Measure each side of the bottom of your hat box. Add these lengths together. Draw a line on the poster board. The line must be the same length as the total length of the sides of your hat box bottom . Make sure they are smooth. Draw a thin line of glue on the hat box bottom. Place small dots of glue at each corner. Place the long poster board on the hat box bottom. Secure with paper tape on each side. Clamp your hat box bottom to the long poster board. Allow to dry completely before continuing. Use the same methods described for the round hat box, making allowance for the hexagonal or octagonal shape.

Summary: Cut the middle of your hat box from a piece of poster board. Using a craft knife, score and cut the long poster board. Sand the edges of the long poster board. Fold the poster board to conform to the shape of your hat box bottom. Attach the long poster board to the hat box bottom. Construct the remainder of the top of your hat box. Finished.

Before inducing vomit, make sure it is the right thing to do. If your dog swallowed any of the following substances, you should induce vomiting at home: Antifreeze, if your dog swallowed it in the past two hours Chocolate Grapes or raisins Tylenol or Aspirin Plants, such as azaleas and daffodils If your dog is laying on its bed or on the carpet, you'll want to move your dog somewhere else before inducing vomiting. For example, take your dog outside or move your dog to an area where cleaning up vomit will be easy, like a room with linoleum flooring. If your dog is weak, it may not be able to walk easily on its own. You may need to carry your dog or at least help it walk to where you want it to go. At first, it may seem strange to feed your dog to get it to vomit. However, feeding your dog a little food can actually increase the chances of vomiting. A small portion of canned food or a slice of plain bread are good food choices. Canned food will be easy for your dog to eat and is tastier than dry food. Your dog may not want to eat on its own. If this happens, try putting the food directly in your dog's mouth to get it to eat. Do not spend a lot of time trying to get your dog to eat. This is very important! Do not try to get your dog to vomit before calling your vet or animal poison control center. When you call, provide as much information as possible so they can instruct you on what to do (and what not to do) next. Important information includes: What you think your dog ingested (toxic plant, house cleaning product, chocolate) How long you think it's been since your dog ingested the toxin Your dog's symptoms Your dog's size If your vet or poison control center says it's okay to induce vomiting, give your dog 3% hydrogen peroxide, which is available at your local pharmacy. It is the preferred vomit-inducing product for dogs. Give your dog one teaspoon hydrogen peroxide per 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of body weight. Use a measuring spoon to measure the right amount of hydrogen peroxide. Draw up the hydrogen peroxide into an ear or eye dropper. Drop the measured amount of hydrogen peroxide as far back on your dog's tongue as you can. Do not mix hydrogen peroxide into your dog's food or water before drawing it up in the dropper. Walking can stimulate vomiting by letting your dog's stomach contents mix with the hydrogen peroxide. Walk your dog for a few minutes. If your dog isn't up to walking, gently shake or move its belly. After being given hydrogen peroxide, dogs usually vomit within a few minutes. If your dog does not vomit after 10 minutes, give it another dose of hydrogen peroxide. Some sources say not to give a dog more than two doses of hydrogen peroxide. Others say up to three doses is acceptable. Before giving a third dose, call your vet.

Summary: Determine if your dog needs to vomit. Move your dog to a different area. Feed your dog a small meal. Call your vet or animal poison control center. Determine how much 3% hydrogen peroxide your dog will need. Administer the hydrogen peroxide. Walk your dog. Wait for your dog to vomit.

. Make your favorite cupcake recipe and bake as many as you'd like to decorate. Try vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, or coffee flavored cupcakes. Just make sure that you let your cupcakes cool completely on a wire rack before frosting or decorating them. For a sophisticated cupcake, try swirling together vanilla and chocolate cupcake batter. This will make a marbled effect. Place 1/2 cup of shredded coconut in a sealable sandwich bag. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the coconut. Seal the bag and shake it. Look at the coconut and decide if you'd like it to be a brighter blue. If so, add another drop or two of food color and shake the bag. If you've made your blue coconut too bright for your liking, just add some more white shredded coconut to the bag and shake it again. Take an offset spatula and use it to scoop some blue frosting onto the tops of your cupcakes. Use the flat part of the spatula to spread the frosting evenly over the entire top of each cupcake. If you don't have an offset spatula, you could use a plain butter knife, a rubber spatula or a small spoon. Open your bag of blue coconut and dump it into a small bowl. Hold each cupcake near the bottom and turn them upside down. Dip the tops of the cupcakes into the blue coconut and twist them around so that the frosting is completely coated in blue coconut. Be gentle when rolling the cupcakes in coconut. If you're too forceful, you might rub the frosting off into the bowl. Dab a pea-sized amount of frosting on the backs of the white chocolate buttons. Stick two white chocolate buttons on each cupcake for the eyes. Take your tube of black icing and squeeze little circles on the buttons to make the pupils. You should also use the tube to squeeze a mouth onto each cupcake. Placing a little icing on the back of the chocolate buttons will help them stick to the coconut. Carefully use a sharp knife to cut a line where the mouth is. Place one small chocolate chip cookie directly into this cut so that only half of it sticks out of the mouth. If you'd only like to use half of a cookie, break the cookie in half and insert it just a little way into the cupcake.

Summary: Make the cupcakes Make blue coconut. Frost the cupcakes. Roll each cupcake in blue coconut. Decorate the eyes and mouth. Place a cookie on the Cookie Monster cupcakes. Finished.

Mortar and pestles are usually made in a matching set. The mortar is a small bowl and the pestle is a wand with a curve that's perfectly shaped to grind smoothly against the mortar. The instrument may be made from wood, stone or ceramic, and you'll want to choose your material based on your culinary needs and personal preferences. Ceramic mortar and pestles are capable of grinding spices very finely, but they're also more fragile than other types. Wood mortar and pestles are durable, but they're also slightly porous, and subject to stains. It's also possible for the flavor of one spice to stay present in the mortar between uses, tainting the flavor of the next spice you grind. Stone mortar and pestles also grind very finely, but unless they're conditioned properly, fine particles of stone can get ground into the spices. Do you want to crush large amounts of spices, seeds, and nuts, or only small amounts? You will find varying sizes from palm size to bowl size, and it may even be handy to have two different sizes if you have the space and budget for it. If you plan to grind a very large amount of spices, getting a spice grinder may be more suitable for your needs. A mortar and pestle is best for just enough spices to create whatever dish or spice mix you immediately want to use.
Summary: Pick the right material for your needs. Choose the size you want.