. Some people find that applying rubbing alcohol to a burrowed tick can shock the tick, making it easier to remove. Even if this does not work, experts recommend using rubbing alcohol to kill and preserve a tick after removal. This makes it easier for doctors to determine if the tick was a carrier of Lyme disease. Use a clean cotton swab to apply rubbing alcohol to the area where a tick is attached. If you don't have cotton swabs, you can pour a little rubbing alcohol directly onto the skin. Use clean tweezers (preferably after sterilizing them, which you can do with rubbing alcohol) to grip the tick's body as close to the surface of your skin as possible. Gently pull the tick upward without breaking any part of the tick's body. Drop the tick into a jar or bottle filled with a little rubbing alcohol. Be sure the tick is completely submerged. Use rubbing alcohol to cleanse the skin's surface where the tick was removed. Use a spray bottle to apply rubbing alcohol to the inside of sneakers. The rubbing alcohol will kill the bacteria causing the smells, leaving your sneakers clean and odor-free. If you're out of nail polish remover, you can use rubbing alcohol in a pinch. Pour some rubbing alcohol onto a cotton swab, and rub hard on your finger nails to remove old nail polish. Nail polish won't come off as easily as with actual nail polish remover, but it will still strip away the old nail polish. A common folk remedy for fevers is to apply rubbing alcohol to the skin. As the alcohol evaporates, it's thought to offer a cooling sensation. However, pouring rubbing alcohol on the body, especially on children, can be extremely dangerous. A number of children have actually slipped into comas after their parents applied rubbing alcohol to treat a fever. For this reason, using rubbing alcohol to relieve the symptoms of a fever is highly discouraged.

Summary: Remove a tick Get rid of sneaker odors. Remove nail polish. Do not use rubbing alcohol to cool feverish skin.

A globe or ball (sphere) can work also, but it's harder to measure. Circumference | diameter | quotient C / d =? __________|________|__________________ __________|________|__________________ __________|________|__________________ __________|________|__________________ Mark the distance one time around it on the string. This is the circumference: it's just like perimeter, but, the perimeter of a circle--the distance around a circle--is called the circumference, not perimeter, usually. Write down your measurement of the circumference using decimals. Pin or tape the ends of the string for measuring it accurately (straight and extended to its full measure), since you would have needed to tighten the string around the circular object, so now you would tighten it lengthwise. This is the diameter. Note: Multiplying two times radius, i.e.: "2 X radius = diameter" is also written as "2r = d". The four division problems of C / d = _____, should be about 3 or 3.1 (or about 3.14 if your measurements are accurate); so what is pi: It's a number. It's a ratio. It relates diameter to circumference. Of course, using precise measurements using dividers, which are similar to a compass can help. 3.1 + 3.15 + 3.1 + 3.2 = ____ /4 = ____? That's 12.55 / 4 = 3.1375, and can be rounded-off to 3.14). That's the idea of "pi". The number of diameters that makes the circumference (all the time, so it's constant)... That is the constant "pi". That number of diameters. Also, the radius will fit a little more than 6 (2 times pi) times around a circle, as well as knowing that the diameter goes three times; so, that implies a circumference formula C = 2 X 3.14 X r, which is just = 3.14 X d ... by using 2r is d ("Got it", nod yes. "Yeah!" But, read and think over it again until it really soaks in, if it's not yet crystal clear). Do this for each of the containers. The left-over piece of string from each of the circumference strings cut-outs will be approximately the same length. The measurement length of this short piece of string should be .1415 which is just an example of getting approximately 3.14...

Summary: Number four different sizes of circular containers or lids. Get a non-stretchy, non-kinky string and a meter-stick, yardstick or ruler. Make a chart (or table) like the following one: Measure accurately around each of the four circular items by wrapping a string snugly around it. Straighten and measure the part of the string that you marked as the distance around the circle. Turn the container upside down so you can find and mark the center on the bottom so that you can measure the diameter using decimals (also called decimal-fractions). Measure across each circle exactly through the center of each of the four items with a straight edge measure (meter-stick, yardstick or ruler). Divide each circumference by the same circle's diameter. Average the four answers to the division problem by adding those four quotients and dividing by 4, and that should give a more accurate result (for example, if your four divisions gave you: Finally, take the diameter string and use it to cut its length off the circumference string three times.

Consider using a bag, an envelope, a box, or something else. Be creative! For instance, put a swimming costume in a beach bag, or wrap it in a towel. Put stationery supplies inside a pencil-case. Put knitted baby booties inside a knitted drawstring bag. Put a jewelry set inside it's own box to keep it together and untangled. For instance, tie it all together with a colourful ribbon, add some stickers, spritz it with some glitter spray, stick on an artificial flower, or add some sequins.
Summary: Think beyond wrapping paper. Try to make the wrapping a gift in itself. Add little embellishments.