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If you have any little ones in your life (or you're simply a grown-up kid yourself), Just Bento has has posted Maki's Top 10 Bento Rules for Back-to-School. Rules listed below, click through for full explanations. If you're inspired, explore Just Bento or another WonderHowTo ...more

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Oh, boy. A stopped-up drain. It'll inevitably happen with any home plumbing system and your kitchen sink is no exception. That clog won't go away on its own and will require immediate attention to keep any standing water from rising. But you don't have to resort to calling an ...more

What if your fridge knew your food and expiration dates? What if your fridge could tell you which ingredients are missing and where you can get them the cheapest? "In My Fridge" is a project designed to simplify the process of food management. Our focus was on the technical ...more

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Well suited for loft living, Studio Gorm's Flow Kitchen offers an extremely eco-friendly and efficient solution to all your daily actions in the kitchen. The Netherlands based design studio focuses on three major areas: Waste, Water and Energy. My favorite element? A cutting b ...more

Do you know how wonderful toothpaste is? Here's the scoop. If you've hung pictures or other thing on the wall that required a molly or anchor bolt, and you have to move them and you have holes exposed in your wall. Well "FEAR NOT", toothpaste to the rescue. You will need house ...more

How to... Remove A Very Tight Lid? Use Items You Have Around The House! Step 1Want to remove a very tight lid? Do you have a weak grip or arthritic pain in your hands? Have you already tried tapping the lid with a spoon? Thumping the bottom of the jar with the palm of your han ...more

take any household item, take a downhill drag race, snow or dirt.... and race them, from fridges to sofas and sinks... have a downhill race... loser must eat yellow snow or hit with a piss filled water balloon

Removing a stubborn splinter from your finger or foot is never fun, especially if it involves digging into your skin with a needle or tweezers. But if you use common household or food items around the house, you can remove splinters from your skin very easily and quite painles ...more

The following are some fun booby traps you can set up on friends and family members. They don't require much, just simple everyday household items. O course you will need items such as coke, mentor, oatmeal, dvd cases, water balloons, mustard and much much more. For further ...more

The following are 5 pranks you can set up on your friends and family using their shoes. They're quite funny and to prepare these pranks all you really need are a few household items and a couple other things you can get at your local dollar store such as party snaps and party ...more

This is a compilation of homemade pranks you can pull off on friends and family members using simple everyday household items. They're very funny and make great April Fools Day Practical jokes! Video: .

If you're looking for Halloween ideas to scare your little trick or treaters or family and friends, here are a few! You'll only need simple household items and for a couple of these pranks you'll have to purchase some fake blood which is not expensive. Pranks Included: Light ...more

The following are 5 simple household pranks you can pull off on friends and family members. All materials needed are common household items such as baking soda, rice, cups, among other things. Some of these pranks are messy so make sure you're pulling them on the right person ...more

Check out this compilation of 5 evil yet simple pranks you can try on friends and family on April 1st. They all require household items so you shouldn't really have a problem collecting all the materials and tools needed to set up these pranks. Watch the video tutorial provide ...more

If you're still looking for that perfect prank to pull off on people on April 1st, here are 5 simple yet funny practical jokes you can get your friends and family with. Most require household items which you should already have, so you won't need to go out and purchase any add ...more

These are 5 simple yet effective booby traps you can set up on friends and family. Not much is needed, you already pretty much have the household items so just follow the instructions and you'll be on a prank spree this April Fool's Day! Booby Trap a Video: . Door Booby Trap ...more

You can never pull off "too many" pranks on April 1st, so here are 5 simple yet very mean pranks you can prepare for friends and family on April Fool's Day! Not much is needed, just a few household items you most likely already have. Here is the video tutorial to get a better ...more

Using simple household items such as a funnel and balloon you can easily booby trap any door. Meaning you'll get someone wet in the process. Follow the simple instructions in the video tutorial. Video: .

If you're the "FUNNY ONE" in your home then why not live up to it by pulling off these 3 simple practical jokes on family members! Not much is needed for these pranks. Just household items you already have. Check out the instructional video for further instructions! Video: .

The following are 3 pranks involving powder that you can pull off at home on your family member for April Fools Day. These are household items most of you already have so no need to go out and purchase anything. Just watch the video tutorial to find out how it's all done. Vid ...more

Gather up a few household items and make this neat iPhone stand to watch your movies on your phone. You'll need a piece: 1 piece of cardboard, tape, staples, scissors. For full instructions refer to the video tutorial. Video: .

There are many ways to booby trap a cup, perhaps you think you've seen them all but here's one more. Not much is needed to pull off this prank, just some plastic wrap and a cutting tool which are pretty much household items you already have. It's great for a good laugh on an ...more

If you have an oil stain on your asphalt driveway, wipe up the excess oil with an absorbent cloth or mop it up, then act quickly using the common household items below to make sure that it doesn't become a permanent eyesore or a headache to clean up later. Dawn dishwashing so ...more

Poison ivy, poison oak, and the lesser known skin irritator, poison sumac, can all cause a conundrum in the search of itch relief: to scratch or not to scratch. Fortunately, there are a number of home remedies one can try to help alleviate the itch(ing), with many like coffee, ...more

Video: . This is a very simple way to set up a booby trap inside your house for your friends and family, It can get messy so prank at your own risk. You will need the following household items. Shaving Cream 2 Push pins Tape Balloon Basically you fill up the balloon with ...more

This is a compilation of 5 of the best evil pranks that you can get away with doing on your friends and family. The best part of this is that you'll only need everyday household items you already have. They are simple enough but still make a big mess. Refer to the video tutor ...more

"Oh God! Again this Zipper got stuck. I'm gonna through it away." People… cool! This kinda things can be done on your own… by yourself by some simple household items. Things you need: Wax/Candle Pencil Lip balm Really Simple Tips for Fixing a Stuck Zipper Video: . Step 1: W ...more

So you've fallen for many pranks on April Fool's day and surely you feel like a "fool" well it's time to dust yourself off and start pulling pranks of your own on those that got you earlier. Here are 5 pranks you can set up on your enemies on April Fool's Day.... Most require ...more

Ah, Halloween—the funnest, but scariest day of the year. You don't just dress up and go door to door asking for candy—it's the best day to pull off scary/spooky pranks. For example, for this prank all you'll need is a few household items, a scary fake spider, and a door. You ...more

With all the kitchen sink debris that goes down the drain, it should be no surprise that your garbage disposal sometimes gets a little smelly and needs some extra cleaning. Using common household items from your kitchen or medicine cabinet, you can easily clean your garbage di ...more

In addition to unclogging your toilet using common household items, you can also clean and disinfect your toilet for cheap without ever having to use expensive and chemically-toxic toilet cleaners ever again. To prevent toilet rings from ever forming in your toilet bowl, peri ...more

Contrary to its name, a permanent marker is not completely permanent if you really need to get it off a non-paper surface. For example, if you ever make the common mistake of using permanent marker on a dry erase board, all you need to do is write over the "permanent" marks w ...more

If you ever find yourself with a ring that won't come off your swollen fingers, grab some Windex, lubricate the area around your ring below your knuckle, and slowly wiggle your ring around until it slides past your knuckle. No Windex in your home? You can try a number of othe ...more

If you've had wooden furniture in your living space for a while, chances are that you've accumulated at least a couple of nicks and scratches on the surface. Before you spend money on a professional wood refinisher to restore the surface, try out some of the DIY techniques bel ...more

There are so many ways to modify your camera using common household items, like clothes hangers, an umbrella, or even a jar of peanut butter. Here's a new, unexpected addition to the list—a shower head. Maciej Pietuszynski came up with this brilliant camera mod, which uses a s ...more

When it comes to common household items with a million practical uses, baking soda reigns supreme. We all know that baking soda is great for deodorizing stinky things, whitening your teeth, and helping with clean-up around the house, but did you know about the other weirdly un ...more