Learn how to make all sorts of arts and crafts projects with our friend, Meli. Manos a la obra is a new series for all the DIY kids and teenagers out there who love to get to work. The Spanish expression "manos a la obra" literally means "let's put our hands into the work" and is customarily used by Spanish speakers to encourage each other to work when a task is at hand. In this video, Meli shows us how to make some delicious treats inspired by the video game, Minecraft. Are you ready to practice your Spanish while having some crafty fun? Let's get to work!

In the next two episodes of Manos a la obra [Let's Get to Work], our friend, Meli, teaches us to make origami bookmarks inspired by our favorite Pokemon characters. Let's get started with Charmander.

Meli concludes the segment on Pokemon bookmarks by teaching us how to make Pikachu.

Meli teaches us how to make "papel picado" [perforated paper] banners to decorate the altars to the dead set up to honor and remember those who have passed away during the celebration of the "Día de los muertos" [Day of the Dead], a holiday celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd.

In honor of the Day of the Dead, Meli teaches us how to make squishy sugar skulls and pumpkins.

Meli teaches us how to make fun dinosaur jars and note holders.

Is it by chance that Diego Maradona IS Maradona and you are not? “Life is a raffle, lottery or game of chance,” claims the refrain of this catchy song by Manu Chao. But if you were Maradona, what would you do? Would you live like him? Listen in and ponder the question.

Manu Chao is French, but he has Spanish roots. He sings in six or seven different languages, from Spanish to English to Arabic, and his music has even more diverse influences. “Clandestino,” the title track from Manu’s first album, deals with the issue of immigration: “I wrote it about the border between Europe and those coming from poorer nations. Look around – maybe thirty percent of the people in this street are clandestino (illegal).”

Maoli shows us a simple recipe to make for a Halloween party: a guacamole-spitting pumpkin! Enjoy the video, and perhaps try it yourself!

This time, Maoli teaches us how to make quesadillas with scary faces in the oven, a fun and easy recipe for Halloween. Bon appetite!

Cleer, a professional makeup artist from Colombia, takes us step by step through the makeover she is giving her friend, Catalina, in preparation for her job interview.

Enjoy Mark Anthony’s cover of legendary Spanish singer and songwriter Jose Luis Perales’s song “¿Y cómo es él?” (“And What’s He Like?”). In this song, Marc Anthony leaves behind his signature Salsa sound and becomes a more inquisitive broken heart.

"Vivir mi vida" [Living My Life] came out in 2013 as the first single from the album 3.0 by world-renowned salsa artist Marc Anthony, which won the Latin Grammy for Best Salsa Album in 2014.

Mari Carmen, a handball player in her youth, tells us how she initially got involved with sports.

Mari Carmen continues to tell us more details about her early days on the Guipúzcoa handball team and how she came to leave her administrative job to devote herself to athletics.

Mari Carmen tells us how commitment, camaraderie, and quality players led her team to twice take the Spanish Championship

This time, Mari Carmen tells us about the international women's handball championships in which she played in Stockholm, Sweden, and Vienna, Austria, and how impressed she was with these unique experiences abroad.

Through her experience as a champion handball player, Mari Carmen established an incredible bond with a group of women, who continue to meet to this day. In this video, she speaks to us about what their friendship means to her and how it has influenced her life.

According to Mari Carmen, her choice to attend a very regimented boarding school in the small village of Polanco to obtain her physical education degree could not have been a better one. Let's hear about her time there as well as her subsequent, rewarding experiences as an educator.

Would you like to have porcelain skin like many actors and actresses? Maria Fernanda knows a lot of beauty tricks and shares with us how to make a special, homemade facial mask from household ingredients.

Let's learn how to easily make a turban at home to go with any type of clothing. All we need is a piece of cloth that we no longer use, and Maria Fernanda will show us the rest!

How should we deal with debts? Which expenses should take priority? What financial adjustments can be made? Let's hear some good advice from Maria Fernanda regarding how to better manage our finances during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eight-year-old María Manuela tells us a bit about herself before treating us to her rendition of one of Colombian folklore's best-known melodies, "Pueblito viejo" [Little Old Town] by composer José Alejandro Morales.

María Marí, a Spanish painter living in London, talks to us a bit about her education and inspirations.