You shouldn't have any trouble tracking down a bundle or two of the Tribune's Red Eye. Teach your child the patented pitch technique of those lovely men and women who greet us every morning on our way to work, and you've got a Chicago classic.

Variation: Paint a cardboard box red, get a Styrofoam sphere from an arts & crafts store, paint it red and attach it to a headband and go as an actual Red Eye box.