How to Hide Things in One's Room

From diaries to notes from friends to a weekly allowance, you may have items that you'd like to hide from your siblings, parents or friends. Find spots throughout your room to conceal these treasures that will still allow you to access them easily.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Find hiding places that are inconvenient for someone to search. For example, your brother probably won't want to make your bed, so he probably won't mess it up to look for your secret item. Snoops will confine their searches to areas that they can check quickly.
2. Store things in and behind books that you're sure no one in your family will want to borrow. Slip items between the pages, hollow out the center of an old book to hold small objects or use one of the covers to hide your diary.
3. Secure thin objects under drawers with tape or strips of Velcro. Change the tape often so it won't lose its hold and cause items to fall and jam your drawer.
4. Stash your diary and special documents where no one can see them. Create a file for your journal on your computer and scan notes and other paperwork to save on your hard drive. Protect the files with a frequently-changed password.
5. Conceal flat items like love notes and tickets behind other things. Pin them behind memorabilia on your corkboard or tape them behind posters or photos hung on your wall.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your secret item a secret. If your brothers, sisters, parents and friends don't know your treasure exists, they won't attempt search your room to find it.
• Don't hide things where someone will discover them or throw them away accidentally. Avoid pants pockets that your mom might check before doing laundry or a stack of scrap paper that a sibling might toss out while doing chores.