LED Chinese lantern

This is a Chinese lantern basically made from a keychain red LED and a red inflatable ball.  

There is something magical as the ball spins.

This is my nine-year-old daughter's project--it was her idea, and she did all the work except that I suggested that the water bottle neck adapter as a more secure way of attaching the LED and I cut the neck of a water bottle for her.

Ingredients and tools:

• keychain LED, e.g., this one
• small inflatable ball
• some string
• a stick
• tape
• scissors

Step 1: Tie string

Tie a string (in this case, orange wool) to the LED and to a stick (in this case, a red dowel).

Comments

[Lorddrake]

awesome ideas from the kids. Keep inspiring their creativity!!

[RedneckEngineer]

Cool light idea. Keep them kids building!