Domo Kun is a funny character from a TV station from Japan.
I personally think it's a funny character. Thats why I thought I would build a night lamp of it with some stuff I had lying around.
It's actually pretty simple to make this. And I think it would make a nice night lamp for little children who like to have a light in their room when going to sleep.
In this insctructable i'll try to explain as easy as possible how to build one yourself.
The photos will help you understand it even better.
If you decide to make one yourself, show everyone your finished result :)
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The materials and tools i've used are not all necessary.
I had the stuff lying around so I was able to use it. Other materials and tools can be used aswell.
1. Cardboard
2. White paper (for the teeth)
3. Black paper (for the eyes)
4. Red thin plastic (or paper, doesn't matter. As long as it will let through light from the LED).
5. LED (I used a 10mm white LED)
6. Electrical wire
7. Glue Gun (hot glue)
8. Button cell battery (CR2032 3v)
9. Button cell battery holder (not necessary)
10. On/Off toggle switch (not necessary, you can make your own switch if you like)
11. Scissors
12. Pencil
As you can see you can replease some of the stuff lister above if you use your imagination :)
I had the stuff lying around so I was able to use it. Other materials and tools can be used aswell.
1. Cardboard
2. White paper (for the teeth)
3. Black paper (for the eyes)
4. Red thin plastic (or paper, doesn't matter. As long as it will let through light from the LED).
5. LED (I used a 10mm white LED)
6. Electrical wire
7. Glue Gun (hot glue)
8. Button cell battery (CR2032 3v)
9. Button cell battery holder (not necessary)
10. On/Off toggle switch (not necessary, you can make your own switch if you like)
11. Scissors
12. Pencil
As you can see you can replease some of the stuff lister above if you use your imagination :)
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Thanks for sharing your photo!
http://walyou.com/domo-kun-night-lamp/
(Sorry for the horrible pictures, it was late and I was hyped up on sugar. Lol!)
Adding the switch and cell phone charger is quite tricky if you don't know what you are doing.
What I did was took a five volt LED and soldered it to some wires. Then I connected one leg of the LED to a switch which in turn was connected to one leg of the spliced end of the old charger. The other leg of the LED was then connected to the free end of the charger.
You can find instructions on how to do this on the internet.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
what dat
Thanks for sharing the photos!
I added a peice of printer paper that I scribbled with a pen for the eyes because black paper/paper with a marker doesn't let light shine through.
But it still looks good, and I hope it will be a good gift.....
i see the mouth is about centered, but how bigish? oh well, i think ill wing it, ive got plenty of cardboard, and i already cut a bit too crooked :P
thanks for the inspiration!
i used a $5 torch because i couldn't find any led bulbs in the time i had before the shops closed. I took the torch bulb out and used the free battery's included. :D
It got fairly complicated, i had to get my solder out after about 2 hours of fiddling, worth it though.
here's some pictures :D
Thanks for sharing your photos with us.