Wearable FireFly

Making a wearable firefly that glows when the wings meet

Colorful Fabric

Nail Polish to match the color of the wings

Beads/Glitter for eyes (optional)

Conductive Fabric (Iron on)

Iron

Hot Glue Gun

Scissors

Thread

Conductive Thread

Needles

Yellow LED

Resistor Coin Battery

Cut out the firefly shapes

Iron on the conductive fabric onto the wings

Insulate the wings partially by covering it with nail polish

To learn how to insulate using nail polish follow the link-

https://www.instructables.com/id/Using-Nail-Polish-...

Create a circuit with the LED, battery, resistor and switch.

The switch is formed by the wings that can be pressed together on the other side of the cloth.

Stitch on the wings using conductive thread to complete the circuit on the other side of the cloth

Once the wings are on use nail polish to cover intersection of wing and cloth so that the switch is not on all the time.

Use the glue gun to insulate the conductive thread.

Insulate each circuit separately.

Press the wings together to make it glow!

You can also stitch this patch onto a backpack, clothing, etc.