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How to Make a Skirt With a Tablecloth
Recycle and repurpose linens into fashionable attire. Dig through your linen closet or shop at your local secondhand stores for vintage tablecloths with bold floral or striped borders. Make an elastic-waist skirt with a tablecloth and incorporate the decorative border into the hem of the skirt. This
How to Make a Felt Santa Hat
Christmas is a seasonal time of joy and wonder. It is during this season that people come adorned with many styles of themed clothing like the Santa costume. The clothing scheme of a Santa costume follows a red and white pattern with boots, jacket and, most notably, the hat. The Santa hat consists o
How to Make Dice Out of Cardboard
Dice are a component to many games. Cardboard dice are easy to make and can be used for a game or decoration. White cardboard is ideal for making cardboard dice but any color cardboard can be painted white. The size of the template provided can be adjusted depending on the desired size of dice. A sh
How to Make a Butterfly for Preschool
When the air warms in early summer, butterflies can be found everywhere. With their brightly colored wings and fluttering flight, butterflies appeal to young children, so preschoolers particularly enjoy making butterfly crafts. Not only is crafting a pleasurable activity for children, but it also pl
How to Make Your Own 360 Mod Chip
Xbox 360 consoles are manufactured by Microsoft Corp. and play their games and movies using an internal DVD drive. Xbox 360 "mod chips" allow you to run custom code or perform back-ups of games and movies on your console. The dedicated user can use freeware software from the Internet and their compu
How to Make a Paper Fortune
Paper fortune tellers are simple origami projects popular among school children. After folding one of these fortune tellers, a participant chooses one color corner of the paper, then picks a number from the inside flap. Under this number is the participant's fortune. This is a creative craft project
Video: How to Make Arms for a Corpse Halloween Decoration
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Take the tape measure and now it is time to be doing measurements. To construct the arms, the shoulders, the torso, spinal column, pelvis, up and lower legs. Fake teeth out. Taking a piece of a 1x2 and I'm measuring ten inches. Once again two lengths at ten inches....
How to Make Lanyard Crosses
Using lanyard to make your own bracelets, necklaces and other jewelry is a great way to spend your time and make things to give away or wear yourself. Lanyard crosses can be used as a pendant for a necklace, but there are other uses as well. Here's what you do.
How to Make a Toy Pyramid
Pyramids fascinate children of all ages. The details of how ancient engineers, builders and workers designed and constructed them provide ongoing questions for debate. By reusing common materials and working with supplies from a craft store, you can create a realistic-looking toy pyramid. Get childr
Can I Make My Own Gesso?
Make your own gesso with simple, inexpensive ingredients that you can find at the store or around the house. Gesso is used as a primer or "ground" for paintings on canvas to make the canvas stiff, or on other surfaces such as wood to even them out and to keep the paint from soaking in.
Mesothelioma Legal Case: Get The Assistance You Need
Mesothelioma is one amongst the most serious forms of cancer which can be traced to a direct cause. In many of the cases, this kind of lung cancer can be traced to exposure to asbestos.
How to Decorate a Plain Mirror
Decorate a plain mirror with wire and colored glass, a mosaic or vintage rhinestone jewelry. Transform your simple mirror into a work of art that you can easily make by following these step-by-step instructions. Find most of the materials for these plain mirror decorating ideas at your local hobby s
How to Use Recycled Plastic Bottles for Do-it-Yourself Molding
There are many uses for plastic, which is why we are surrounded by it. Plastic milk and water containers, as well as soft drink bottles, can be recycled on the curbside, but they can just as easily be melted and molded into any shape you can imagine or have a mold for. Though this can be a dangerous
How to Make Salwar Pants
Salwar are a traditional type of Ottoman drawstring pants. They are extraordinarily baggy, requiring a full three yards of fabric for a single pair and boasting a nearly 100-inch waistband. The decidedly non-fitted nature of salwar makes them an excellent project for beginning sewers, as small mista
How to Make Your Own Gangster Costume
Gangsters and the mafia have over time become icons of American culture that have surpassed their actual origins. During their heyday, they dressed like anyone else, but images in movies such as "The Godfather" and on television have caused that look to be immediately associated with gangsters and t
How to Hand Knit Baby Slippers
If there is a little one on the way, or you just have no idea what to do with the leftover yarn, making hand-knitted baby slippers, or booties, is a great project. This is a good project for the beginning knitter as it is a step above scarves, yet still quick and easy. Not only can baby slippers mak
How to Make a Twin-Size Log Cabin Quilt
The Log Cabin quilt design is one of the most popular of all, and dates back to the early 19th century. The center square of each block is usually red and is said to represent the hearth of the log cabin home. The rectangular strips around the center represent the logs. The light-colored rectangles
How to Make Dried Fruit Potpourri
Potpourri infuses a home with an enjoyable aroma. Instead of purchasing potpourri at the store, you can make your own at home. Fruit allows you to customize your potpourri because you can choose your favorite fruits. Once you make your fruit potpourri, give it away to your friends and family members
Types of Fabric Printing
Fabric printing first emerged as a technique thousands of years ago in Asia and Africa. Some of the earliest samples come from China and Egypt circa 220 AD. Later, printing became popular in Europe and the Americas, where it evolved along with traditional Native American textile printing.