homemade mouse trap ( cheap and easy )

this is the lowest costing mouse trap you could possiblly make. it doesnt hurt if it snaps on you.

what you need:
a minimum of 3 rubberbands
an altoids tin

Step 1 Making it

this is the easiest thing you counld make on instructables.

put the rubberbands around the CLOSED altoids tin. put them equaily apart. open the tin

Comments

[tperrette]

sharpen the lid and it is a rodent guillotine

[dodo91]

... but sometime the lid snaps on your hand when setting it..... which if sharpened, could seriously hurt you...

[Bongmaster]

it looks liek it will prolly only be efective in scaring the mouse to death rather than trapping it ;) has it been tested at all?

[Air_Assassin]

no I tried it and it it could have broke my hand and it hurts like h**l

[dodo91]

it hasnt been tested, cause we dont get mice where i live

[Gamer917]

dont type like that. Typing like that only belongs on one site: http://icanhascheezburger.com/

[Bongmaster]

if u are refering to the liek word its a keyslip. i dont type like that normally ;) my fingers type too fast for the keyboard and i make many mistakes :P

[sharlston]

i do aswell

[zoltzerino]

And so do lolcats... ZZZZ

[cyberpageman]

I think you are a genius. All your projects are great!

[Air_Assassin]

Me too

[Gunner 3]

i filled it with thumb tacks sticking up.... it makes a good booby trap for me

[hammer9876]

You wanted comments, so here goes. Use photos that are clear and in focus, not fuzzy one. Hold that video camera still. The camera moves way too much.

[dodo91]

Thats becuse the camera i had was crap! It had no screen, so i had no idea if the shot was even accurate

[nikholemarie]

SHE JUST DOESNT WANT HER CAT TO LOSE ITS PUROPSE, DONT FRET!! LOL!

[bassclarinet23]

Thanks for the inspiration! I used this concept for my "Altoids Catapult" Instructable.

[Dutch1962]

I think that may work! There are a lot of home made mouse traps and I've seen a bunch in my career but this is a first for me. Excellent job. Check these crazy ones out.

http://pestcemetery.com/3-easy-home-made-mouse-traps/

[dodo91]

thanks for the tips. PLZ VOTE FOR ME! i havnt hot a single vote yet.

[jimmy dean]

Maybe that's because the contest says kid-friendly. I'm not sure killing mice is very kid-friendly.

[dodo91]

i dont want to kill animals! i just want them out of my space.

[iectyx3c]

Got my VOTE. I tried it and it worked. I used raisins as bait. You can see that I punched air holes on the sides using a regular paper punch.

[dodo91]

Awesome! glas to see people making my ideas. and thanks for the vote. i tried to make the siplest thing here by using only four things. those are rubber bands and altoids tin. i saw it on my pool table and fiddled around. thats how i got this. the thing i like the most about this mouse trap is it dosnt hurt you and it dosnt kill the mice.

[dodo91]

oh, also... I won that gogurt sweepstakes, and my new camera came last thursday. yeah! now i can make better vids

[dodo91]

thanks for the comments. i love to hear what people like to say about my stuff, even if its bad. it lets me know what i need to fix.

[DaPaulness332]

i'm pretty sure that you're still going to end up killing it, but in a less humane way. instead of quickly, by using a conventional mousetrap, the mouse would endure a slow, painful death by suffocation and strangulation. at least, that's what i think

[dodo91]

no. it traps it. then, i get it and let it free. I don't enjoy dead things. that's why the point of this is to keep it alive.

[ArvindTheNinja]

this thing wont even catch a mouse its kind of useless

[Berserk87]

kids love building/playing with mouse traps! ahah.

[EthansDad]

Would not trap a curiously strong mouse.

[countable]

However the tin had no problem holding curiously strong mints, so you never know, it might handle a curiously strong mouse. For bonus points, use a pair of tin snips to cut and fold out teeth from the lid and base.

[bdblock94]

i will try that

[Coliflower]

nice ones guys, lol

[lllalllo]

The video doesn't work. Re-upload using File>Publish instead of File>Save or Save and quit options.

[dodo91]

the video at the end is fixed. if its both vids your talking about, there might be somthing wrong with your computer. it works on mine, and its a dinosoar. everyone else hasnt metioned about it. check your computer for problems.

[tmuterspaugh]

if it doesnt hurt you when it snaps it wont kill a mouse

[dodo91]

i dont enjoy dead things. this is to trap it, not kill it. no, its not tested. i say its more of a concept. you can make an easy thing you could buy with things around the house.