How to Booby Trap a Door

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  Find a door that opens into a room. The door must be surrounded by a door frame.
  
  
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  Cut up strips of paper or small pieces of paper for confetti. You can also purchase confetti at the store. Or you could use the output of a paper shredder.
  
  
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  Fill the paper bag or plastic bucket with confetti and noisemakers, such as bells. Shake up the paper bag or bucket to mix the confetti and noisemakers.
  
  
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  From inside the room, open the door several inches. Balance the bucket or paper bag on the door and frame. If the door is not open enough or is open too much, the paper bag and bucket will not stay in place.
  
  
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  Stay inside the room. Call the intended target of the prank. When the victim enters, the confetti and bells will rain down upon him or her.