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Does your Russian friend, fiance or relative have birthday?! As anywhere in the world, birthday in Russia is widely celebrated. Are you thinking of doing anything special for your Russian friend?...

To make a Hawaiian lei for boys, use a large tea leaf as the base of the lei, tie flowers to it using soft yarn, and loop the leaves between each flower. Create a beautiful lei for boys with a...

A double lei uses twice as many flowers as a traditional lei, and each flower is threaded in a different direction. Create a full, beautiful double lei with a demonstration from a Hawaiian...

A silk lei is made up of silk flowers instead of fresh flowers, which allows them to last much longer. Thread silk flowers into a lei with a demonstration from a Hawaiian entertainment director in...

Making candy leis can be done by laying out a long sheet of cellophane, laying out a row of candy, wrapping the row in the cellophane and tying ribbon between each piece of candy. Create an edible...

To make a penny lei, lay out a long piece of cellophane, place small piles of pennies in a row across it, fold the cellophane over the pennies, and tie ribbon between each set of pennies. Make an...

When making a carnation flower lei, break off the hard part of the stem, pull the needle through the center of the flower, and tuck the stem into the previous flower. Continue threading carnations...

Making a feather lei involves sewing individual feathers onto a piece of velvet ribbon, which can be worn as a head piece or a head band. Create a feather lei with a demonstration from a Hawaiian...

Making a flower lei can be done using any type of blossom, string, dental floss or raffia, and a very long needle. See how to thread blossoms onto the string with a demonstration from a Hawaiian...

Learn Chinese horizontal hook character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese vertical hook character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese bend hook character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese dot and tiny dash character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese horizontal rightward character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese vertical downward character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese left-falling character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese right-falling character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese rising character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese break character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese hook character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese bend character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese horizontal break character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese horizontal break hook character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese vertical break character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn Chinese character strokes with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "health" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "tea" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Find out how to use the Chinese radical of grass to make simple symbols with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese...

Learn the Chinese symbols for "celery" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "banana" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "come around" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "example" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "alone" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "apple" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "jasmine" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "bitter" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "strict" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "as if" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "flourish" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "seeding" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "hero" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "only" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "official" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and...

Learn the Chinese symbols for "battle" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for "generation" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and...

Learn the Chinese symbols for "pay out" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and...

Learn the Chinese symbols for "immortal" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and...

Learn the Chinese symbols for "appearance" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and...

Learn the Chinese symbols for "plural mark" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters with a radical of person from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and...

Learn the Chinese symbols for "hang upside down" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.