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How to Create a Homemade Vase

By Cazembe

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Most people remember the first time they visited a friend’s or neighbor’s house and saw a beautiful vase on the dining or living room table. The vase may have been white, red, green, or blue or even clear. Either way, the vase caught their eye ... more »

How to Create a Nascar Fantasy League

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Fantasy sports are a huge industry. Some reports indicate that 10 to 20 million people over the age of 18 play some sort of fantasy sport. NASCAR racing has moved from being solely a southern pastime to a national pastime over the last decade. ... more »

How to Create a Photo Collage in Publisher

By Katie OConnor

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It seems computers have replaced almost everything these days, including regular old glue and scissors. Now you can even make a photo collage on the computer, with just Microsoft Publisher, photo editing software, and digital photos... more »

How to Create a Realm

By BrokenGirl

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To create a realm is to imagine a world that does not exist yet until you put your mind to it... Creating a Realm takes a lot of thought-out work to be done but is well worth it!.. more »

How to Create a Scripture Scrapbook

By RayLynn

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With so many people creating scrapbooks, creating a scripture scrapbook or faithbook is becoming part of it. Faithbooking is where you add scripture to your scrapbooks, whether it’s a verse here or there or an entire album. The following steps ... more »

How to Create a Simple Scrapbook Layout

By milenna

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Scrapbooking is an art. There is no right or wrong way to create scrapbook page layouts. Creativity is the key. If you are a beginner then you are probably looking for a way to craft simple scrapbook layouts that are easy to make yet appealing ... more »

How to Create a Sims 2 Big Brother House

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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If you're a fan of the Sims video game and the Big Brother television show, you may have considered combining the two together. Creating a Sims 2 Big Brother house can be a lot of fun, if you know the fundamentals. A little bit of paint, an ... more »

How to Create a Small Decoupage Keepsake Box for Jewelry

By momoftwingirls

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Making a small decoupage box for your daughter is something she will probably love when she gets older. Knowing Mommy took time to make them something will turn the box into a special keepsake. These boxes are easy to make, and you will love the ... more »

How to Create a Watercolor Mosaic

By yvonne quarles

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Everyone has done collages when they were a kid. A watercolor mosaic is similar to making a collage. Just have fun, paint freely, and the subject of your mosaic will be revealed to you... more »

How to Create an Ongoing Online Story

By lisajo1127

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If you ever thought of writing your own novel or being a writer, this is a great way to try it out. See what other people think of your stories and if you really enjoy writing... more »

How to Create Antique Effects with Varnish

By alasycia

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Although at Alas y Cia Granada we make angels and nativities, I often use the varnishing techniques used in decoupage to create antique finishes on our angel figurines. We often use the two varnish techniques to achive the antique effect of ... more »

How to create artist trading paper postcards

By smidgen

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You have heard about ATC's now there is another format of Art that is out there and it is Artist Trading Postcards! The only difference is it is a larger format. I personally find it a wonderful graduation up from ATC's to try out more complex ... more »

How to Create Flip-Flops out of Newspaper

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Make flip-flops out of newspaper for your next rainy day activity. Everyone loves flip-flops, and no child can resist wearing something he has created with his own two hands. Do this project with your child because of the complicated measurements ... more »

How to Create Flyers With Your Photos in PowerPoint

By mhougland

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If you have ever wondered how graphic designers make those cool event flyers out of photographs, you're about to learn the secret. Well, one of the secrets, that is. Almost any good picture can be turned into a flyer using PowerPoint and a little ... more »

How to Create Greeting Cards in Microsoft Word

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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You do not need to buy any special software to create your own greeting cards. Microsoft Word gives you access to many greeting card templates that you can use immediately or modify to better fit your needs. Follow these steps to create your own ... more »

How to Create Playground Equipment for a Model Train Layout

By Jane Smith

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Your model train layout is almost complete. You have roads, water features, tracks, houses, buildings and even a school. But something is missing: you need a playground. Here are some tips for making playground equipment for your model train layout... more »

How to Create Snowball Games

By martygit

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Sure, snowball fights are a blast until someone gets smacked in the face with one. Then they're over. Here are safe and fun games to play with snowballs... more »

How to Create the First Stitch in Knitting

By lisajo1127

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Knitting begins with casting on. Once you have mastered that, you can learn other stitches, and then you soon will be making scarves and sweaters for everyone you know... more »

How to Create Toy Buildings out of Mud

By Yibbie

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This is a great way to start building a toy town, where you can create buildings out of the simplest of materials--mud. The best part about it is--it's free!.. more »

How to Create your own Card Game

By BrokenGirl

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I am going to ask you which will take all of the creativity energy you may have... I am going to ask you to create a card game while I tell you the steps, so it shouldn't be too hard...... more »

How to Crochet a 10-roll Stitch

By spearpe

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Here you will learn how to crochet the special stitch: 10-roll stitch. This can be worked in other numbers as well... such as 15-roll stitch, etc... more »

How to Crochet Amigurumi

By Ursula Coffey

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"Amigurumi" means "knitted (or crocheted) doll" in Japanese. They are simply tiny, cute stuffed toys made from scraps of leftover yarn, a little polyfil stuffing, and any decorations you want to add. They are a very good ... more »

How to Crochet in the Back Loop

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Once you've mastered the basic crochet stitches, it's time to get more creative. An easy way to do this is to work your stitches in the back loop of the stitch in the previous row. This leaves a pattern of raised lines in your project... more »

How to Crossplay

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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What if adults decided to dress up any way they wanted and pretended to be whoever they wanted to be? That's exactly what cosplay (a portmanteau of costume and role play) and now crossplay (a portmanteu of cosplay and crossdressing) is all about. ... more »

How to Crush a Can With Air Pressure

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Air pressure surrounds us at all times and generally goes unnoticed. This everyday science experiment using ordinary items like an empty soda can and a bowl of water reminds us of just how powerful air pressure can be. It is powerful enough to ... more »