leave the foil wrapper on and put the roll into the bottle. After this, you'll have to close the bottle and shake it. In the next step you'll have to open slowly the cap bottle until it starts fizzing. Throw it down with power and be sure there's no one ...
How To: Easily make a rocket out of trash
Hacker Daily teaches you to how to make a rocket "outta trash". They take a bunch of everyday materials (paper towel roll, body spray cap, paper cup glue gun, scrap cardboard and a model rocket engine) and create a rocket, by first cutting cross hairs in the bottom of the cup and gluing the rocket engine inside. The video than tells you to insert the paper towel roll trough the bottom of the cup. Than they tell us to glue the body spray cup on top of the "rocket". After adding fins the rocket...
How To: Make mini Jello for a dollhouse
This video shows you how to make a miniature Jell-O mold, for display in a dollhouse. In advance, you will need to make a Jell-O mold out of polymer clay. You will need to shape it into a conventional form for Jell-O molds.
How To: Make flubber in your home kitchen
Whenever you are bored this simple recipe can be used to create a quick and fun science experiment that all ages enjoy! The ingredients you need are a box of borax or cornstarch, a couple glasses of hot water, and glue. Also bowls and food coloring for mixing and added color. The first step is to take one cup of hot water and pour it into a bowl. After you pour the water into the bowl you must add two tablespoons of Borax. Then stir these ingredients until they dissolve. Next add in another c...
How To: Use a micrometer
This is a Hobbies and Toys video tutorial where you will learn how to use a Micrometer. Micrometers are precision measuring tools and they can be calibrated in inches or in metric system. There are also digital micrometers available where the reading switches back and forth. Generally they are right handed. The micrometer shown in the video is calibrated in inch. Each division is one thousandth of an inch. A whole rotation of the knob is 25,000 and one division is seen on the bell. Two rotati...
How To: Make a mini cinnamon roll for a doll & a dollhouse
Mix cinnamon brown chalk powder and clear polymer clay and roll it out flat. Paint some more powder on the flat clay. You need quite a lot of powder to create brown rings later. Roll up the flat clay into a sausage shape. Cut slices of the long sausage and lay them on a wooden tray. Blunt the edges with your finger. Put some white chalk into a blob of thick varnish to make icing. Drizzle the icing on the top of the cinnamon rolls. You can add yellow chalk to make it look dark and cooked befor...
How To: Make non-toxic play dough
This video shows how you can make non-toxic play dough at home. The ingredients that you will need are flour, water, oil, cream of tartar, salt, food coloring, and peppermint essence oil if you want a scent. Put in a medium sauce pan 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of warm water, 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, and 1/4 of a cup of salt. Turn on the stove to medium heat. Stir ingredients and you can add food coloring now or wait later and make separate colors. Remove when it...
How To: Make your own non-toxic surface scrub
It is of course, non-toxic, and usable on just about anything, from counter tops to pots and pans. To make the basic scrub, you simply need baking soda, as well as essential oil for scent. The advantage of this is that there are a variety of different essential oils out there--if you're tired of the typical commercial cleaner smells, you can make your cleaning scrub smell just about any way you want. To make a more powerful scrub, you can add Borax to the baking soda mixture. The result is a ...
How To: Know the basics of building a kite
The video is about the basics of building a kite. The wind takes up the kite up. The first is a slate kite. A stable kite capable of flying in very light winds. The wind lifts the kite. The lift acts against the gravity. The tension on the string resists the drag by the wind. To construct such a kite, you need a plastic bag, scissors, some string, sticks. The dimensions are important. It need 45 cms length and 50 cms width in a specific dimension. The all project can be found in website hilar...
How To: Make play dough from scratch
This video demonstrates how to make your own play dough with simple ingredients – flour, salt, cream of tartar, cooking oil, water, and a few drops of food coloring.
How To: Make playdough and salty clay for kids
Anne, The Making Things Girl, demonstrates how to make play dough. Play dough is almost like clay in that you can bake it so it hardens. Then you can decorate it with things like paint, glitter and rhinestones. To make play dough you will need 2 parts flour, 1 part household salt and 1 part water with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Mix the ingredients in a mixing machine for one minute. Next, work and knead the dough in a bowl and then on the counter. Knead the dough for a while because it makes...
How To: Easily make homemade playdough for kids
In the video 8-year-old Emma makes the play dough. The ingredients needed for the play dough are flour, water, salt, oil, cream of tartar, and some food coloring to give it the color.
How To: Make a simple baby toy
NiftyButton teaches you how to make a simple baby toy. You dig out an old pair of brightly colored stockings and snip off one leg. You want to have a section of about 15 inches. You then stuff this with crumpled paper. Take the open end and make a tight knot. Cut and tie ribbons into knots. Place each ribbon between two pieces of paper. You can also add eyes to the small toy by adding buttons or simply using a marker to draw the eyes on the part that should be the head. Finally, give the toy ...
How To: Make a homemade kite
Learn how to make a homemade kite with this video. To do this you will need a regular plastic bag, some plastic straws, string and scissors. Begin by using the scissors to cut the bag in half, around the edges. Once you have this, make a rhombus shape out of it. You will need five straws and tape. Use one straw for the top and two straws on each side. Make sure that these two sides are the same side. Add clear or regular tape to stick the straws to the plastic bag. Lastly, tie the string at t...
How To: Make your own model airplane
On YouTube-irDescent you find a simple way to make your own model of a gliding airplane. The instructor begins by giving some information on how birds inspired the inventing of airplanes. Some clips of flying birds are shown. She also explains all of the general parts of the airplane model and their purpose. After the short introduction, she talks you though making the airplane model from scratch. She begins by making the fuselage of the plane. Then she makes the wings which must be equal in ...
How To: Make homemade playdough for kids
To make homemade play dough you first need to mix all of you ingredients together in a pan staring with two cups of flour and two cups of warm water. Next you add about one cup of salt, two table spoons of vegetable oil, and one table spoon of cream of tartar. After that you stir it until it looks like pancake mix. Now you need to continue to stir it while you cook it over low heat. It should start to stick together and form play dough like masses. You will know the play dough is done when it...
How To: Build a plastic model airplane
The video deals with a clear step by step process of making a plastic airplane. He asked us to select the model of the airplane we are going to make first. He has selected the North American F86A SABRE model in this demo.
How To: Make popsicle stick fences
If you've got a tiny farm, you're going to need some tiny fences. Don't shell out your whole allowance for a fancy store bought fence set. Instead make your own fences out of popsicle sticks. This video tutorial demonstrates how to create stalls and stables so your miniature farm animals won't escape.
How To: Tell if your RC engine is tuned
Learn how to tune a nitro engine for a remote control toy with this video tutorial from Squirrelrod. This particular tutorial focuses on tuning by glow plugs, which sits at the top of the piston. Squirrel explains the various parts and equipment necessary as well as each step in the tuning process. If you're having engine trouble with your remote control toy, this video tutorial shows you how to troubleshoot the problem through the glow plugs. This video will show you how to tune your RC engine.
How To: Do a cute easy hairstyle on your American Girl
Steps on how to do a cute easy hairstyle on your American girl. You need: - a brush - three small hair clips Steps: 1. Brush the doll's hair to smoothen and soften it. 2. Take a little hair section on the front. 3 Take the same amount of hair on the other side. 4. Bring the two hair sections that you are holding to the middle of the back of her head. 5. Get a clip to clip the hair. 6. Take another hair section from above her ear on both sides. 7. Bring the hair to the middle of the back of he...
How To: Measure polymer clay to make miniature donuts
Garden of imagination show you how to make all your donut beads the same size without a clay measurer. Roll out your clay to desired thickness. Use any shape cutter and cut out the desired number of beads. Using your fingers, roll the cut-outs into balls. Press the balls to flatten slightly. Use the end of a thin paint-brush or similar object to puncture a hole in the middle of the bead.
How To: Make a miniature pumpkin pie out of polymer clay
Have you ever wanted to create a miniature pumpkin pie model out of polymer clay without the hassle of complicated crafts books or manuals? Have you tried making miniature clay models in the past and have had them disintegrate when drying the clay? This video will tell you step by step, how to create a miniature pumpkin pie out of polymer clay using a bottle cap, a fork, a small flashlight and a pen. This is a fun project for the family, and won't disappoint.
How To: Make a perpetual spinner
This video teaches the secret of making a cool perpetual spinner with a few little things and science. You will need: white paper, scissors, pen, pencil with eraser on its back, bell pin and a suitable cap. Draw a spiral shape on a plain sheet of white paper using a pen. Now cut out the drawn spiral with a scissor carefully. Punch the bell pin on the tail of a pencil. Stick a small cap (which suits the center of the spiral) to the center of the spiral as shown. Now stick the pencil on a table...
How To: Make sparks with steel wool, wire, and a battery
Learn how to make sparks with steel wool wire and a battery in simple steps. You will need thin steel wool, string wire, a battery with two terminals on top and scissors . First measure a meter of string wire and cut it out using the scissors. Now wrap the string wire around the steel wool exactly in the middle. Rub the battery terminals on the wool to check whether it sparks. Now get outside in a safe place and ignite the steel wool by rubbing the battery. Spin the steel wool by holding the ...
How To: Build hot air balloon out of a garbage bag
This is a simple and easy tutorial, and anybody can build a hot air balloon out of a garbage bag by following the instructions in it. All one needs is a garbage bag, some stiff industrial wire and fire starter bars. The important thing, according to the author, is to judge how many fire starter bars will be required to make the balloon rise without melting its plastic body. First, two long wires are twisted together in the middle to make an 'X'. A smaller wire is twisted onto the middle of th...
How To: Do a double decker ponytail on your American Girl doll
Follow this video to learn how to do an innovative and cute hairstyle to your American Girl doll. The first thing you have to do is to brush the doll's hair well. Then split the hair in two parts by parting it. Tie the upper part in a ponytail using a hair band. Afterwards tie the lower part into another ponytail using another hair band. Make sure to brush the hair well each time. Spread out the upper ponytail in a way that it almost hides beneath it the lower ponytail. You will have made a d...
How To: Fix Your American Girl Doll's Loose Neck
Learn to fix your American doll's loose neck in simple steps from this video. First, find and take your doll, which has a loose neck. Now untie the neckstring on the back of the doll. Pull the string from both ends so that the neck of the doll becomes tightly fixed and does not loosen anymore. When done retie the neck strings back and make sure the doll's neck is fixed.
How To: Do an uneven 3 strand braid on your American Girl doll
Follow this video to learn how to make an innovative hair style for your American Girl doll. Brush the doll's hair neatly. Then pick up some of her hair on one side and tie with a hair band at the top corner of her head. You will have made sort of a little ponytail at the side. After doing so make a braid out of that small pony tail. You will have a cute and different look for your doll's hair in little time.
How To: Do a basic braid on your American Girl doll
This quick video will show you how to do a basic braid on your American Girl doll. Follow these easy steps to do a basic braid for your American Girl doll: Put the hair into a ponytail and split into three sections. Take the outside section and put it over the middle section, then take the other outside section and put it over the middle section. Repeat this till you get close to the bottom of the hair. Put in a rubber a rubber band and you are all done!
How To: Build an upside down bookcase
Follow these tips and learn to make an upside down bookcase. -Get all your games and books out, measure them to a piece of Velcro.
How To: Make flubber at home
Why pay for slime when you can easily make it in your own kitchen? It stretches, bounces, molds, breaks, and gives kids hours of fun. This instructional video demonstrates just how easy it is to make flubber at home. Just follow the illustrated directions and you'll be having slime-related fun in no time.
How To: Waterproof a remote-control car
So you want to waterproof an RC vehicle, eh? I like the way you think. In this four-part video, you'll learn everything you'll need to know to transform your remote-control car into a submarine car. The first video in the series demonstrates how to waterproof a servo, the next how to waterproof a speed controller and the third demonstrates how to waterproof your receiver. The fourth, and final, clip from the series demonstrates a waterproof RC car in action.
How To: Break in the brushed motor of an RC car
It's simple: if you've got a brushed motor, you'll want to break it in under controlled circumstances before taking it out into the world. Why break in your engine? The main idea of breaking in your engine is to wear down your engine's brush so as to maximize surface contact with the commutator, reducing resistance (and therefore waste energy) and thereby increasing power. For detailed instructions on breaking in your remote control vehicle's engine, watch this RC hobbyest how-to.
How To: Add mask and fade detail to the shell of a toy car
Sure, your RC car runs like a champ but does it look the part? With a little bit of customization, it can. In this hobbyist how-to, you'll learn how to add mask and fade detail to an RC shell.
How To: Make miniature raviolli out of polymer clay
This video shows how to make a very realistic looking bowl of ravioli out of polymer clay, to be used in a doll house. She starts with flesh tone clay and uses a piece of plastic needlepoint to press the pattern of square ravioli into the clay. She trims off the edges and then cuts out the tiny ravioli. She uses the fluted edge of a toothpaste tube to imprint the edges of the ravioli. She uses a mixture of liquid polymer clay and red and brown pastel chalk to make the sauce. She puts the ravi...
How To: Whistle with 4 fingers
In this video the instructor shows how to whistle using four fingers. The first thing he shows is how to make a V formation using the index finger and middle finger of both your hands. Now he shows how to place them on your tongue by folding the tongue back words. He shows how to seal around all the cracks in the mouth and says that the air should be let out only through the center opening. He finally blows a whistle using the method shown. This video demonstrates how to whistle using four fi...
How To: Make a talking robot mask using an iPhone
This video describes how to make a talking robot mask using iPhone. For that you need Reading scale, Cutter scissor, Box to fix into head, Cutter Knife, Screw Driver, Glue, Cello tape, Aluminum Foil, Pen, 2 Bottle caps, used paper and an iPhone with mouth analysis software. First take together, now take that Box and have to two parts for make it convenient to wear into head by sticking both using Cello tape, now we have to make the mouth with size of "50mm by 75mm" which will fit with iPhone’...
How To: Tune a nitro engine
Tuning a nitro engine can be dangerous work if you don't the necessary precautions. The first and most important precaution is to educate yourself. You want to make sure that the engine doesn't heat up or cool down too much, you want it at it's normal operating temperature. Follow the detailed instructions in this video too see the rest. This video will show the proper, safe way to tune your nitro engine.
How To: Make fairy wings
Feel like getting crafty? In this 8-part video tutorial, learn how to create the perfect pair of mini fairy wings, approximately 6 inches wide. Also included within these videos is how to make realistic-looking bat and dragon wings. To complete this project, you will need cellophane, plastic coated wire, acrylic paints, polyester glitter, and a glue gun. Add these wings to a doll or a wall craft for the perfect mystical embellishment!