Many people think a clock is hard to make but, once you have the mechanism, putting it together can be done by a child.
Have a party for a good cause. The best idea is to take some inexpensive china, preferably some thrift store finds that you pick up for cheap.
Any of these could become loose, broken, frayed, burnt or simply worn out.
I've used this specific design to boil water inside of an hour or so, let alone it was an incredible conversation starter.