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How to blow bubbles from blank CDs

The CD bubble trick. So simple, fun, and clever. Learn how to blow a bubble from a blank cd.

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How to create a string figure Jacob's Ladder

Who would have thought String Figure Art & hard rock would mix? Our Italian instructor Gadan is a String Figure enthusiast who also happens to be a hard rock music fan. Enjoy Alice Cooper as you learn how ...

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How to recycle an old light bulb into a ship in a bottle

Try this impossible bottle puzzle. You gotta hand it to Metacafe's Marek080580 for making an incredibly cool & simple version of one of the world's most seemingly complex crafts: the legendary ship in a ...

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How To 360 Flip on a Tech Deck

A flip is any skateboard trick that has the board flip 360 ° (degrees) in the air. The plain 360° flip is a basic maneuver for many other ...more

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How To 360 Shove It on a Tech Deck

This is how to simply do a 360 shove-it on a tech deck. Place your ring finger half off of the tail, your middle finger half hanging off the ...more

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How To Become a Fan of "Doctor Who"

Doctor Who is a sci-fi phenomenon that has spanned decades. How can you really become a fan? Or at least figure out what your boyfriend is ...more

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How To Become a Film Buff

This guide will help you introduce yourself to the vast and ever changing world of cinema, and provide you with tips to becoming an expert ...more

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How To Blunt on a Tech Deck

Having trouble doing vert tricks on a finger board? This is a fun and cool trick to perform. Place your fingers in Ollie position. go up a ...more

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How To Camouflage an Ammo Box

Do you enjoy geocaching ? Are you to the point where you'd like to hide your own caches, but you think the ammo cans in the army surplus ...more

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How To Care for Your Slinky

Maybe your slinky is covered with dust, it's tired of sitting on a shelf without a house, or it's just plain bored! If you want to please ...more

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How To Carve Wooden Guns

Carving with power tools can be a fun way to spend an afternoon, and if you have a kid who is into the video war games and role playing, a ...more

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How To Casper on a Finger Board

If you've been wondering how to Casper well, this article may help. Please follow the steps carefully. Get into kick flip position. Practice ...more

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How To Choose a Teddy Bear

Do you have parents that will not allow you to have a pet? Here's a solution that will please everyone. Choose a Teddy Bear as your very own ...more

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How To Coin Stack a Penny Bridge

Coin stacking can be a fun hobby for everyone. Break open the penny jar and make your coin stacking masterpiece! There's not much you can ...more

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How To Construct a Tank out of LEGO Bricks

Sometimes life can get boring. Sometimes you have lots of LEGO® bricks laying around. If you meet any of this criteria, building a tank me ...more

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How To Create a Home for Your Pet Rock

Now that you have chosen your pet rock, it is time to take it home with you, and find a special area for the pet. After all, the pet needs a ...more

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How To Create a Travel House for Your Pet Rock

Do you and your pet rock go absolutely everywhere together? Here's how to build them a home away from home, and be able to transport it ...more

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How To Drive an RC Tank

Driving RC (remote controlled) vehicles is a hobby activity that is becoming more popular as these grown up toys become more affordable and ...more

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How To Enjoy Your iFish

iFish are very colorful and have cool tunes that are pre-installed. In addition, you can plug a portable music player into an iFish, and ...more

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How To Find a Hobby

Having a hobby helps to make you a more interesting person and gives you something fascinating to talk about with others. It can also help ...more

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How To Give a Barbie a Makeover

Barbie is a beloved doll loved around the world both by adults and children. After some time however, Barbie may lose the beauty she was ...more

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How To Make a Box Styled Gimp

Gimp , also called boondoggle, or lanyard, is a plastic lacing used to make bracelets , keychains, pullies and even bookmarks! This article ...more

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How To Make a Good Toy Train Set

Whether it's your dream to become an engineer or you're just playing around, toy train sets are fun for children and intriguing for the big ...more

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How To Make a Hand Catch With String

The Art of String Figures is found in many cultures of the world. In Hawaii it is known as Hei. String figures are really fun to make! Long ...more

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How To Make a LEGO Dog

This article will help you make a cute LEGO dog just by following these easy steps! Gather your materials. You need blocks of a dog-like ...more

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How To Make a Message in a Bottle

A message in a bottle can be a fun craft. It is also a great boredom buster. If you'd like to know how to make one of these fun little ...more

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How To Make a Rubber Band Ball

A rubber band ball is really fun to make and a great stress reliever. What's nice is that you can put it together bit by bit when you have ...more

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How To Make a Teddy Bear Your Best Friend

Do you want a pet? Will your parents not let you have one? This article tells you how to have a pet without making your parents mad. Start ...more

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How To Make a Thaumatrope

Before cartoons and claymation and CGI made their debuts, motion pictures were often enjoyed with simple toys like the thaumatrope . You can ...more

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How To Make Jacob's Ladder out of String

If you never learned to make a Jacob's Ladder string figure as a kid, it's not too late! Unlike cat's cradle , which requires two people ...more

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How To Make Teddy Bears Clothes

So you have this adorable teddy bear right? He needs something hmmm. Oh that's right - clothes! Build a Bear , or Teddy Workshop clothes are ...more

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How To Make the Cup and Saucer With String

Making string figures is a pastime that people throughout the world have enjoyed for untold thousands of years. String figures are an ...more

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How To Make Three Dimensional Shapes With Magnetix

Have a lot of Magnetix lying around and don't know of anything to make? Here are some ideas! Use these simply as guidelines--there is no ...more

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How To Make Your Own Bionicle Creation

Building Bionicle sets using instructions can be a fun hobby. But creating your own Bionicle MOC (My Own Creation) rather than following the ...more

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How To Nollie on a Tech Deck

Once you have learned to Ollie, you really need to learn to Nollie! Please continue reading for some suggestions on this topic. Put your ...more

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How To Organize Your DVDs

Short on space or tired of those DVD cases scattered all over your living room floor? Fit up to 960 DVD's on one small shelf. Impossible ...more

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How To Play With DRex

D-Rex is a remote control dinosaur toy made by Mattel. D-Rex is marketed with the tagline of "Master or Prey?: Can you tame him?" because ...more

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How To Refurbish a Teddy Bear

After being subjected to years of relentless hugging, squishing and being dragged through the dirt, your teddy bear will harbour grime that ...more

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How To Sort and Store LEGO Toys

Building and playing with LEGO® toys is fun and educational until it comes to putting them away for the day. Then it's just a chore . How ...more

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How To Take Care of Your Stuffed Animal

Stuffed animals are timeless classics for little children, even for older children. Although they are so cute, they get neglected at times ...more

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How To Tighten Your Wheels and Trucks on a Tech Deck

After an hour or of using a Tech-Deck, the trucks (axles) of the ...more

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New Super Hybrid Kicks Tesla Motors' Butt

Capstone's CMT-380 stealth looking prototype can hit 150mph, compared to Tesla's 125. Tesla better step it up. Says Engadget: "Rather than mixing batteries and a conventional engine, this whip ...

Super Robot Has Powers of Levitation

This robot hasn't levitated any humans yet (especially not pictured Days of Our Lives star Deidre Hall), but it looks like the sky may be the limit with the Robo-Air Jet System. Developed by Aaron ...

Smoke Bombs Make Beautiful Art

What is it about the infamous colored smoke bomb that is so deeply satisfying, so beautiful? Well, first there's an explosion (always fun), which then yields beautiful billowing clouds of saturated ...

$44K Street Legal Wooden SuperCar

Beautifully constructed wooden SuperCar Maniwa manufactured by Sada-Kenbi. The wooden Japanese car goes for $44,000. Wow. That's a lot for a toy. However, this baby is street legal and can go up to ...

Stomach Churning Taxidermy Fashion

Uh...yuck. Fun, but definitely yuck. Terrifying taxidermied jewelry and accessories by Reid Peppard. That's right, dead rodent cufflinks, change purses, bowties, bracelets... and a guinea pig hair ...

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C0D3R commented on New Super Hybrid Kicks Tesla Motors' Butt 8 minutes ago

Insanely cool but also insanely expensive (even when comparing it to Tesla). One clear advantage of this car is you can actually take it to the track. Once you run out of juice in Tesla (Top Gear, ... more