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Comment by andrewstuart

Don't know. I figure one day it will come out, no hurry to dispel the magic till then.

If you like that sort of thing:

Last year for his birthday I spent several months preparing an alien treasure hunt in the park for his birthday.

The idea was an alien spacecraft had crashed in the park and eight 10 year old boys were needed to go hunting for the clues to help the aliens get home.

As we drove down there listening to the radio I had an IOT device that transmitted its own AM radio station to the car radio with an urgent announcement about a crashed alien spacecraft nearby.

I prepared all sorts of gadgets and electronic devices - sound effects and lights - gave the kids bluetooth buttons to search for things and had little IOT devices that played sounds when the buttons came in range. I made audio mission cards which played audible missions to the kids (made from audio greeting card mechanisms). I bought tiny little glow in the dark aliens and little led lights that I scattered around the park. The kids found a nest of alien eggs that they had to eat (chocolate eggs).

The finale was they had to tie the tiny aliens to helium balloons and send them into the sky to "send them home".

I spent months writing code and preparing it all. Only about half worked on the night!!

I think I had more fun making it all than the kids did doing it.

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