PROMPT: work with wire, thin-gauge wire can easily be bent by hand, so no special tools are required. you don't even have to buy wire if you have some paper clips handy.
you would think that at a school i would be able to find lots of paper clips, but i had the hardest time hunting some down. i finally managed to find a lady with some, and snagged three. so here is my new pet kitty named P.C.