Talking Booby Trap

Conclusion

After you record your own message and sound effects, you can use the Talking Booby Trap in lots of ways:

• Place a diary, journal, or any object on the brass tab. The weight of the object keeps the clothespin open and armed. Camouflage the booby trap by placing something else in front. If anyone lifts the book — whoop! whoop! — the alarm goes off. The snoop is busted!

• Use the Talking Booby Trap to shame your lunch-lifting co-workers. Hide it behind your food inside the fridge at work. If anybody touches it, the talking booby trap blasts: “Keep your hands off my lunch!” Now everybody will know the identity of the secret food thief!

• Tie a string to a small piece of paper and slip it between the clothespin jaws. Then tie the other end to any pilferable object. You’ll know if anyone tries to take it, because pulling the string trips the booby trap: “Step away from the camera!” You can use thin monofilament fishing line instead of string for a nearly invisible alarm.