I remember dropping a plastic spider on my sister one fine April Fools Day.

Sounds about the same - minus the bucket. lol

Don't teach them to snare around the house. Geeze...!

My son used to make ‘squirrel traps’, when he was four or so. The trap consisted of three sticks, set up tee-pee style, with an acorn at the center of each one. Dozens of them all over our yard. I asked how was it going to work? He said, when the squirrel grabs the acorn, the sticks will fall on him and trap him.
I bet squirrels were telling their friends from miles away.

When I was young I made a trap from a wooden box, with a string to trip it. I waited for a ground squirrel to enter, and caught it. It had big front teeth, so I got a leather welding glove, and grabbed it. It grabbed my finger and bit hard; it hurt but didn't go through the glove. I let it go. That was the end of my big game hunting.

reminds me of when we thought we were going to catch birds with a box balanced on a stick and a string connected to take it down

My friends and I used to do that all the time when we were kids. We never caught shit. I think the local wildlife is safe.

That is a little scary! That bucket could catch anything and hurt it...lol

You might get prepared to deal with some supernatural entity beyond your wildest nightmares.

The creative minds of children is a treat to witness.