Jellyfish Hat 🪼

by eduardo207 in Circuits > LEDs

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Jellyfish Hat 🪼

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I built this hat inspired by one of my favorite animals—a jellyfish. To make it, I used materials such as LED lights, glue, flexible foam, silicone, and other supplies. First, I had to create a solid paper base using paper napkins and a glue paste. Once the base was dry, I made holes in it and inserted the flexible tubes. Then, I covered it with foam and added the LED light strips, along with other details like paint in my favorite colors and additional elements to make it look better.

Supplies

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6 bags of moldable foam (foamy)
3 pipe cleaners
2 paintbrushes
Paper napkins
1 basketball
Hot glue gun
15 glue sticks
Scissors
Toy helmet
1 foam ball (duroport)
LED light (10 meters)
Blue acrylic paint
Neon paint (blue, green, pink)
White glue
Reflective stickers
Colorful flexible tubes (9)
Long colorful balloons (2)

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Mix half a glass of water with 240g of glue.

Cover the basketball with 11 layers of paper napkins using the glue.

Let it dry. When it’s dry, cut the paper shell in half and take out the ball. ‘

Put moldable foam inside the paper shell.

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Put moldable foam inside the paper shell.

Make 9 holes around the paper shell, one every 7 cm.

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Take 9 flexible tubes, scissors, and the hot glue gun.

Cut the nozzles of the tubes.

Put the tubes in the holes.

Glue the tubes inside the paper shell.

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Cover the outside with flat moldable foam.

Use more foam to make a nice border around the shell.

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Paint the paper shell with blue acrylic and blue neon paint.

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Cut the foam ball (duroport) in half for the eyes.

Paint the foam ball (duroport) black on top, green on the bottom.

Glue the foam ball (eyes) to the front of the shell.

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Stick the reflective stickers on top of the shell.

Add 4 reflective strips on the top.

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With pink neon paint, draw triangles on the shell and let them dry.

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Put the LED light inside the 9 tubes.

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Glue 2 long balloons on the edge of the shell, put LED lights inside them, and cut the tips of the balloons so the lights go through

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Glue the battery pack between the paper shell and the helmet.

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Put the toy helmet inside the shell and glue it.

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Decorate with 4 pipe cleaners on the sides.

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Put ON your LED hat and enjoy