
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
Trace around a big plate or bowl to make a circle, about 50 cm across. Cut it out.
- 2
Colour it solid red with paint or a thick marker.
- 3
Write “99+” in the middle in big white paint-pen numbers.
- 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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