The How-To Festival is an amazing, experiential learning extravaganza and community event, with something for everyone and for all ages!

Presented by the San Diego Public Library, the 9^th Annual H2F is an opportunity for our neighbors to share their interests by teaching others HOW-TO do something in a fun and entertaining style.  Instructors can choose if they’d like to share a pre-recorded How-To video or present in-person at the Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library on Saturday, May 18, 2024 (10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.). 

Whether you've presented previously or you're ready to share your skills for the first time this year, everyone is welcome to apply to be an H2F presenter!

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Check out our 2023 How-To Festival Line-Up

• Art & Crafts
• Cooking
• Instructional

Art & Crafts

How-To Make Seed Bombs

Presenter: Bianca Ramirez

Audience: All Ages  |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn how to create seed bombs with a cookie cutter, recycled paper, seeds, and hot water.

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How-To Create a Button Wallet

Presenter: Claudia Rodriguez

Audience: All Ages  | Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn how to create a button wallet from scratch using recycled fabrics and materials.

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How-To Make a Water Bottle Rain Stick

Presenter: Helene Idels

Audience: Elementary/Young Adults |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Take any size used water bottle and fill it with crinkled strips of foil and seeds, beans, and rice and then decorate it to make your very own unique rain stick for yourself or as a gift!

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How-To Build a Terrarium

Presenter: Iris Thompson

Audience: All Ages  |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn how to create a beginner terrarium that you can enjoy at home.

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How-To Do Legible Graffiti

Presenter: James Jepsen

Audience: All Ages  |  Instructions | Watch Video | Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn how to draw and design Legible Graffiti in 3D using your name and pre-made examples.

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How-To Draw Wednesday Addams (Netflix version)

Presenter: Janet Yeager

Audience: Elementary/Young Adults  |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn to draw a cartoon portrait of Wednesday Addams through simple step-by-step instructions.  Artists are welcome to use either traditional or digital media for this project.  Although this presentation is geared to teens, everyone is invited to participate.

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How-To Make Pom Pom Earrings

Presenter: Karen Nguyen

Audience: Elementary/Adults  |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn how to make yarn pom poms and attach them to earring hooks to create colorful and whimsical earrings!

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How-To Make an Artful Junk Journal 101

Presenter: Martha Contreras

Audience: Adults  |  Live at Mira Mesa Library

Crate a simple yet creative journal using upcycled items and recycled paper.

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How-To Make a Flower Bouquet out of Paper

Presenter: Monil & Neha Garodia

Audience: All Ages  |  Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn how to craft and easy flower bouquet with a variety of paper.

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How-To Make a 4th of July Holiday Garland

Presenter: Robert Lanuza

Audience: Young Adults/Adults  |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn how to make a festive 4th of July holiday garland.

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How-To Create an Erasure Poem

Presenter: Tanya Thamkruphat

Audience: All Ages  |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Using written source material, like a magazine or newspaper article, a page from a book, or even advertising mailers, learn how to create an erasure or blackout poem. All you need is a marker or pen!

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How-To Make an Upcycled Wine Cork Succulent Planter

Presenter: Nam Jin Lee & Theresa Higa

Audience: Adults  |  Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn how to upcycle wine corks to create a succulent planter is a fun and eco-friendly way to add some greenery to your home.

 

Cooking

How-To Make Ube Mochi

Presenter: Linda Dami

Audience: All Ages  |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn how to make a Hawaiian style ube mochi which is baked and has some butter in it. The edges are a little even a little crispy!

 

Instructional

How-To Use Essential Oils in 5 Simple Ways

Presenter: Anna Gateley-Stanton

Audience: Adults  |  Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn how to  use essential oils by crafting a succullent diffuser, making a room spray, creating a diffuser bracelet or necklace, making a roller-bottle, or applying Vitality Oils to a tea bag before steeping.

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How-To Care for a Bearded Dragon

Presenter: Bernard Cayetano

Audience: All Ages |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Discover how to care for your beloved pet, the Bearded Dragon, including what to feed them, how to bond with them, and the basics for setting up a good enclosure.

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How-To Electrify Your Home

Presenter: Carl Adkins

Audience: Adults |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn why and how to electrify your home both to save money, reduce green house gas emissions and drive investments to the local work force in here in San Diego. 

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How-To Wuther

Presenter: Christina Wainwright

Audience: All Ages |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn how to dance along with the choreography from Kate Bush's 1978 music video for "Wuthering Heights," so that you'll be ready to don a red dress and dance in a field with all of the other Cathies from around the world who choose to celebrate The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever in July. The Pacific Beach Library will host TMWHDE on Sunday 7/30/23 at 2pm in their park, and this video will show you how-to bust your most Bronte-esque moves.

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How-To Identify and Locate San Diego’s Official Flowering Tree the Jacaranda (Mimosifolia)

Presenter: Kathy Hargrove

Audience: All Ages |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn about the jacaranda tree, how to identify it, where to find it, and how Kate Sessions and other organizations continue to plant this beautiful tree that lines so many of our streets in San Diego.

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How-To Know What is Deductible on Your Tax Return

Presenter: Marianne Lindsay

Audience: Adults | Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn about what might be deductible on your tax returns so you don't pay more taxes than necessary.

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How-To Make Decorative Dish/Trinket Clay Bowls Using a Variety of Tree Leaf Prints

Presenter: Preethi Prabhu

Audience: All Ages | Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn how to craft beautiful clay bowls to hold trinkets or serve as home décor or as a personalized keepsake gift using air dry modelling clay and a variety of leaf imprints.

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How-To Get a Doggy Kiss

Presenter: Rachel Esguerra

Audience: All Ages |  Instructions  |  Watch Video

Learn how to teach your dog to give you a kiss using treats, positive reinforcement and patience!

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How to Love Yourself!

Presenter: Shikha Rastogi

Audience: All Ages |  Live at Mira Mesa Library

As a Self-love coach I come across so many people who are struggling in so many areas of their lives that they have no control over. But one of the things that adds to the stress of dealing with outside people and situations is our inability to offer ourselves the kindness, compassion and love like we would when someone else we love is going through such challenges. So my mission is to make people aware of the power of self-love and how it can help transform their lives!

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How to Swing Dance

Presenter: Tonya Lehman

Audience: All Ages |  Live at Mira Mesa Library

Learn to swing dance in a fun, audience participation lesson - no partner needed!