A 2-litter bottle of diet cola A pack of Mentos candy. Some construction paper. Curl the construction paper into a small tube just big enough to hold the Mentos. Take the Mentos out of their wrapping ...

Cardboard and plastic bottles offer a customizable way to build a divided organizer. Use fabrics and embellishments you have at home to make it for free.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. 1. Keep your yarn tangle-free: With a box cutter, carefully cut a large door in the ...

Growing your own food doesn’t have to be an expensive activity. There are plenty of ways to cut back the costs and be earth-friendly as well. You can do this by giving a second life to items that have ...

Nobody is likely to confuse it with the beautiful joinery that makes fine furniture so desirable. But as a practical technique, using plastic bottles as heat-shrink tubing for composite joints is ...