The Jell-O Light

After seeing some great instructables on LED use, I decided to try one of my own. I have little electronics experience and have only soldered twice (once 7 years ago and once last night), so I am no expert. This is a fun beginners project that most kids could handle.

Step 1 Equipment Needed

1. Jell-O Box
2. 5mm LED (~3.0v, mine were 2.5v)
3. 3v watch battery - from dollar store, so $0.33 each
4. wire - I used extra wire I had
5 soldering iron with solder
6. simple on/off switch - the most expensive item
7. electrical tape
8. clear tape
9. box knife

Cost: ~$6.00 (would be less, but I purchased in small numbers)

Comments

[lucas_xy]

wtf????????

[whisperonthewind]

Make it a family project - someone could make the jello while you're building the light, and you can all eat the jello when the project is complete!

[thekanester]

A nice, simple project. Great for parents (like myself) to try with their kids. What I really would have liked to see was an LED stuck at the base of the jelly! Now that would have been awesome!

[cj72396]

More LED's maybe? Great instructable though.

[lemonie]

What wire is that? It's either heavy-core or heavy on the insulation? L

[wisd0m]

The wire is way to heavy for this project, but it was there, so I used it. I think its 14 gauge.

[lemonie]

It's not really "too heavy", "unnecessarily heavy" perhaps, but I was interested so thanks for the reply. L