LED Frosties

Intro: LED Frosties

Light up your cooler with some waterproofed LED lights. They're simple to make and easy to reuse.

STEP 1: Light It Up

All you need is a couple dozen 10mm diffused LEDs and some CR2032 batteries. Clip the leads a little and slide the battery up between them. If it didn't light up, flip it the other way.

Now tape it up and repeat until you have a small pile of glowing lights.

STEP 2: Start the Wrap

Tear off a square of plastic wrap and push the LED light up into the middle of it.

Now pull the rest of the plastic wrap back so it looks like a plastic comet.

STEP 3: Tie It Up

Twist the tail a little tighter and knot it up. You can trim the excess off or leave it.

If you have some small Ziploc-style bags you can use one or two of those instead. You could also try doubling back the plastic wrap and make it more secure. I just had a bunch of LEDs, batteries, and drinks lying around so I put this together and it worked for the few hours I needed it.

STEP 4: Toss Them Into the Ice and Stir

Spread the lights around the ice in the cooler and stir it up a bit so some of them get under the ice to create the glowing effect.

STEP 5: Add Drinks and Enjoy

Do you need a description here? Get some drinks and enjoy!

Break the plastic wrap when you're done to save the LEDs and batteries for later.

See also:
- LED Throwies
- The Ice Bulb
- LED Floaties 1
- LED Floaties 2

Comments

[jnixon]

I love this idea! Where's a cheap place to get LEDs?

[Bot1398]

Ebay

[AngelInTheNight]

Christmas ornaments or halloween decorations when they go on sale. Most light up ones have LEDs in them.

[doo da do]

some of the toys in many of the kids meals have toys with lights you could recycle those From Doo Da Do

[Koil_1]

Wow, add some small magnets and you got throwies!! ,

[crak-a-bottle]

yaaaaaaaays
waterproof throwies =]

[inventorjack]

Using this tonight for New Years party :)

[fungus amungus]

Have fun with that!

[nrlucre]

Pretty!

I bet you could do this via klee27x's "Pocket Full Of Anything""Pocket Full Of Anything" technique to make a tidier container for your LED.

[sjrSpike]

You know, if you put these in the heat-sealed plastic bags, but made the bags kind of sculpted so the narrow LEDs and wider battery couldn't change places, *and* left a little air in on purpose, would these float in water?

Depending on the amount of air, could you get these to float at different levels in the pool?

[fungus amungus]

That would be nicer. I've been meaning to try some soldering iron heat-sealing for a little while now.

[imarzouka]

From where did you get your LEDs fungus amungus? I've been searching for diffused 10mm LEDs with internal resistance but I couldn't find them online.

Iyad Marzouka
http://ledcalculator.net

[fungus amungus]

We got these from here. The batteries have the internal resistance, not the LEDS.

[geeklord]

Yea, don't buy LED's from radio shack if possible, trust me their a lot more expensive than eBay's, and they SUCK!!!! >:(

[The_Beast]

true that Radioshack blows when it comes to LED's, I bought (then returned) a 5 watt blue LED that I payed $4 for and it wasn't even that bright

[godmode]

Ebay is the best place. I got 50 leds + 50 batteries for about $30. Didnt have to pay customs since its marked as a "gift"

[lukeair45]

you can find them at radio shack

[fungus amungus]

I've found RS LEDs to be dimmer and more expensive and have a slim selection of colors. If you want to play with LEDs, you're much better off ordering them online.

[stanstan009]

wow! thats like really awesome! :D

[pixelitis]

this right here - - is downright fackN awesome! - - it's a definite party.pleaser! tnx!