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A Better Mouse Trap by worldgnat is licensed under the Creative Commons - GNU GPL license.
© 2010 by worldgnat
Instructions
1. Print one top and one bottom piece.
2. Insert a pin through the holes of the top and bottom pieces so that the top acts as a door, closing the trap.
3. Duct-tape a toothpick to the bottom of a piece of thick, noncorrugated cardboard, and tape that to the bottom of the trap so that it forms a ramp in the back of the trap. It should lie flat for now.
4. Find a piece of fairly thick, non-corrugated cardboard, cut a 1cm by 4cm strip, and fold it in half. This will be the stand that prevents the trap from closing. Prop it up under the door, so that the angle is pointing outward like the head of an arrow.
5. Place a rubber band around the entire trap. You will probably have to keep the cardboard support folded with your fingers so it doesn't collapse.
6. Tie a piece of string to the bottom of the support. Hot-glue it there if you feel like it.
7. Tie the other end, fairly tightly, to the toothpick so that the ramp is lifted.
8. Place bait on the ramp and wait.
