For my creative switch project I wanted to make a constellation map that would activate when you touched it. I wanted to place it inside of a book so that it had the potential of creating different pages with different constellations. In order to do this, I needed to choose a constellation to replicate and…
Category: All Posts
Literally Me Crying
For this project I made an embroidered canvas crying red. I chose to make it crying, but it can be easily changed to create different emotions; by making it blush, or have lights around its head. Here is the walk though. Materials: Canvas 5 Red LEDs Conductive thread (any thread will work) Wire 3 metal…
Thinking Cap Creative Switch By: Tamae Douglas
For this creative switch project I decided to attempt making a thinking cap. By simply putting on a pair of glasses an idea is formed, indicated by lights that appear on top of the hat. Materials Needed hot glue/tape glasses hat 2 white LED lights 6 voltage battery pack( 2 three voltage batetries) red and…
Creative Switch
Sock Puppet Switch: Materials: 1 sock 3 LEDs 6 skinny wires Conductive material Two 3 volt batteries Soldering iron Tape Markers Start by folding the sock inside out and putting the LEDs in the desired places. Next, solder one mini wire to each cathode leg of each LED. Tape the battery pack with the two…
Light Cup Creative Switch By: Tiffany Marin
Light Up Cup Materials Need: 4.5 Volt Battery Pack 3 AA Batteries 4 Clear LED’s 4 100 Ohm Resistors Copper Tape Wire Cardboard Reusable Coffee Cup Step 1: Start by prototyping the circuit on a breadboard. This ensures that all LED’s work and gives a basic layout for the circuit Step 2: Recreate the…
4 Color Cube – Creative Switch
SORRY, THERE IS NO CLICKBAIT, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT TO SEE THE FINAL PICTURE. MATERIALS: (EXCLUDE THE BATTERIES, CLEAR RUBBER SHEETS, AND WOODEN PLANK) 1 INCH WOODEN DOWEL 4 DIFFERENT COLORED FILM SHEETS (R,G,B,Y) 4 DIFFERENT LED BULBS (R,G,B,Y) 3 VOLTS WATCH BATTERY SMALL PINS COPPER TAPE ALUMINUM PUSH PINS WHITE PAINT…
Creative Switch-Interactive Image
Materials Required One blank sheet of 9 x 12 in. Mixed media paper One blank sheet of standard letter-size printer paper 5 LEDs 2 Red LEDs 2 Green LEDs 1 yellow led (3) 3-Volt cell batteries Conductive tape Assorted construction paper One roll of clear tape Varying pens and pencils Ruler Step 1: Gather materials….
Creative switch
Tools: Jar 2 LEDs Conductive Tape Wire Wire cutters Wire strippers Electrical tape Soldering iron Brass/Copper piece of metal Copper fabric Copper tape Line the inside of the lid and rim of the jar with either copper tape or conductive tape. Take four medium pieces of wire and one semi small sized and strip it…
Suburban Home Morning Routine
Materials Required: conductive tape 3volt Battery colored construction paper ruler tape LED lights pencil/pen scissors Step 1: Using construction paper and a pencil create a 4 inch by 3 inch rectangle for the house, carve two windows that are half an inch by half an…
Pop Up Image(Creative Switch Project)By: Braeden Daugherty
Materials required: conductive tape paper (any size, preferably printer paper) led bulbs (yellow, or orange) 9-volt battery 9-volt battery connector wooden board for the base tacky glue Step One: Using the paper make an image that you want to light up, in this case, I decided to make a sunny day image next, fold the…
Flower Creative Switch By: Johanna B & Azka M
Materials: 2 – 4.5 volt battery boxes ( 9 volts total) 6AA Batteries of 1.5 Volts each 3 RGB 180 Ohm Resistor Pot Flowers Hot Glue start by checking to make sure circuit is good and will work. Start by connecting cables be sure to keep track of the positive and negative sides of your…
Making a flash for a movie clapperboard
If you’ve ever looked at a clapperboard and thought it deserved a flash of light to match its sound than this is for you, person with worryingly specific wishes. The clackerboard I ended up using came from a kit made by the company Klutz. I have no idea if the “Klutz tricky video” kit still…