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The Sibling Distractor

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What’s Pearl’s problem? Her little sister Vida makes a terrible mess when she’s in Pearl’s room. What if there is a way to distract Vida from coming into the room in the first place?

Ramps, pullies, a toy train, fart spray, and a chocolate bar that looks like poop all come to the rescue in this episode of What’s Your Problem? Inventor team Joseph Herscher, Mikayla Stokes, and Brett Doar create a few Rube Goldberg-style contraptions to help distract Vida. Herscher tests them on his little friend Wiremu, and Stokes tests some stinky odors for science!

Will these ideas properly sidetrack or discourage a younger sibling like Vida from mischief?

wiremu tries to get the cake
bad smell tests
chocolate bar poop
Watch more videos from Rube Goldberg afficianado Joseph Herscher on this site, including Wiremu’s debut in The Cake Server.

Plus these: How To Make Fake Poo, a mini psychology experiment and How To Capture A Scent, an easy science experiment.

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