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Caterpillar Project

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What you need

  • Orange conductive dough
  • Blue conductive dough
  • Green conductive dough
  • White insulating dough
  • 1 LED
  • Googly eyes (optional)
  • Battery holder with 4 AA batteries

Steps

  1. Tubs of orange, blue, green and white dough next to the battery holder

    Make the body from orange, blue and green dough. Roll two balls of each color, all about the same size, except the head, which should be a little bigger.

  2. Row of colored dough balls with a gap before the green head

    Line up the balls, alternating the colors. The balls should touch each other, but leave a gap between the head and the body.

  3. White insulating dough disc between the caterpillar's head and body

    Make a thin disc of white insulating dough and place it between the head and the body.

  4. Caterpillar with an LED between its head and body

    Add the LED: push the short leg into the head and the long leg into the body.

  5. Caterpillar with googly eyes and a glowing LED, wired to the battery holder

    Add googly eyes to the head of your caterpillar for a fun look.

  6. Caterpillar wired to the battery holder

    Push the battery holder's black wire into the head and the red wire into the body ball closest to the head. Turn on the battery holder to light up the caterpillar!

Your finished caterpillar

Watch the build on YouTube