99+ Notifications: a DIY Halloween costume made from cardboard, worn by Wren, AI-generated model

AI-generated picture to show the idea. Yours will look handmade.

99+ Notifications

A big red cardboard circle with 99+ in white, plus a tiny app icon on a cord over one shoulder. Nobody has ever cleared theirs.

TIME
25 min
COST
about $5
SKILL
Easy

What you need

  • Cardboard
  • Red paint or a thick red marker
  • White paint pen
  • A small card square and string for the app icon
  • Rope for shoulder straps

How to make it

  1. 1

    Trace around a big plate or bowl to make a circle, about 50 cm across. Cut it out.

  2. 2

    Colour it solid red with paint or a thick marker.

  3. 3

    Write “99+” in the middle in big white paint-pen numbers.

  4. 4

    Add shoulder straps with rope. Cut a small square from card, draw a simple icon on it, and hang it from a cord over your shoulder.

Make it better

  • Pat your pockets every thirty seconds.
  • Hold up a finger and say “one sec” whenever someone talks to you.

Questions

What if I only have one marker?

Use whatever you have. A bright red and a white will do. Even a plain white 99+ on a red sticker works.

Wear it in front of your own haunted CCTV

Upload four photos of your house and Cursed Cam turns them into a night-time security monitor where something is very wrong. Put it on the TV by the door.

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