In this video, we learn how to shrink plastic with household materials. You will need: tin foil, plastic container, scissors, glove, and colored markers. To start, you will preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Then, cut a piece of the plastic out in a square shape. Next, draw whatever you want onto your piece of plastic. Make it as colorful as you would like to! When finished, put this in the oven using a glove. Make sure it's on the foil when you put it in. Then, leave it in for less than a minu...
If your little girl loves jewelry making but you're scared she's going to poke her eye out with a wire when you're not looking, sleep soundly at night by teaching her how to craft shrink plastic jewelry. Perhaps the safest and easiest forms of jewelry making, it involves only shrink plastic and a mini oven (which you would help out with).
You can make these lovely whimsical charms out of Friendly Plastic - a non toxic plastic that gets soft in hot water or when exposed to heat. You can mold and shape Friendly Plastic using tiny cookie cutters to make fun wine glass charms!
There are plenty of tricks for escaping from traditional police cuffs out there, but what about those plastic zip tie type ones? The plastic they use to make these cuffs is so thick that you can't possible cut it.
Thinking about switching over to plastic worms? This video should come in handy. Learn from professional bass fisherman Ron Colby all about using bobber stoppers when rigging plastic worms.
Learn how to cut and join plastic pushfit piping using pushfit connectors and compression fittings. While plastic piping has its drawbacks and, depending on its application, actually be carcinogenic, it is, at least, very easy to work with. For step-by-step instructions on cutting and joining plastic pushfit pipes, watch this home plumbing tutorial.
Here is the real answer to the question: Paper or plastic? Join your friendly neighbor for a fireside chat about plastic bags and how Americans consume 380 billion of them a year. If you don't need a bag, don't take one. You can use fabric bags and reuse them over and over again. You can also reuse plastic bags for trash can liners, doggy bags, etc.
Photoshop is a great computer software program designed to help people manipulate images and text. Learn a few easy steps for creating plastic text from a Photoshop expert in this free graphic design video series.
Tired of plastic shopping bags everywhere? This instructional video shows a simple, practical, project you can do at home. All you need is a pastic bottle. Tidy up your kitchen from the clutter of plastic bags by making this handy plastic bag dispenser.
Kipkay from Make Magazine shows us how to create a photographic illusion, making things look smaller than they really are with tilt-shift photography. Materials needed include rubber plunger, an oversized lens, a plastic body cap, a single lens (or digital single lens) camera, a hot glue gun, a sanding file, and a disposable object for a plastic backing, such as a VHS tape case. With this great tutorial and a little work, create the illusion of a miniaturized world with this photographic tech...
The coolest way to do a shot? Drink it from a glass made of ice. Learn how to make a shot glass out of ice.
Many Americans save all of the plastic bags that they take home from stores. They get used sometimes, but mostly they just accumulate in some corner of the kitchen until there are so many that you are FORCED to throw some away. If you have this problem, watch this video to learn how to fold plastic shopping bags in on themselves into a tiny package that takes up less room and is easier to grab than a balled-up bag.
How to build a high tunnel to protect your plants
With only a few simple steps, you could be on your way to making an eco-friendly and fashionable tote!
Trying to neatly store your plastic ware can be a chore. Watch this video tutorial for tips on how to get your plastic containers and lids organized.
Cristen Andrews of CRAFTzine shares with us her plastic bag crafts and shows us how to get started with crocheting plastic bags.
Learn how to apply make up in order to remove a bump and straighten out an un-even nose. Plastic surgery without the surgery.
Got thin hair but aren't quite ready to get a hair transplant? Then watch this how to video as our host shows you how to use certain products to camouflage your thinning hair. These tips are also useful after a hair transplant surgery.
This is a creative idea for a great light effect for any video project. If you're a cinematographer and are open to knew and creative ideas (and cheap!), then this colorful, moving lighting effect is perfect for your film. You'll need three plastic cups, a 5/16-inch metal rod about 2-feet long, gaffers tape, packaging tape, drill and a light. You can get the plastic cups from the dollar store, which won't cost you more than three bucks! They need to be translucent and have the colors you want...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a lampshade out of plastic cups. First, you will need to purchase clear plastic cups and use a stapler and tape. To start, lay your cups on the ground with the bottoms facing up. Now, take your tape and tape the cups together two at a time, then connect all the cups in a circle. Next, use your stapler to staple the cups together, going two at a time. Start adding more cups around the circle of original cups using the stapler. After you get to two cups wi...
This video demonstrates how dragon sushi rolls are made. Rice is pressed onto a rectangular sushi wrapper. The wrapper is then turned upside down, and fillings are spread onto the other side of the wrapper. The roll is wrapped so that the rice is on the outside. Pieces of seafood are placed on top of the roll and it is garnished with flat strips of vegetable. The roll is covered with plastic wrap and then pressed into place. With the plastic wrap still on, it is sliced into pieces and pressed...
HOW TO OPERATE ON YOUR MATES! Vive Cool City brings you this fun tutorial video. Warning: Do not try this at home unless you know what you are doing. These Australians are truly reckless dare devils.
A few simple adjustments can turn a boring old plastic fork into a terrific iPod stand. Give your hards a break and watch videos on your iPod using this iPod stand. You'll be glad you kept those plastic forks laying around!
Medieval knights did not have access to plastic, but modern reenactors certainly do! This tutorial shows you how to take a food-grade plastic barrel (at least a quarter inch thick) and turn it into a set of medieval style armor!
The best way to recycle is to reuse trash items as new, useful ones in your own home. If you enjoy gardening, watch this video to learn how to turn an old plastic milk or juice bottle into a cute plastic watering can for your plants.
Recycle plastic bags! Watch this video to learn from Threadbanger how you can turn those wasteful and polluting plastic bags into something useful. Upcycle them into a laptop case. It's convenient and something you'll always have a need for. So why not? Watch this video and you can see how to turn this toxic product into something beautiful and utilitarian.
This video by KlairedelysArt demonstrates to us how to create a Hello Kitty nail paint design. She does this design by first painting it on plastic using any household plastic bag. She clearly explains all of the supplies needed and the demonstration on how to paint the actual Hello Kitty logo is very thorough. All she uses to make this happen is a plastic bag, white nail varnish, black and fuchsia nail art pens, and clear nail varnish. She paints the Hello Kitty logo onto the bag, lets it dr...
Make sure your winter wardrobe survives the summer by putting it away properly. Learn how to store your winter clothes.
What can you make from an empty CD holder? Check out this how-to video to make something amazing from those old plastic crappers... see how to recycle a plastic CD spindle into various uses. With this disc box, you can make a flashlight or torch, a food container, a string, yarn, or wire holder, and a tissue box.
This video segment will show you how to cut plastic sheet. It will also show you the cutting option you have, should you choose to have TAP Plastics cut it for you.
This video segment will show you how to build a plastic line bender using BriskHeat Strip Heater, so that you can bend plastic at home.
To make mosquito netting, using a plastic bag, you will need the following: a butane torch or a campfire, a lathe, thumbtacks, and a plastic bags.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a Deadpool sword. To do this, you will need: a marker, scissors, hard plastic, cardboard, silver spray paint, duct tape, saw, electrical tape, sandpaper, and hot glue gun. First, cut the plastic into three thin knife shapes. Then, use sandpaper to smooth edges. Then, use the cardboard to create three layers of a rectangle. Make the corners round and then tape around them with duct tape. Put a hole in the middle and then put it into the plastic. Now, glue...
Whether you admit it or not, you probably wanted to be Barbie at one point in your adolescence, whether for five years or five seconds. Clearly we know by now that she represents a one-track view of female beauty, but god was it fun dressing her up in her clip-on pink extensions and plastic stilettos.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a card levitate. To start, you will need a regular card with a piece of plastic stuck to the front of it where it cannot be seen. Cut the plastic to the exact length of the card, then use magician's wax to stick it onto the card in the middle. Now, use your thumb on the hand you hold the card on to squeeze the plastic on the card up. This will make it look like the card is levitating into thin air, when really you are just slyly pushing the plastic on th...
Karen shows you how to mix your colors and fill your bags. This example uses red blue and black. Begin by mixing blue. Start with royal blue coloring and add it to your frosting and mix it well. Dump the colored frosting into the middle of a sheet of plastic wrap. Roll it up in the plastic wrap, twist the edges, and now you have a little pouch with your frosting. Now take a bag with a coupler, and stick the plastic pouch of frosting in it. Pull it tight and rubber band the top of the bag, the...
To fish with a plastic grub or a plastic worm, rig with a lead head so that the lure will go to the bottom and "swim" back to the boat, imitating a crayfish or a baitfish. First, cast your lure out to a likely spot like a rock or a tree or some place that looks like a good habitat for a fish. Let the bait hit bottom because bass like to watch it come down. They will swim over and inspect the lure on the bottom. You can raise your rod to lift the lure up and down or you can reel in the lure sl...
This video describes how to remove unwanted odor from plastic storage containers. The video shows three easy steps to remove odor. Firstly, thoroughly wash the plastic container as you usually would. After it dries, place a few pieces of crumpled up newsprint inside of the container and close the lid. Leave the newsprint in the container for a couple of days before removing the paper. After you remove the paper, simply wash the container again and the odor should be gone. A viewer would benef...
The biceps tendon attaches the biceps muscle to the radius. Learn how to diagnose and treat a biceps tendon tear in this medical how-to video. Usually the area is painful, swollen and bruised.
While single pendulums can seem orderly, a double pendulum can be extremely chaotic. This tutorial shows you how to build your own double pendulum out of polycarbonate plastic, skateboard bearings and a few various pieces of hardware. Then follow the tutorial to get your own crazy chaotic double pendulum.
