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It was very interesting to see the product after it was done. Nowadays, it is easy to

buy preprinted cards, but none of them are 3D. Being handmade makes the card
more unique and most importantly is that it was made by me. Imagine if someone
gave you a present and said that it was made by him or her, how special you would
feel!

Vocabulary

 handwork activities: when you create something with your own hands; “My
daughter loved to do handwork activities when she was younger.”

 crafts: projects that people like to do that involve creating something that is artsy,

but is not considered fine art. Examples are things that you make to decorate your
home, quilting, sewing, woodworking, etc. “I love to make crafts and give them to
people as presents.”

 Do-It-Yourself: also known as DIY, a popular term to talk about the things that
people can do themselves, like minor house repairs and maintenance, building
things and working in their yards; “My husband loves Do-It-Yourself house
projects.”

 doable: something is doable if it can be done, if you can do it; “Her son didn’t think
his homework was doable, but he was just complaining and being lazy.”

 airs: to air means to run a program on TV or radio; “My favorite TV show airs every

night at 5:00 p.m.”

 tweens: describes kids between the ages of 10 and 12; they are in the tens, but they
aren’t yet considered teenagers because they haven’t hit the numbers that say teen,
like thirteen; “I have a class full of crazy tweens!”

 suitable for: appropriate for, it’s okay for; “This show is not suitable for children
and that is why it is rated TV14.”

 episode: an episode is one installment of a series of shows; a season may have 8 to
10 episodes or more; “Did you see the new episode of Game of Thrones?”

 decorate: to put things in a room to add color and artwork; “My bedroom is so
boring; I need to decorate it!”

 these kinds of programs: use these kinds of to talk about something in the plural;

use this kind of to talk about something singular; “I like these kinds of bananas.” or
“I like this kind of banana.”

 to create a strong bond: to make a strong connection with another person: “I
created a strong bond with the members of my soccer team over the last two years.”