100 Demonstration Speech Topic Ideas

Demonstration Speech Topic

Here's a list of 100 good demonstration speech topic ideas that you can use in your demonstration speeches.

These how-to speech topics cover a truly HUGE range of activities, so I hope you can find a subject that works perfectly. If not, take a look at the things you do on a daily basis. I'm sure you'll be able to come up with at least 100 more demonstration speech topic ideas of your own!


The First 50

Demonstration Speech Topic Ideas by Category

Arts and Crafts Demonstration Topics

Art Crafts Demonstration Speech Topics
  • How to paint an egg
  • How to do origami
  • How to do graffiti
  • How to make jewelry
  • How to make candles
  • How to decorate a cake
  • How to make beads
  • How to create an ice sculpture
  • How to make a pop-up card
  • How to make animals out of balloons
  • How to make paper mache figures
  • How to create stained glass objects
  • How to do string art
  • How to make clay charms
  • How to make wind chimes
  • How to make a Dreamcatcher
  • How to press flowers
  • How to carve fruit into flowers and animals
  • How to build a mosaic Lightbox
  • How to make envelopes
  • How to make paper
  • How to make perfume
  • How to make silly putty
  • How to make a snow globe
  • How to make a candy bouquet
  • How to make a kaleidoscope
  • How to make a hula hoop
  • How to make a sock monkey

Gardening and Outdoor Activities:

How to Feed a Snake Demonstration Topic
  • How to trim a bonsai tree
  • How to create a worm farm
  • How to make garden stepping stones
  • How to raise tadpoles
  • How to make a bird feeder
  • How to attract hummingbirds to your garden
  • How to arrange flowers
  • How to build a bird house

Animals and Pets:

  • How to feed a snake
  • How to make a fishing lure

Personal Care and Fashion:

  • How to put on makeup
  • How to stretch before working out
  • How to do braids
  • How to use scarves on your head, neck, body

Skills and Miscellaneous:

  • How to pick locks
  • How to detect if someone is lying
  • How to make sushi
  • How to ride a unicycle
  • How to make cheese
  • How to make ginger ale
  • How to use an exercise ball
  • How to make a spud gun

50 More Demonstration Speech Topic Ideas

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Technology and DIY:

  • How to install a WordPress blog
  • How to edit a video
  • How to create an iPhone application
  • How to clean running shoes
  • How to remove scratches from DVDs
  • How to make a foxhole radio
  • How to build an electric motor
  • How to use potatoes to conduct electricity
  • How to make a WiFi antenna booster
  • How to make a metal detector
  • How to make iodine
  • How to build a paper airplane
  • How to build a shelf
  • How to make paper invisible
  • How to make colored fire
  • How to make instant ice sculptures with hot ice
  • How to create a lemon battery
  • How to build a balloon rocket car
  • How to make water glow
  • How to make a cloud in a bottle
  • How to make magnetic fluid
  • How to make a magnet gun
  • How to use a compass
  • How to use a TTY machine (text telephone)
  • How to use a Ham radio
  • How to make lip gloss
  • How to build a telescope
  • How to make a pinhole camera
  • How to make Play-Doh
  • How to make yogurt

Performing Arts and Entertainment Demonstration Speech Topics

Performing Arts and Entertainment:

  • How to do poi spinning
  • How to dance a particular dance
  • How to do card tricks
  • How to do yoga
  • How to do magic tricks
  • How to play poker
  • How to knit/crochet
  • How to solve a Rubik's cube
  • How to beatbox
  • How to kickbox
  • How to perform tai chi
  • How to edit your photographs online
  • How to whistle
  • How to make fireballs
  • How to play beginner guitar chords
  • How to use chopsticks
  • How to make kimchi
  • How to hypnotize people
  • How to use an exercise ball
  • How to breathe fire

A Few Demonstration Speech Tips

If you already know how to do something on this demonstration speech topic list, then you will be way ahead, in that you won't have to learn how to do the project yourself before preparing a speech!

You will need to gather all of your visual aids so that you can show your audience what you talk about step by step. Demonstrative devices include the products used in the process, posters, slide shows, and white boards. In addition to the sense of sight, take advantage of all five senses when possible including sound, touch, smell, and taste.

Make sure you create a demonstration speech outline before putting together your presentation and practice in front of a test audience (friends, family, or tutors) so that you feel confident presenting your demonstration speech topic on the day.

Do one of these ideas appeal, but you're not sure how to decide for yourself?

Then research or brainstorm a selection that seems appealing! That way, you'll end up talking about something that interests you, AND you'll learn a new skill along the way!

A well-planned talk illustrating how to create, how something works, or how to complete a task is educational and transfers valuable knowledge to the next person. A formal demonstration speech is most like tutoring from a parent or mentor. If you have ever received a lesson on something new, it probably began with an informal demonstration speech. 

If you have ever turned to Youtube for help on how to solve a problem, you have watched a demonstration speech topic. One reporter at the Guardian took this concept to an extreme and attempted to become a TOP chef by watching demonstration videos on cooking over the course of seven days. While not quite reaching the pinnacle, his cooking skills did improve. Dowling, T. (2018, August 01). Can you learn to cook like a chef by watching YouTube? Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/01/can-you-learn-to-cook-like-a-chef-by-watching-youtube

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