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Duct Tape Halloween Projects

Growing up I was always around a lot of duct tape.  My father used it for everything.  I learned how to properly tear duct tape when I was 4 or 5 (drives me nuts to see people cut it with scissors when they don’t need to).   There is a DIY movement afoot to use [...]

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Easy Extreme Pumpkin Carving Techniques

Are you tired of the same old jack-o-lantern each Halloween?  Are you one of those people who have adopted the carving style you knew growing up to one of those stencilers? The brilliant Tom Nardone wrote his first book in 2007 and has had 3 follow ups.  Take a basic pumpkin, carve it fast but [...]

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Easy Halloween Prop Project Tutorials

Halloween was always a big holiday in my home growing up.  My father and his buddies were essentially “home haunters” before the term “home haunt” came to be.  My dad was an electrical engineer.  We had a 5 foot Jacob’s Ladder that he had constructed.  Growing up I totally took it for granted.  I liked [...]

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How to cut up a Chicken

Everyone except CEO’s and politicians seem to be pinched these days for money.  I learned a long time ago that one of the easiest ways to save money at the grocery store is to buy meats that have had as little butchering as possible.  In some cases this isn’t going to be practical*, but when [...]

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