Holidays and Events
Select a holiday or event below to view the related articles:
Holidays and Events
Select a holiday or event below to view the related articles:
April Fool's Day ▼
- Tools in the kitchen: Use a miter saw to slice ham? A drill to put holes into baked potatoes? A paint shaker to mix chocolate milk? Only in a fantasy world. April Fool's!
Birthdays ▼
- Gifts: Looking for a unique Christmas or birthday gift for a child? Make this clever electronic matching game using a few simple materials from around the house.
Christmas ▼
- Accidents: What do you do when you accidentally shatter your wife's favorite ceramic mixing bowl -- a heirloom Christmas gift from her mother? Why, fess up, of course!
- Cheesecake: Here's how to make a real, old-world, old-fashioned cheesecake. It's not too sweet!
- Christmas dinner: Expand your dining room table to seat up to 14 by building this simple table-topper out of plywood.
- Christmas tree: When is it too soon to take down the Christmas tree? The day after Christmas? When is it too late? The end of February?
- Games: Looking for a unique Christmas or birthday gift for a child? Make this clever electronic matching game using a few simple materials from around the house.
- Gift assembly: You've got that perfect Christmas gift, but on the package you discover the dreaded words: "Some assembly required." Here's how to navigate the hazards of assembly using the "rule of threes."
- Holiday blessings: The deeper meaning of home improvement: improving our attitudes and improving the lives of others.
- Holiday treats: Properly wrapped and frozen, sometimes you can enjoy delicious holiday treats months after the festivities are over.
- Holiday trash: Try these tips to minimize holiday trash -- from wrapping paper to food waste.
- Quick turkey: Cook your Christmas turkey in as little as 2 1/2 hours! Try this recipe.
- Shrimp rangoons: A conversation with a stranger at the store culminated in this delicious, easy-to-make holiday recipe for shrimp rangoons.
- Two-for-one pie: Finicky eater in your family? Bake two kinds of pie in a single tin.
Easter ▼
- Easter dinner: Expand your dining room table to seat up to 14 by building this simple table-topper out of plywood.
- Eggs: Why some people plain just don't like them.
Father's Day ▼
- Going green: Have a "green" Father's Day. In fact, make all your holidays "green!"
- Remembering fathers: How do-it-yourself dads build your self-confidence.
Fat Tuesday ▼
- Paczki recipe: Try these quick, easy-to-make homemade paczkis!
Fourth of July ▼
- Flying the flag can be complicated. Here are some ways to display the flag proudly!
Graduation ▼
- Open house activities: Three elements are key to a successful graduation open house -- food, decorations and activities. Here are some great recipes and great ideas.
- Open house food: Food for the masses got you flustered? Here's how to shop the deals, calculate quantities and prepare a spread that will make you the envy of the graduates -- at a reasonable price!
Halloween ▼
- Decorating: Decorate your home for Halloween -- or not!
Memorial Day ▼
- Decorating the grave: What's appropriate to put on the grave? Decorate the gravesite of your loved one tastefully and respectfully.
- Flying the flag can be complicated. Here are some ways to display the flag proudly!
Mother's Day ▼
- Dining: Instead of taking Mom out to dinner, why not cook her a delicious stuffed pork loin with melba sauce? Even a man could make this recipe!
- Plants and flowers: If you're purchasing plants for Mother's Day, here are some things a guy needs to know, from getting a plant she'll truly love to doing something called "hardening off."
New Year's ▼
- Holiday cheesecake: Make a real, old-world, old-fashioned cheesecake. It's not too sweet!
- Holiday treats: Properly wrapped and frozen, sometimes you can enjoy delicious holiday treats months after the festivities are over.
- Resolutions: If getting fit is your New Year's resolution, lose weight without all the fancy equipment or a gym membership. Create your own indoor track.
- More resolutions: Here's a list of home-improvement, home-repair New Year's resolutions to consider.
- Still another resolution: Cleaning and organizing your desk? It can be a lot harder than it looks!
- Shrimp rangoons: A conversation with a stranger at the store culminated in this delicious, easy-to-make holiday recipe for shrimp rangoons.
- Two-for-one pie: Finicky eater in your family? Bake two kinds of pie in a single tin.
- What's your New Year's resolution? How about installing a new sliding-glass door?
Thanksgiving ▼
- Holiday cheesecake: Make a real, old-world, old-fashioned cheesecake. It's not too sweet!
- Two-for-one pie: Finicky eater in your family? Bake two kinds of pie in a single tin.
- Quick turkey: Cook a Thanksgiving turkey in as little as 2 1/2 hours! Try this recipe.
Valentine's Day ▼
- Gifts: Flowers? Candy? Jewelry? Save money and get her a packet of seeds. But be prepared to face the consequences!
- Furniture: Nothing says "I love you" like a pair of corner cabinets in which to display fancy dishware.