3 'Easy' Pinterest Projects Put to the Test

How Crafty Are You?

Pinterest is a treasure trove of projects just waiting for you to try your hand at. But from the abundance of Pinterest fails, you have to wonder just how feasible these beautiful crafts are for most people. Sure, a seasoned pro may scoff at the elementary instructions that are provided through community based forums, but the fact of the matter is that an amateur often needs help navigating the basics before crafting full-blown projects. Rather than experiment on your own, only to find that a given craft idea leaves a huge mess in your house, why not see for yourself what it is like to attempt common online DIY offerings. Think of this video as your personal DIY ’Mythbusters’.  Buzzfeed recruits three people to test out popular Pinterest ideas to see if “easy” project really are as simple as they are advertised to be.

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