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Think back to your last birthday. Can you remember what everyone got you? Sure, perhaps you can remember what gifts you recieved from your nearest and dearest, but can you recall all of the prezzies you got? I know I can't.
That's fine - until you consider that your friends probably can't remember what you got them for their birthdays either. Tsk! After all that time and effort you expended picking them something fabulous! Bloody ingrates.
Well, one way to ensure that your gift sticks in their memory is to make even the act of giving the present into an event. Rather than just handing over a paper-wrapped package, why not present your buddy with tricky birthday puzzle that will ask them to prove their powers of observation and manual dexterity if they ever want to get their hands on the goods? That's what I did for my friend Simon's birthday last year, and it worked brilliantly!
In this Instructable I'll take you through the workings of the tricky prezzie puzzle I set for him, so that you too can frustrate your friends with deviousness before delighting them with nice things that you think they'll like. With a few specialist supplies you can make handing over their gift into a present itself.
Unfortunately, I did this almost a year ago, so I don't have any photos of it. I've used diagrams where possible, so that'll have to do - at least until someone posts an Instructable on how to build a time machine so I can go back and take some snaps.
Spoiler Warning!
This 'Ible contains an explanation on how a piece of simple magic equipment works. If you don't want to have the inner workings of the Magic Bill Box ruined for you, don't read on. You have been warned!
That's fine - until you consider that your friends probably can't remember what you got them for their birthdays either. Tsk! After all that time and effort you expended picking them something fabulous! Bloody ingrates.
Well, one way to ensure that your gift sticks in their memory is to make even the act of giving the present into an event. Rather than just handing over a paper-wrapped package, why not present your buddy with tricky birthday puzzle that will ask them to prove their powers of observation and manual dexterity if they ever want to get their hands on the goods? That's what I did for my friend Simon's birthday last year, and it worked brilliantly!
In this Instructable I'll take you through the workings of the tricky prezzie puzzle I set for him, so that you too can frustrate your friends with deviousness before delighting them with nice things that you think they'll like. With a few specialist supplies you can make handing over their gift into a present itself.
Unfortunately, I did this almost a year ago, so I don't have any photos of it. I've used diagrams where possible, so that'll have to do - at least until someone posts an Instructable on how to build a time machine so I can go back and take some snaps.
Spoiler Warning!
This 'Ible contains an explanation on how a piece of simple magic equipment works. If you don't want to have the inner workings of the Magic Bill Box ruined for you, don't read on. You have been warned!
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My buddy Simon is a fan of the Monkey Island games, so for his birthday I tracked down a copy of the one game in the series he didn't own, The Curse of Monkey Island. I also bought him a neat t-shirt from Cafepress (pictured below). Finally, to top off the package, I bought him a skull-and-crossbones pin badge.
I knew that I didn't just want to hand over the gifts, so I took a little time to think about something cool I could do to make the pressie-giving itself into an event. Inspired by the pirate theme of the prezzies, I started thinking about hidden booty, which in turn led me to think about tricks and traps. Before long an appropriate problem was forming in my mind...
I knew that I didn't just want to hand over the gifts, so I took a little time to think about something cool I could do to make the pressie-giving itself into an event. Inspired by the pirate theme of the prezzies, I started thinking about hidden booty, which in turn led me to think about tricks and traps. Before long an appropriate problem was forming in my mind...
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Jun 15, 2009. 11:53 AMBongmaster
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XD kool :)
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