Bedroom Burglars
You Will Need:
• Two small rectangles of card
• Two dice
• Some cotton thread
• A ball point pen
• A ruler
• A single paper
• Do this using a ball point ben and ruler. Press hard so that you score the card and it is easily folded.
• Begin by marking a line that's 2cm in from the edge, on both rectangles of card.
• Do this using a ball point ben and ruler. Press hard so that you score the card and it is easily folded.
• When done, fold the card in like this.
• Next, take a pair of scissors and cut one rectangle of card diagonally from the corner to the middle.
• Now take the cotton thread and carefully tie one end onto a paperclip with a knot.
• You've actually made an alarm for your bedroom. Here's how it works...
• Stick the two pieces of card to a wall by using sticky tack, to make a mini shelf, like this.
• Balance the two dice on the shelf and remember what numbers are on showing the outside.
• This is your secret code!
• Carefully thread the cotton out, without knocking the dice off.
• Tie a knot around your bedroom door knob...
• ...then carefully leave the room.
• To be able to do this you'll need to leave a little slack in the cotton thread so that you can crawl underneath...
• The next time anyone goes in your room they'll open the door and unknowingly pull the thread, collapsing the shelf and dislodging the dice.
• Even if they try to put the dice back they won't know your secret code, so you'll be able to tell that someone's been in.
• To complete the effect, why not add a burglar alarm box to cover your shelf and dice?
