Animated Christmas Package

 
    
     My new son in law will be traveling a great distance and spending his first Christmas with us.  To celebrate, I thought I would make one of his packages a little different.  A scrolling message tag will say, "Merry Christmas, Forrest."  A solar powered mini car will race around in circles on top of the package (it is powered by a light above the package).  If you get too close to the package to examine things, a voice will say, "Step away from the package!"

Step 1 Drill Hole in Solar Mini Car

 You will need a solar powered mini-car (thinkgeek.com).  Carefully drill a 1/16 inch hole in the side.

Comments

[PaulCote]

That is fantastic! Now just have to make gifts that unwrap themselves D:

[macmaniac]

Very nice, good 'ible. How old is your son-in-law?

[Kiteman]

I hope the contents are worth the package!

[zjharva]

 twss

[zjharva]

 and IM BAAAAAACK EVERYONE!

[Lance Mt.]

 Well billy sure did enjoy his paperclip. Mr. mrigsby's office supplies presents are always the best. 

[zjharva]

 you sir are one determined man! nice work

[jimbom]

Amazing! You have added so much information and detail. An excellent instructable on a really cute, creative project.

[kellychap]

This is pretty incredible, way beyond my electrical skills but I would love to see it in person!  Well done!

[oscarthompson]

Brilliantly build!, It looks like you have taken care with this. 'Good idea'

[and-reas]

Dont you want to open it up? No that's to darn mistreating the package!

I love it

[lemonie]

I really like this, and it's very well presented. It's good for someone to receive a quality-make as a gift. I'd guess that bright-light and a faster shutter-speed mught show the scrolling-message better, but video-cam's can be a bit tricky sometimes.

L