Tricks

Carbon buildup is a result of the impact high temperatures have on fats and oils that are used to prepare various dishes. Moreover, food leftovers also stick to the bottom and to the walls of a frying pan, which can be quite difficult to clean for the first time.

Knowing how to whistle is a learned skill that is accessible to everyone. So if you haven’t yet mastered the art of whistling with your fingers, you can take a look at this step-by-step guide that 5-Minute Crafts prepared for you.

An African violet, or Saintpaulia, is a plant that is easy to grow inside from a small leaf. You just need to know the basic rules of rooting violets and have a little bit of patience.

Hiding some cash at home for emergencies or safely taking it with you when you travel can prove to be quite a task. But 5-Minute Crafts knows how you can turn ordinary objects into ingenious hiding spots that will help you to save your secret stash from being stolen.

Cross-stitching is one of the simplest kinds of handicrafts that even those who have never held a needle in their hands can master. You can draw or print out a draft picture yourself or buy a ready-made set that contains different threads, a needle, a canvas, and a design scheme.

Even if you take care of your furniture, it gets dirty sooner or later. The upholstery becomes greasy over time, it gets covered in pet hair, dust, crumbs, and more. And if you like to eat on the couch, then stains can develop as well.

Chewing gum can get stuck everywhere and sometimes we don’t even notice, for example, when it’s on the sole of our shoe or on the back of our clothes. 5-Minute Crafts has listed 9 methods to remove chewing gum from anything, including hair.

Before you decide to grow an apple tree from a seed, you need to prepare for a difficult process. Additionally, you should remember that it’s a lottery. Even from a seed of the best apple, you might still grow a completely wild tree that will give you nothing but inedible, sour fruit. So, if you can, it’s better to use a seedling.

It seems that storing nuts and dried fruit is an easy task — you can just put them on the shelf and take them whenever you need them. However, if you want to keep these foods tasty, you need to take the temperatures into account as well as some other conditions.

We use hairbrushes every day and sometimes we have no idea how dirty they can be. On the surface, there can be a lot of grease, dust, and skin particles that later get on our hair, potentially causing dandruff and other unpleasant problems. But all of this can be avoided if you clean your hairbrushes regularly.

If you need some extra money, there are some great ways you can make some without even leaving your home. 5-Minute Crafts is offering up 5 suggestions for you to make some money online.

Sometimes, jeans fit you perfectly but the pant legs are too long. You can go to the nearest tailor or try and fix the problem yourself. You just need some thread, needles, and a bit of free time.

Sometimes it’s enough to simply wipe the dust from a bicycle after another ride but if the level of dirtiness is more serious, you’ll need to take things to the next level. The cleaning of the transmission is not always necessary but it should be given special attention when creaking or other noises appear as you ride or when the bike carriage system starts to click.

The main reason why people fail to remove rings from their fingers is swelling. This can happen due to many factors such as heat or pregnancy. But the result is always the same: we’re unable to take off our jewelry while becoming more and more uncomfortable.

When it comes to exotic fruit, the pineapple is a favorite among both kids and adults. But how can one avoid making a mistake and buy good fruit at the store?

Some fruits require a special approach because they are really hard to peel in a regular way. Pomegranates are a great example of fruit with a “temper.” But there’s a simple trick to make peeling your pomegranate really easy and fast.

While a shirt is a basic clothing item, you can still create a variety of looks in different styles with it. Today, 5-Minute Crafts came up with 5 unusual ways to style an ordinary shirt and encourages you to try them too.

Freezing is one of the quickest and most convenient ways to preserve the freshness of seasonal vegetables. Correctly frozen products don’t take up much space, can be easily cooked and retain useful properties at maximum.

In supermarkets, you can buy meat in any price range and all the different kinds will taste different. It’s extremely easy to get lost in all the diversity.

Oftentimes, the only thing we’re capable of thinking about at the end of a long day is plopping down on a pillow to get some good rest and restore our energy. However, within a mere month, the pillow can collect a lot of bacteria, sweat, dirt, and dead skin cells.