A gang of helpers from the audience ties up your Teddy Bear
with ropes, pipe cleaners (chenille sticks), zip ties,
twist-ties, rubber bands, shoe-laces, and locks and chains. Then
they help you tie him (or tape him) inside a wooden or cardboard
box, just like Harry Houdini. And even though you give the box to
someone to guard, just like Harry Houdini, when they open it, the
ropes and chains are there but Teddy is gone! Teddy always gets
out and is soon found swinging from someone's back, free as a
bear!
You don't have to use a Teddy Bear; any doll or
stuffed animal will work. Wilhelmina found hers in a Dollar
Store!
Wilhelmina got Jim Gerrish to rebuild the model
of the Escape Box that she originally made from cardboard into a
more permanent hardboard version, and included photos of the
construction process in her e-Book.
