‹ All projects

Squishy Buddies Project

Printable instructionsInstruction card, PDF

Download PDF

What you need

  • Blue conductive dough
  • Purple conductive dough
  • White insulating dough
  • 1 LED
  • Battery holder with 4 AA batteries

Steps

  1. Blue and purple dough next to the battery holder

    Make the bodies: roll a piece of purple dough and a piece of blue dough into ovals.

  2. Two oval dough bodies, one blue and one purple

    Make arms by shaping two pieces of blue dough and two pieces of purple dough into teardrops. Shape the feet into hearts.

  3. Blue and purple bodies with small teardrop arms and heart feet

    Put the purple arms and feet on the blue body and the blue arms and feet on the purple body.

  4. Two dough buddies with arms, feet and eyes

    Roll and flatten three small white ovals and three smaller blue and purple circles for the eyes. Put two eyes on the blue body and one on the purple body.

  5. Two dough buddies standing side by side

    Push the short leg of the LED into the blue buddy's head and the long leg into the purple buddy's head.

  6. Dough buddies holding a glowing LED between their heads, wired to the battery holder

    Last, push the battery holder's red wire into the blue feet and the black wire into the purple feet. Turn on the battery holder to light up your squishy buddies!

Your finished squishy buddies