Feather Project
Printable instructionsInstruction card, PDF
Download PDFWhat you need
- Yellow conductive dough
- White insulating dough
- 3 LEDs
- Reed switch and magic wand
- Battery holder with 4 AA batteries
Steps
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Shape a small feather and a large feather from yellow dough. Add some extra detail to the top of the feathers if you like.
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Cut the large feather in half lengthwise and add detail lines to both feathers.
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Make the center shaft from white insulating dough. Place it between the two large feather halves and press the three pieces together.
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Push the long legs of the LEDs into the right side of the large feather and the short legs into the left side.
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Build the circuit with the battery holder and the reed switch. Push the battery holder's red wire into the left half of the large feather and its black wire into the right side of the small feather. Push the reed switch's black wire into the right half of the large feather and its red wire into the left side of the small feather.
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Turn on the battery holder. Then touch the magic wand to the reed switch to complete the circuit and light up the LEDs.