Cute Light Up Headband

I decided to make this project because I don't sleep easily at night so I always read a book or a magazine in my bed to make myself tired and fall asleep, but sometimes it gets annoying when there are people sleeping in the same room as me and they can't sleep with the lights on. I made this light up headband mainly for reading at night, but it can be used for many activities like doing constructions and repairs where you want light but need to use both hands. It's very practical, lightweight and also looks cute unlike the bulky ones they sell in stores. So if you want to learn how to make it, keep reading.

- Small led light bulb

- Soldering iron

- Hot glue gun

- Electrical wires

- Electrical tape

- USB cable

- Headband

- Scissors

- Lace

- Fabric

I gathered my equipment and started working. I took a small led light bulb that I removed from a broken flashlight, two flexible electrical wires with exposed ends and I put them on the table. I took a soldering iron after letting it heat up, placed the green wire on the positive terminal of the light bulb and pressed on it with the tip of the soldering iron to melt the metal and join them together, then I moved to the white wire, placed it on the negative terminal and did the exact same process. After I was done soldering, I left the metal to completely dry to keep the wires from ripping.

I moved the wires and made them parallel to each other, then took a hot glue gun and placed two dots of hot glue on the soldered ends of the wires to insulate them and add more support.

I chose to make the headband USB powered so I took an old mouse with a long USB cord and cut it with a pair of scissors. When you take the USB cord from an old or broken device make sure that the cord isn't bent or damaged and if you don't have any devices lying around you can buy a USB cable, they're pretty cheap.

I stripped off the end of the USB cable using scissors to expose 4 wires, then stripped off their ends as well. It's better and easier to use a wire stripper, I lost mine somewhere so I had to use scissors. I divided the wires, then twisted the blue wire with the green and the orange wire with the white.

I took the USB cable and twisted the green blue wire with the green wire of the light bulb and the orange white wire with white wire of the bulb. Now the USB cord is connected to the light bulb, I plugged it into my PC to test the connection. The light bulb lights up without flickering, that means the connection is good and there are no wiring problems.

After testing the connection, I unplugged the USB cable from my PC, took electrical tape and covered the exposed parts of the wires very well to protect myself from getting an electric shock and prevent them from touching and causing an electrical short circuit.

I brought a bowl, flipped it over, and taped on it medium pieces of electrical tape that I'm going to use later.

I took a plain headband, placed the light bulb on top of it, in the middle and started taping them together with the pieces of tape that I put on the bowl. I made sure that the wires stayed flat on the headband so they don't bend and cause bad connection. After I was done, I tested the light bulb again.

To cover the headband, I needed a beautiful fabric so I brought this vibrant blue dress with lace that I don't wear anymore, placed it on the table and cut two long pieces of lace and fabric.

I took the lace and wrapped it around the right end of the headband, then taped it tightly to prevent it from getting loose. I kept wrapping the lace until I reached the light bulb, I cut the lace and taped it, after that I moved to the left side and repeated the same process. The whole headband should be covered with lace except the light bulb.

Now I'm going to make a bow to cover the light bulb and make the headband look cute. I took the long fabric piece, folded the left end twice towards the middle, flipped it over, folded the right end twice and placed it on top of the first fold, after that I flipped it over and pressed on the middle of the bow with my fingers to keep its shape.

I took a piece of tape, placed it on the middle of the bow and secured it in the back. After that I took scissors, made a hole in the middle, then cut the small pieces around the hole.

I took another piece of tape, made a hole in the middle and placed it on top of the bow with matching the holes. I took the bow, put it on the light bulb and secured the tape around the headband.

Now the light up headband is complete, I plugged the USB cable into my computer to test it. It works perfectly.

I took a USB phone charger, connected the USB cable of the headband to it, then plugged it into the electrical outlet and it works great.

I tried the headband on, it's very cute and lightweight, I used it to read a book, it provides enough light for you to see the words clearly and read comfortably without bothering people who are sleeping in the room.

I hope that you enjoyed this project. ❤️

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