- After some time, which is not five minutes!
- It's nice. It's actually quite satisfying.
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- Oh, is this like the five minute crafts?
These are so weird.
Like I never understand them.
- Five minute crafts, please don't make me!
Oh my gosh.
- I've had that happen.
- Sometimes you buy a really cheap pair of sandals,
and they just break on you.
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- Oh, that's genius!
- Innovative ways to make something work.
- You know what my solution to that problem is?
A, buy more expensive flip flops,
and B, replace them!
- These are just like summer beach hacks?
Ah, nice!
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- Oh, that's smart!
- That's pretty smart.
Like, that's, I would do that.
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- Okay, soothing gel, okay,
and then they're probably gonna put it in the freezer.
- Aloe's actually really good for that kinda stuff,
so I feel like, this will not take five minutes though.
That's not the way freezing works.
- Tell your roomates that they're aloe vera cubes.
- Now that's just plain old smart.
- That's gonna make a hot mess.
Pour the aloe out and put it on.
- Oh no, you know that feeling when you can't get on your bike?
Oh shoot, there goes the bike!
- You know how many girls don't have hair ties,
so they're always asking another girl for it?
This just doesn't work.
Who has a coin on them?
Where'd she get the coin from? I don't see a wallet or a pocket.
- Just wear some shorts under your dress,
and you'll be good.
- Oh man, makes like a romper. Yeah! (laughs)
That is cool.
- Beer box cooler?
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- Oh, that's a cool idea.
- That's pretty neat right there.
That might be something I might do.
- They were great!
I mean, just easy and practical,
and they're all common sense,
but you just don't think of it.
- These five minute crafts are so click-baity,
that I would never use them.
- (FBE) So we have some more videos to show you in a second,
but those were videos that come from
the DIY YouTube channel 5-Minute Crafts.
- Yes, yes, I love it. I love those videos.
- I'm gonna start subscribing to that.
- I have seen them roasted, more than I have appreciated.
- (FBE) All of these crafts featured in this episode
are summer hacks. - Okay, cool, cool, cool.
I mean, it is the summer. It's gettin' hot.
So yeah, I think sometimes we may need a few of these hacks.
- (FBE) Well we also wanted to see if you could take on
one of these crafts yourself, so we've selected
one of the crafts from the videos that we're showing you
for you to recreate.
- Okay, that'll be fun! Let's see if it actually works though.
- (FBE) So for you, you are actually gonna be
recreating the broken flip flop soda can hack.
- Okay. (laughs) I'll do that.
I have a lot of flip flops.
- How does she do that so fast?
- Hey!
- Oh that's not gonna happen.
Okay, unless I cut it. (record scratches)
- See, I knew this wouldn't work, 'cause it's metal, you know?
Don't try this at home.
- Oh, it does cut. (laughs)
And then you go like this.
It works!
- Okay.
That makes sense!
But you have to be careful not to cut your finger.
(record scratches) - I'm gonna let the professionals
stick to this, I think I'm done with that.
That's just not gonna work.
- Oh a fan, okay.
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- That's too much work for me. (laughs)
Go to the 99 cent store.
- I'm even going through menopause and have hot flashes,
and I wouldn't do that bull[bleep].
- That's super cool,
and then you could do it, really decorate it.
- Oh, make a little fan jawn.
Yeah, that's nice right there.
Oh, definitely could use that on the beach.
- Be very careful with that box cutter.
- Oh my gosh.
I don't know why these make me so irritated,
but they really, clearly do.
- Oh, it's supposed to attract bugs or something?
- After some time, which is not five minutes!
My point exactly!
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- Oh no, oh no, my floatie, and I don't know how to swim!
That's why I got in the water so far!
This is the acting that you'd see in like '80s infomercials.
- You know what the problem is?
You bought cheap [bleep] to begin with,
and so it broke at the seam.
- Is it just melting the plastic together?
Huh, okay, that's pretty clever actually.
- I didn't know you could do that, but it makes sense.
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- It's like a good like home crafts kinda thing today, you know?
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- Oh, okay.
I feel like that would be very flimsy,
like it would just come off,
unless you're holding the balloon down the whole time.
- That's something children would enjoy.
- Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. The kids might like that.
- That's fun. This is a five minute craft
that you could make a couple for your kids,
and then they can play.
This is the only genuine thing I've seen in this whole video.
- I really love them.
I like the fact that, you know, you're reusing, recycling.
A lot of times when we want something to work,
or we want to improve on something, we think about going to the store,
spending money to buy something to make something work,
when there could be things at your fingertips around your house,
around the kitchen.
- (FBE) We want you to try to make the ping pong launcher.
- Oh okay, cool yeah.
I'm probably gonna get frustrated, but let's do it!
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Make a hole at the bottom. Alright.
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- Alright.
Let's see if it takes me five minutes.
- Take the balloon,
and you just like stretch over the cup.
- Bam.
- I'm so nervous if it doesn't work, I have failed in life.
That was so sad.
- It worked!
That was pretty fun, that's pretty cool.
It's nice. It's actually quite satisfying.
- These cups bend very easily.
So maybe if you do it with like a harder cup or something
it would work better, but,
I would just go the dollar store,
and for the same amount of money that it took me to buy the cups
and the balloons, like, it's the same.
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- Uh oh. Absolut, Absolut!
Wait, she puttin' it under her underarms?
- No, that's a waste of alcohol!
- Okay, you can smell like a drunk instead?
- Been doin' that for years.
- Need an underwater camera?
- Oh, I've seen this one before. This is fun.
It's just like, just don't drop it.
- Yeah, nothing bad can come of that.
- I mean, the photos that came out look nice.
- Yeah, that's interesting.
I could talk to my grandchildren about that.
- The standard five minute craft
just upbeat fake rave music.
- Aw a little cat heart.
- I just don't understand,
you're gonna have me do this God damn one.
- Oh, my daughter wanted a tattoo.
I'll tell her about that.
- Isn't that a waste of your eyeliner?
'Cause like look how much is on her temporary tattoo,
and look how much people actually use on their eye.
- A pool noodle?
(laughs) For a wine glass holder?
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- If I brought wine to a party like that,
I'd lose all my friends.
- Oh, now that is interesting.
- Okay, we just, that wine one,
I'm gonna do that, oh my goodness.
- DIY toilet! (laughs)
- Oh please, that's disgusting.
- Don't tell me what that is.
I don't wanna know that that's a pee bucket.
Get the God damn pee bucket.
- That's another great idea, the you just, the bag.
I feel so stupid when I watch these.
It's like, I can't think of one.
I just don't have that kinda brain.
- I love them. I love, honestly,
could watch them all day long.
I really like sometimes throw some things out,
and I'm like, I feel so terrible and I go how do they get recycled?
How do they get reused?
But watching these, and I do watch them a lot,
really gives you so many ideas.
- (FBE) So for this one, we want you to try to recreate
the eyeliner tattoo. - Okay.
I don't have my eyeliner with me, but... (laughs)
- (FBE) Well don't worry, 'cause we got some stuff for ya.
- Awesome!
- I'll do my version of a kitty.
Okay, gotta get little ears, and the head.
- A heart, and then, DIY.
There we go!
That's what I wanna be seen at the pool with.
- Lala. It's my wife's name in Hawaiian.
- I mean yeah, it's still there.
Should I try rubbing it to see if it comes off?
Oh yeah, that did not work. That was...
Easy five minute hacks!
Your own temporary tattoo.
It's so temporary, it'll only last until you put it in the water.
- (gasps) Oh, it works!
- I'm gonna be having many more tattoos now,
I can just do a temporary tattoo and then wash it away.
That's great! That really works!
- (FBE) So the YouTube channel that features these compilations
is called 5-Minute Crafts.
So after watching all these videos and creating some of the hacks,
do you think that the name is fitting for how long these take?
- Uh, yeah. I mean, it didn't take you a lot
to fix something and do it.
- I think it's perfect for how long it takes.
I think it's a good concept.
- Probably even less than that once you know how to do it.
But I mean, that didn't take more than five minutes,
and it was fun!
- It took me like 30 seconds, and then another 10
for it to be completely ruined.
So I think, an actual name for it
would be like 40 second crap.
- No, 5-Minute Crafts should change their name
to Waste of Time Crafts.
The only ones that aren't five minutes are literally just
normal things that people do.
- (FBE) The channel itself has a massive amount of views
with over 14 billion across YouTube,
and over 30 million followers on Instagram.
- Yeah, that's massive.
Well yeah, because these like, I see these videos a lot
just kinda scrolling, 'cause they're like quick bites.
- (FBE) Why do you think so many people
watch this type of content?
- Literally have no clue.
Maybe to give them ideas or something, but I don't know, man.
Just go outside and get some ideas.
- Entertainment, for sure.
Like, I know so many people who like clown these hacks
and videos that they make,
or like they just make little jokes out of it.
- I watch it because I'm like oh, I'm gonna see like what from this
things that they show me, like actually work for me.
But you have to go through all of them, because they're so fast,
it can't be like, sometimes you skip in a YouTube video to see something.
They're just one after the other, so they make you watch everything.
- Lot of times you have tools,
equipment, products, right in front of you.
You're in a situation, circumstance, you're, how to handle the situation,
resolve the problem, is right in front of you.
It's a matter of being quiet and looking around.
- (FBE) Finally, do you think you'll be trying any of these
and searching more hacks this summer?
- No.
I think it would be more of a hassle than a hack.
- I'm gonna watch this channel, 'cause I just am amazed
at what people come up with.
- I'm gonna search them, especially the one with the kids,
making the toys and stuff.
- I'm gonna subscribe to the channel, and I'll definitely try the hacks.
- I probably won't try these,
but they're fun to watch when they come up.
- You want me to be honest with you? No.
Some of the crafts that I looked at, it wasn't really worth my while.
- I'm gonna keep watching them even after summer's over.
I'm just, I'm gonna watch them, and I hate it,
'cause I save a lot of them, and then I never do them.
- No, I don't.
If I have a problem, I typically throw money at it.
So if I have a problem with my flip flops,
I don't think oh, let me go get a soda can and dut dut dut.
- Absolutely not.
It's a waste of time!
Like, I have so many other things to do this summer,
instead of like twiddle my thumbs and get them cut.
You know how many of those they use like exacto knives?
I'm still a child, so I will not be using that.
- Thanks for watching this crafty episode
of Generations React, shout out to Roseberry.
- If you liked our crafts, then hit that like button.
- Hey everyone, Lauren, producer here at FBE.
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