Circuit Alarm
Information on how to build a simple circuit to make a simple alarm?
essentially this: http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/burglar.html
The internet as well as books are full of these circuits. I don’t know how good the circuit is described here but these types of circuits are notorious for errors and such.
How about a simple series circuit with a normally open lever switch?
If you want it to be tamper proof, then it becomes complicated real fast.
X10 technology. If you do a search for that, you should find alarms for all sorts of things, and you can by a wireless control panel cheaper than you could ever build one.
Light Activated Alarm Circuit in Review