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My worst subject was not high school Chemistry, but Work Education in grade school. I could not crochet a doily to save my life. I did not have the patience or the hand-to-eye coordination to make cute little household objects like potholders or coasters. However, I scored well in those tests where you figure out what stuff fits in which shape. It is a handy skill, especially if one is lazy.

Project #1 : How To Make An Earring Box

Materials: One 300g box of Ferrero Rocher chocolate-covered hazelnuts, or any similar candy packaging; 24 pairs of earrings

Procedure:

1. Eat all the chocolate-covered hazelnuts. Try not to finish them all in one sitting. Take one out of the box, then put the box back in the fridge. Eat the piece slowly. Then walk around and try to convince yourself not to have another piece. 

Congratulate yourself on your restraint. Eat another piece. Repeat process over the next few days. 

2. When the box is empty, put the earrings in the vacant cups where the candy used to be. Praise self for resourcefulness and for saving environment through recycling.

Earrings, L-R. Top row: Carnival masks from Venice, radioactive sign from Lourdes, unmatched dog earrings, cats from Bali, cross, miniature pencils from Barcelona, Imelda earrings with dangling shoes by Happy David, shells from New Delhi, handcuffs from Paris, Zeta Reticulans, bugs from NY Museum of Natural History, sunglasses from Amsterdam, pinwheels from Seoul, green globes on sticks from Prague, fishbones from Hong Kong, cameras from Bangkok, safety pins, razor blade from Divisoria, fish from Seoul, barbed wire and daggers from Rome, black globes with loops from Prague, square cutouts from Amsterdam, vaguely Isengardian silver earrings, assorted stones on chains. Most of them were given to me by friends. None of them cost more than $10, except the Isengardian pair that I bought myself one Xmas, and the barbed wire earrings.