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Step 6Final Assembly
1. With a card created in step 2 open showing the inside and laying flat, use small drops of hot melt glue on each corner of the snowflake/LED sheet from step 4. With the bent LED lead facing up and the longer lead laying on the card stock, place and mount it over the window in the card with the LED just below the window's bottom edge.
2. Cut a 4" x 3 1/2" square of the dark poster board and mount it over the snowflake/LED sheet with hot melt glue to within 3/4" on either side of the LED leaving the area near the LED clear. Do not get hot melt glue on the LED leads!
3. Slide the CR2016 battery (positive side down) between the LED leads until the bent lead is about 1/4" from the bottom edge. At this point the LED should be lit and working, if not, make sure the bent (shorter lead) is facing up and is pressing against the battery. If not, remove the battery and try bending the leads slightly so they touch each other and re-inserting the battery. Tape the battery with scotch tape on the left and right leaving an open 1/4" strip where the bent LED lead contacts the battery.
4. Slide the top of a pull tab from a prepared On/Off switch (step 4) between the bent LED lead and the top of the battery until the hole in the tab allows them to re-connect. Use a small amount of hot melt glue to secure the outside rim of the switch's paper punch square over the LED and battery. When the glue cools, the pull tab should now slide up and down to turn the LED on and off.
2. Cut a 4" x 3 1/2" square of the dark poster board and mount it over the snowflake/LED sheet with hot melt glue to within 3/4" on either side of the LED leaving the area near the LED clear. Do not get hot melt glue on the LED leads!
3. Slide the CR2016 battery (positive side down) between the LED leads until the bent lead is about 1/4" from the bottom edge. At this point the LED should be lit and working, if not, make sure the bent (shorter lead) is facing up and is pressing against the battery. If not, remove the battery and try bending the leads slightly so they touch each other and re-inserting the battery. Tape the battery with scotch tape on the left and right leaving an open 1/4" strip where the bent LED lead contacts the battery.
4. Slide the top of a pull tab from a prepared On/Off switch (step 4) between the bent LED lead and the top of the battery until the hole in the tab allows them to re-connect. Use a small amount of hot melt glue to secure the outside rim of the switch's paper punch square over the LED and battery. When the glue cools, the pull tab should now slide up and down to turn the LED on and off.
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