You never know when you’ll need glue but not have any. If you have the milk, vinegar, baking soda and a few tools, you can whip up a batch yourself.
Summer Pierre found the instructions online and decided to make this great, printable poster illustrating them.
You know, if there were more illustrated how to’s like this, [...]

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If you’re looking for something to do with your plastic milk jugs before tossing them into the recycling heap, ReplayGround has the solution with instructions for making catchers out of them. No, they’re not catchers for any particular sport - you just throw stuff and try to catch it with these.
Make catchers out of milk [...]

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Why would you need a microphone that works underwater? Maybe to see what your band sounds like when heard underwater. Or maybe to record splishy-splashy noises to soothe a baby who’s still adapting to an air environment. Or maybe you just want to freak out your goldfish. Either way, Instructables has the answer on how-to:
Underwater [...]

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The idea of the pinhole camera has been around since at least 500 BC. The basic idea is that a tiny hole in a very thin material can focus light to produce a clear image. Believe it or not, you can actually construct a pinhole camera of your own out of simple household objects like [...]

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No matter who you are or what you do, someday you’re going to have to make a cake in the shape of an unsolved Rubik’s cube.
Okay, maybe it’s not an essential life skill. But how cool is this?
As you might imagine, there are a lot of steps to it. But they’re all broken down so [...]

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Spotlight Post: The iPillow
Ever had the problem of wanting to listen to music while in bed but don’t like the inconvenience of headphones or getting tangled in cord if you fall asleep? If so then this is the Instructable for you.
The end result is a small pillow with a pair of headphones inside and a [...]

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From now on, Wednesday’s Spotlight Tips are devoted to weird but wonderful tips. How boring would life be if all tips were practical and sensible?

Spotlight Post: How to Make a Secret Hollow Book
The first step into making the hollow book is to select a book. Make sure this is a book your own, and not [...]

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