The SteamHead MakeFashion Edu Team joined forces with Make Media and participated in their Maker Camp Live Series. We broadcast this video out to all their channels, and we hope some kids, parents, and kids at heart enjoy this fun, light-up dino spike project! Thanks to Mike Shaw for hosting us in his home studio and producing this project.
In the class, we teach how to up-cycle plastic for use in wearable tech (and anything else you can imagine) and made dino spikes, then we walked the students through basic circuitry and how to use as MOSFET as a kind of switch that uses the human body as a conductor to turn the lights on and off.
Thanks to Make and Maker Camp. Check out the rest of this great program at http://makercamp.com/
Dino Spikes: https://makercamp.com/event/makefashionedu-0828/
Materials from around the house (not shown on Dino Spikes Amazon list):
- Plastic shopping bags (1- 4)
- 1 piece cardboard, approximately 2 inches by 5 inches
Materials (also shown on Dino Spikes Amazon list):
- Parchment paper, 2 pieces approximately 8 inches x 11 inches or larger
- 9 Jumper test leads with alligator clip ends
- 1 Mosfet
- 3 pieces Aluminum foil, approximately 2 inches square
- 1-2 meters fairy wire (preferably broken – we’re going to hack it!)
The battery holder might be included with your fairy wire, but if not, get these:
- 1 Double AA battery holder – holds three
- 3 Double AA batteries
Dino Spikes Amazon List
Tools:
- 1 Ironing board or thick towel + flat surface
- 1 Iron
- 1 pair of Scissors
- 1 Marker
- 2-3 Circular objects around the home to trace in varying sizes (cups, bowls, vases, etc)
- Adhesive: Stapler, tape, or hot glue (whatever’s at home)
Optional Decoration Supplies:
- Paint, Markers
- Ribbon, glitter, gems, aluminum foil
- Decorative small items to repurpose around the home
Optional Attachment to Wearable and Body:
- Velcro/ velcro dots / safety pins
- Soldering set up
- Glove (got ones that are missing their buddy?)
- Ribbon, and/or string
