That didn't work with Zach. I had a big box of scraps and he got ahold of them. I made him pick each and every one of the over 100 scraps he had scattered to kingdom come. He finally got done and I taped the box so he couldn't do it again and he snuck in and tore it open and it rained in my living room again and again! He did this for several years. He has now gotten so he has other obsessions and doesn't do it as often. He is only 9 but some of these behaviors he has done since he learned to climb( it came before walking!!) He can be a challenge!! But he is a lot of fun!