- This already feels like a terrible idea.
- Hey there, I'm Aria and I truly believe
that one man's trash is another man's treasure.
So today, I'm challenging three of my most creative friends
to to make the best use of some of my old junk.
You three are very handy, crafty, creative individuals,
so today I would like to challenge you
to use your uniquely creative minds to make me
your very, very best (dramatic music)
umbrella. (chiming)
- Oh, okay. - Okay.
- Of all the things I was expecting you to say,
an umbrella.
We've got a Walgreens down the street,
we could run right down.
- I could give you a dollar
and you could go buy an umbrella.
- But that means nothing to me, Merle.
I want something that you handcrafted lovingly for me.
When I whip this out in Seattle, Washington, I could say--
(record scratch) - What?
Why don't you specify why?
(laughing) - Oh, only Seattle.
- I will think of you when the rain comes down on me.
- Well, hopefully it won't, 'cause if the umbrella works--
- Exactly.
There is a catch.
This umbrella that you will put together for me
can only be made using the very items in front of you.
(cheery lounge music)
- Wha, where, why?
What is this?
Where is this from?
- What's the situation? - My trunk, mostly.
(laughing) - Okay.
- And your umbrella that you make for me
will be judged on two factors.
Firstly, its aesthetic beauty.
The second factor you're being judged on
is functionality.
- Okay, this is a challenge for sure, but definitely doable.
- The time you have to make your umbrella, 60 minutes.
Which begins right now.
- No, now? - Oh shit!
Jesus! - Hurry!
(laughing)
- Oh my God! (rushed music)
So, as far as my craft background goes,
I have two nieces and two nephews.
I spend a lot of time with them when I can
and I think I've kind of found my love
for crafting again through them.
Yeah, I'm excited to kind of be a six-year-old again.
- I just kinda like do crafts in my house.
I like to decorate my room with like DIY stuff.
So I made a terrarium out of a TV and a neon light,
which was really cool.
Also made this cloud light that sits in my room,
so it hangs out and like it just looks like a cloud,
it's like thundering and lightning.
- I'm a really big crafter, like, an embarrassing amount.
The fun projects I like to do on the side,
I redo furniture in my spare time.
And I also was a seamstress in college.
(warm folk music)
- I really, really wanna try to win
by making the umbrella open and close.
So I got this crutch.
If I can get this crutch to come apart,
it would be great to use this feature
as an opening and closing function.
(clink) There we go.
- [Merle] Ooh, that sounded promising, whatever that was.
- Ahh, yes!
Okay, I'm very, very excited.
Decoration is where I think I'm gonna be most troubled.
I wanna keep it simple.
I don't think I'm gonna do a lot of extra stuff.
I really wanna win.
- Whoo, baby, it's time!
- Oh, she's gettin' serious! - Things are gettin' serious.
- This has gotta be the rod.
There's just no way I'm not using this.
I have a survivalist brain, so like, when in doubt,
in that last minute, when the pressure is on,
I'm gonna make sure there is an umbrella.
This!
I've got this.
As long as I've got this, I feel good.
- I'm just debating how wide I wanna make it
to like stop the rain.
I'm thinking like 10 inches,
maybe we go a little bit longer.
I was gonna go for the big beach ball.
Merle was so very fast and she had it,
so instead, I grabbed up this sheet.
Aria, he is a really fashionable guy,
he did say part of this was the aesthetics,
what's more aesthetic than a hat umbrella?
I'm going a little outside of the box
than what was actually described in the challenge
and that may work for me
or it may completely backfire and look like--
Oh, it's in Space Jam where Bill Murray wears one of these.
I don't want it to look like that.
There's like a lot of math involved in this
and I don't wanna do any of the math.
- Nope, no. - I know.
(curious orchestral music)
- It's time to pop this beach ball.
I actually hate popping things, to be honest.
- [Ryann] It won't make noise.
- Oh. - Yeah, no.
- What?!
- Wow, that was so anticlimactic!
- My beach ball smells so weird on the inside.
- That's breath, it's air. - Ugh!
- I'm already planning on scaling back, that's the new plan.
- Do not do this at home,
do not hold scissors like this.
If my nieces and nephews are watching,
don't do what your aunt is doing right now.
- I just need to attach the top of the umbrella to this
in a way where it'll close.
I am confident that if nothing else,
it'll be an adjustable umbrella.
And that's still cool. (laughs)
- Can I use hot glue with this?
- Ooh.
- Is it a risk?
If I put it on here, it'll be fine.
- [Ryann] Yeah, I would, you know--
- It'll just melt together.
- [Ryann] Yeah, I think it'll literally melt down.
- [Connie] Yeah, it'll just melt together, it'll be fine.
- I mean, mostly I just want Aria
to have to walk down the street using this thing.
Like, that's the biggest draw to me.
- Oh, yes.
- You guys are planning,
I'm just flying by the sea of my pants.
- [Connie] You're free forming!
- I bet that's how the first umbrella was made, no?
Someone just kinda like goin' for it.
- Hey. - Oh my.
- (chuckling) What a treat this is.
Wow.
- Have you been behind the wall this whole time?
- Yeah, I've been lurkin'.
Wow, you guys look like you're doing a phenomenal job.
- It's definitely been a work in progress.
- What's the theme here, Ryann?
- So this is just the structure of it, like no design yet.
I used a crutch and broke it apart
so it could be adjustable,
so that way you can adjust-- - Oh!
That's impressive. - I wanted to make--
- Connie, wow.
That actually has the shape of an umbrella.
You guys are impressing me,
well, I haven't gotten to Merle yet,
but you two have impressed me so much.
- As everybody knows, Aria,
when they say you, they think fashion icon.
So, that's my goal right now
is to really give you a statement piece
that lives up to you.
It's gonna be tough.
- That's fantastic because I wanna be able
to go through Milan, Italy with this umbrella.
- That's this one.
- Merle, this is quite something.
- Uh-huh?
- Yeah, it's, it's--
- Words, what are the words that are coming to mind?
- For you, is this a trash bag?
- Several trash bags, actually.
- [Aria] Several trash bags.
- When I decorate it--
- You're decorating it.
- Oh yeah, of course, it's not done.
- Oh, okay, thank God.
- I'm gonna rise like a phoenix out of the ashes.
- All right, everyone, we have 30 minutes left.
Good luck.
I believe in all of you.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(tense electronic music)
- All right, time is up! (bell ringing)
- Okay.
- Wow.
- Glue guns down.
(laughing) - Glue guns down.
- This was a wild ride.
I was definitely very nervous to begin
because it seems like the other two
have a lot more crafting experience.
However, I will say, once I kinda let it go
and was like, you know what?
You're not gonna die if you don't win this competition,
I was like, I'm gonna have some fun.
This, I feel like, really embodies what I'm trying to do
when I'm out on the town, out to have a good time.
I would be proud walking around with this umbrella.
- This is my umbrella, I went in very confident,
probably overly confident.
I made this to where it could be functional.
I started it where you could like slide it--
(laughing) Oh my God, did I just break my umbrella?
No, okay, holy fudge.
So really, it's a secret weapon,
but also, it's an extendable umbrella,
so that way if you're like, you're shorter,
you can bring it closer to you.
I mean, not a lot, there's only like six inches here.
But I think Aria'll like it,
and I do feel like it is gonna be very functional.
It's a wide rim and I feel like
it'll make you stand out in a crowd.
- As you can see, there are clear panels,
so we can see whatever's goin' on under here.
We can catch the eye of whoever is around us.
We also have the emoji that we all know and love.
It's fashionable, I feel like we're going for style.
We may look like Bill Murray from Space Jam,
but I think in a cool way.
- Well, you guys have done a really great job,
but let's now go out
and test the actual functionality of your umbrellas.
- How exactly are we gonna test these?
- Funny you should ask.
(drumroll)
(spraying)
(ding)
(suspenseful music)
- All right, Connie!
You've worked hard on this umbrella,
now let's see it in action.
- I have a lot of faith in it.
I am wearing not waterproof makeup.
- I've got my fingers crossed for you, Connie.
- Okay.
This already feels like a terrible idea.
(spraying) - Oh yeah!
- Oh, wow! (clapping)
That's impressive! - Wow!
- This is not bad!
- That's really good. - That's cool,
it looks really cool in action on you.
- [Merle] She's dry!
She's dry.
- [Ryann] Wow.
- [Aria And Merle] All right, Ryann.
- This is it. - (laughs) Sorry.
- I'm ready.
I am not worried about getting wet.
It's mostly the aesthetic that I think I'm gonna lose,
but we'll see!
(spraying) - Yay!
- Yeah, totally!
That totally does it. - Yep.
- I mean, I can feel the water on the back of me,
but only because it feels like it's rolling down.
But in general, I feel dry. - You look great.
- Can you pretend like you're in Milan, Italy for me?
- Oh! - Bongiorno, bongiorno!
- Oh, ciao, ciao bello!
- That looked great, that was awesome.
- And it held up?
- It really did.
I really, I'm nervous for her.
I just, like, I think it's gonna fall apart.
- Just hit me, just hit me.
- You got it, you're doing amazing, sweetie!
- You look very confident! (laughs)
- We're all like-- Oh! (spraying)
Oh, wow! - Oh!
- Wow, am I good?
- Wow. - I'm a little wet.
- You look more afraid. - Oh, I'm wet,
I am (bleep) wet!
We're a little bit, we're a little damp.
- Woo! - Yay, Merle.
- Well done, Merle.
Well, great job everyone.
Let's head back inside and I'll be choosing my new umbrella.
- Let's go in.
Oh yes.
(laughs)
- Now it's just the moment of truth.
Connie, that was very impressive.
When I saw you making it,
I was confused as to why there wasn't a handle
but then the ingenuity--
I have never seen that before.
- Have you seen the seminal classic, Space Jam?
- Ah, so you went for a Bill Murray.
- He's very fashionable, just like you.
- Your nose is so brown, it is like--
- Oh, I am fine with this.
- Aesthetically, it is clean, it's simple.
Functionality, it worked like a charm.
All right, Merle.
- Yes?
- What could I say about Merle?
The more I look at it, I think art piece.
Maybe I want people to see me in this.
It might be insane, but it looks good.
Functionality, you know, it wasn't bad.
Your feet got quite wet.
- Sure.
- Ryann, this is quite something.
It has a Christmas vibe, which I love.
Aesthetics, fantastic, you know?
Now, the actual functionality of it,
it did great.
It withstood the rain,
you got a little bit on your back,
but you were holding it for fashion purposes.
- And thus--
- A little bit of rain on the black, on the back, but who--
- On the black, that too. (laughing)
A little rain on the black.
No, no, you say what she said, I liked it.
- And you know what?
- Actual, actual.
- That got it, well, now he wins.
(laughing)
- Feel like I might be docked because it's not folding up.
Functionality like, look at this, Aria.
Don't get me wrong,
I love winning just as much as the next person,
but I feel like it's not me.
- It is not you.
- I know.
- It's gonna have to be Connie.
- Yeah, it was Connie. - I knew it was Connie.
(laughing)
- Connie, I would love to put this on my head right now.
- Oh, will you?
- I know, can I borrow this, Aria?
- [Merle] Whoa.
- [Ryann] This is high fashion.
- [Merle] That is a whole, wow.
- Right. (laughs) - So, so, just to be clear,
I won this round. - Yes.
- So, it's one to zero.
- I'll be ready next time.
- Don't get me wrong, yeah, we--
- We got plans in the works.
(funky electronic music)