Hot Family How-Tos
How To: Do macro photography art
Use a scanner to make art! Watch to get some ideas. Part 1 of 2 - How to Do macro photography art.
How To: Cross a street safely at parked cars
Watch this video and learn how to teach your children to cross a street when they are standing between parked cars.
How To: Make a fun paper snake toy
This toy can walk by itself, it is very easy to make and costs you only 10 cents. Learn how to make this fun paper snake toy - a great project for kids!
How To: Create sand art
Watch Rosie O'Donnell's Crafty U web show to learn to create beautiful works of art using sand. Have fun experimenting with different colors and designs. This is a great craft project to do with your kids! Create sand art.
How To: Create greeting cards using leaves
Time to make use of your fall leaves and keep your kids busy making gift and greeting cards.
How To: Expose your kids to sun paper
Looking for a cool kids project? Expose your kids to the sun and make an impression at the same time!
How To: Decorate a clipboard
Learn how to create unique designs and decorations for your clipboard.
How To: Spend quality time with your parents
Hanging out with the folks can be fun. Really, trust us. This video gives tips on how to obtain a better relationship with your parents.
How To: Create a star out of water, pepper, and soap
This is a kids science/ magic trick. Cool trick where you can make a star in water using pepper and soap. Try this at home and have some fun experimenting with the kids. :)
How To: Make a marble spinner
Four glass marbles can make this amazing physics toy. It's like a top, or dreidel.
How To: Make a clothespin star
You can use this star as art or as a giant coaster for a hot pot. Anybody have any other ideas for uses?
How To: Make glowing blacklight bubbles
Make a bubble solution out of highlighter markers that'll let you blow bubbles that glow under blacklight.
How To: Make a scale out of pencils and CDs
Make a toy scale out of wooden pencils and CDs.
How To: Make a kids telephone
Use two tin cans and wire to make a toy telephone for a child.
How To: Make silly putty for kids
Silly Putty! Putty that is silly! You can buy it from the shops but it is ever so easy to make your own homemade putty. Resident VJ scientist Mike the gorilla shows us his technique. Make silly putty for kids.
How To: Make slime with Borax and glue
Usually our 5-Minute Projects involve soldering and LED lights and other such electronic accoutrements, but this week we decided to skip the fancy stuff in favor of an old-school science project: making rheopectic slime from Borax and glue. This is a pretty safe experiment even for kids--just make sure to do it with parental supervision and keep the Borax, slime, and any fingers that have been touching the aforementioned items out of eyes, noses and mouths.
How To: Make green slime
This video shows you the easiest way to make the squishiest yuckiest slime in the world.
How To: make a preggie belly cast
Just to prove definitively that I am in touch with my feminine side, to all the doubters, here you go.
How To: Make a paper puppet in 90 seconds
How to make a simple paper puppet for kids to enjoy.
How To: Make a bling bling dog tag necklace with kids
Watch this video to learn how to make a bling bling dog tag necklace with crystal flatbacks. This is a great project to do with kids!
How To: Make a charm bracelet with kids
Watch this video to learn how to make a charm bracelet with kids. This is a great project!
How To: Make a funky rubber necklace with kids
This is a great project to do with kids. Learn how to make a funky rubber necklace.
How To: Make an elastic bracelet with kids
Watch this video to learn how to make beaded elastic bracelets. This is a great project to do with kids!
How To: Create a beaded keychain with kids
Watch this video to learn how to a fun project with kids - a beaded keychain!
How To: Do kegel exercises for pregnant women
Watch this video to learn how to do kegel exercises for to prepare pregnant women for childbirth.
How To: Make candles with kids
Make a candle with these awesome take-away craft kits. This is a great project for adults and kids. Watch this video to learn how!
How To: Make a sand painting
Sand isn't just for building castles by the beach or shoveling around the sandbox—you can use it to make beautiful, colorful artwork too!
How To: Make a milk carton birdhouse
Here's a great reason to drink your milk: When you've emptied the carton, you can make this simple house for your feathered friends
How To: Be a house husband
Learn how to be a stay at home husband. It's not an easy job and as time moves on more and more blokes are making the move to staying at home. It is a hard job as you have to be a psychologist, doctor, nurse, mother, cook, cleaner and teacher to name a few!!!
How To: Make a friendly foam porcupine
Ever wish you could cuddle up to a cute little baby porcupine without getting hurt? Well, now you can!
How To: Make clay animals
Bored with rolling out plain old snakes? Here's a fun way to make a whole menagerie of critters with clay and poster board.
How To: Make an optical illusion ring
It's jewelry, it's an illusion, it's your very own cool creation. Here's how to make a flower ring that will bloom before your eyes.
How To: Make tissue paper flowers
You can create a bouquet of these pretty blooms from the same stuff you wrap presents with. But the best part? No watering!
How To: Dress a baby
Dressing a baby is a piece of cake—that is, after you’ve mastered a few tricks for maneuvering her head and limbs through those tiny neck and arm and leg holes.
How To: Give a baby a bottle
Whether you're feeding your baby formula or freshly pumped breast milk, holding his body and angling the bottle just so will make for a happy meal.
How To: Change a disposable diaper quickly
Dealing with wet or poopy diapers is the most thankless job of parenting—but, thankfully, disposable diapers can help you make quick work of it.
How To: Change a cloth diaper
How to change a baby's cloth diaper is demonstrated in this video.
How To: Give a baby a sponge bath
Your newborn can't have a tub bath until her belly button heals. Until then, a thorough once-over with a washcloth every two or three days will keep her plenty clean.
How To: Relieve a baby's stuffy nose
Babies under 4 months old can only breathe through their noses, so when they get congested it can be hard for them to nurse. Here are some ways to help a stuffed-up infant breathe easier.
How To: Burp a baby
Whether nursing or taking a bottle, babies tend to suck in air as they eat. Burping helps them get the bubbles out—and heads off little tummy aches at the pass.