Mosquito traps, made simple!

My mom sent me this link, to make mosquito traps that work quite well: http://www.instructables.com/id/Mosquito-Killing-Ovitrap/

I made some today, and took some pictures after I completed each, and then stitched them together into a video. Hope you enjoy! [Edit: added costs at the end.]

Note that the last two images I added just because I thought it was neat -- I had cut a template out of that piece of paper, after tracing the circle of the top of one of the cups on it. I tossed the paper aside on the table, and it ended up wrapping neatly around a vase. So the first picture is above it, then the second beside it to better show the cut-out piece. :)

Also note that I would have benefited from a tripod! That way the background would have stayed the same, and each new cup would have just appeared in place.

Oh, also I didn't add captions for "make small holes for the hanging wire, and a larger drainage hole that will be below the screen level", but that's also a part of the process (see above link for the entire process).

All that's left is for me to fill a bucket with stagnant water (there's a prime source just beyond the drainage ditch we're building! :) ), then fill each cup from it, and hang them around the garden and the yard. Mosquitoes will be gone in a couple weeks!

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To help other content creators, here was my process:

1. Did a search on "make video from series of photos", and found this video, which also has the instructions in text form in the Description (which was helpful).
2. Put that video (its Description, really) on the left side using WindowsKey+LeftArrow, then open Windows Movie Maker, and put it on the right side using WindowsKey+Right. This way I have both the instructions and the work space on-screen together.
3. Created a folder for the photos and copied them into it. Note that my current folder structure is e.g. Documents\Steemit, under there I have one folder for each post I've done, and a "TODO" folder which currently has 8 folders under it. :)
4. Apparently that video was from an older version of Movie Maker, so had to figure out the new interface.
5. Clicked "Add video and photos", then selected all the photos in the "Making mosquito traps" folder, and clicked "Open".
6. Once they've loaded, click the Edit tab, and then in the Duration change it from 7.00 to 2.50 seconds.
7. I've gotten two spam posts on my videos yesterday, both of which were offering free music, so I figured I'd check them out. I will not advertise for the spammers, as they're collecting others' content. However, I will share the creator of the music that I chose: "Rewind Remix"[1] -- in its Description it gives a download link, so I followed that and downloaded the music, then added it to the video via the "Home" tab, then "Add Music", then select the download.
8. Went to the new "Music Tools Options" tab that appeared after the last step, and set "Fade out" to "Medium".
9. Played it and verified it looks and sounds good. At this point I spent some time tweaking the transition time, ending up at 3.4 seconds, so that the "beat" occurs as the image transitions.
10. Add captions to each image. For each caption, I set the color to black, then set the Outline size to the smallest, and finally the Outline color to the one under the white box (first column, second row).
11. Watch again, tweaking until I like it.
12. File, Save Movie, select YouTube, then save it in the same folder as above.
13. Upload to YouTube, get frustrated when it never finished processing (actually never started, was at 0% for ten minutes!), so delete and upload again (thanks, YouTube!).

Please give me feedback on my video, and process? Thanks!

Costs

Best part is how inexpensive it was! It was $4.84 for the Gorilla Glue silicone sealant; $6.28 for 12 pairs of socks; $20.74 for far more metal screening than I need (42" x 7'); and $11.99 for 50 of the black cups (not Solo cups, they're a little smaller, and deform much easier -- putting the sock around the mouth was difficult, and in two cases I pulled the sock off, but was able to re-glue it and it dried before I got to them).

Totaling $43.85; I made 22 of them (why not 24? I decided to try a pair of the socks, and liked them so much I kept that pair, and decided not to use the other set of 12 pairs I had bought for traps, as 22 traps is more than enough for our yard -- which brought the average price up somewhat).

Average price for each trap: $1.99.

Had I made 50, the total would have increased by $6.28 to $50.13, meaning each trap would have been slightly over $1.

The article said they had made them for 40 cents each -- I think the screening was the difference.

[1] -- It was from this video: