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[Law Grandeur]

I'm trying to find something similar to a glass Christmas ornament but has to be a lot stronger. Something I can carry around without fear of it breaking on me but at the same time if thrown on the ground will shatter. It has to be hollow inside. Any ideas?


If you are wondering its for a stage/magic trick!

[evil_demon_01]

I'm trying to find something similar to a glass Christmas ornament but has to be a lot stronger. Something I can carry around without fear of it breaking on me but at the same time if thrown on the ground will shatter. It has to be hollow inside. Any ideas?


If you are wondering its for a stage/magic trick!

Snowglobe.

It really depends on what you mean by "Something I can carry around without fear of it breaking on me"
I could carry a shot glass on me and not break it, but shatter it if I throw it at the ground.
Likewise with a snowglobe.

How rough are you when you are "Carrying around"

[visualpoet]

Plastic bubbles that hold the little toys from a gumball machine.

Or you could make your own 'package' out of plaster (not drywall mud: plaster of paris) in two halves, then fill it and glue it together with a little more plaster. It would help if we had an idea how big it needs to be and a rough idea of the contents.

[Mista Juice]

Plastic bubbles that hold the little toys from a gumball machine.

please show me how to shatter one of those by throwing it on the ground..

[Law Grandeur]

^lol

ive thought about plaster honestly. well its going to be hanging off my belt either on my side or on the backside. i just dont want the liquid pouring all over me. and its not a liquid you want poured on you at all.


ive thought about using these but have no clue where to get some empty ones for cheap. theya re being tossed ont he ground afterall lol. (Btw thee are Black Phoenix Alchemy lab oils. they smell mighty good...if you are into gothy undead stuff <3)

[evil_demon_01]

Homeopathic use those bottles, try a pharmacy.

[Mista Juice]

ive got 4 actually right now from my chemo meds that are empty.. you want em?

and you could have had a lot more if i knew you needed them like a year ago.. hah..

[Mista Juice]

the pen is there as a size reference..

[LadyG]

If you didn't have to worry about them being turned upside down, you could use christmas ornaments...the wire loop usually pulls right out of the top.

...and maybe if you put a little bit of plastic wrap under the cap that holds the wire loop, it would keep sealed a little better?

[Law Grandeur]

thanks Mista but i dont think it would be worth shipping. now if you still had that hundred then maybe lol. thanks though!


well the original trick uses xmas tree ornaments with the top sealed like you recommend, but my worry is that they are just too fragile. if anything, ill take some out from the attic and try them out. ill hit up a pharmacy too. i found out that michaels arts and crafts sells them but pricey. 4 bucks or so for one 5ml bottle

[visualpoet]

please show me how to shatter one of those by throwing it on the ground..

Fill, cap, throw on the ground. How weak are your throws? I've dropped them and had them crack apart, tossed them against a wall empty and had them break apart, had the lids pop off. The smaller ones are a little tougher, but they are just plastic.




Or, you could always try something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-100-Gree...item19c82adbe3

[Mista Juice]

ah..

well i havent used them since i was a kid and the ones i had in mind were like these..



those were softer plastic and a pain in the ass to open as a kid..

[visualpoet]

I always got the ones that were viciously brittle; you were as likely to break them and stab yourself as open them.

[Law Grandeur]

ye ai always got the one with the red tops too.


yea that ebay link is very helpful. might actually get those. thanks!