Children's Light Switch Tool

Problem:

my 4 year old daughter cannot reach the bathroom light switch at night; my wife or I have to get up to turn the light on.

Solution:

make a light switch tool that allows my daughter to turn the bathroom light on and off

chibitronics tape (copper tape with conductive adhesive)

chibitronics diode

duct tape

paper, pen, scissors

lime green acrylic

cr2032 battery(1 dollar for a pack of 10 at IKEA)

draw a diagram of what you want to make, drawing is a fast, easy way to generate prototype variations; this is the best book I've found related to drawing for insight:

http://www.amazon.com/Emberleys-Big-Purple-Drawing-Book/dp/0316789739/ref=la_B000AQ77ZK_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422648393&sr=1-13

place the copper strip with conductive adhesive on your device

place the chibitronics diode so it matches up with your copper tape I made a short circuit which I then modified by cutting and adding copper tape (its about making it easy to do and then modifying rather than trying to get everything perfect the first time).

add the cr2032 battery to your circuit

duct tape battery in place

add copper tape to circuit and back of wand

add duct tape which will hold paper switch add copper to back of paper switch

now, when the button is pressed, the diode light comes on and my daughter can see and activate the bathroom light switch

I made this at techshop chandler