Marquee Letter
WHAT WILL YOU MAKE?
Like an old-time movie marquee, these luminous letters add spark to any space. Personalize your room with a number, a letter, even a short message spelled out in lights.
Materials:
- Hollow cardboard letter (or papier-mâché letters) from craft store
- Acrylic spray paint, any colors
- Diffused LEDs, enough for size of letter (see step 2)
- 150-Ohm, 1/4-watt resistors (same amount as LEDs)
- Red hookup wire
- Black hookup wire
- One two-battery coin-cell holder with leads
- Two 3V coin-cell batteries (CR2032)
- Optional: double-sided foam tape
- Craft knife
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Black marker
- Wire strippers
- Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
- Soldering iron and solder
- Paintbrush
- Electrical tape
- Optional: sandpaper
- Optional: additional decorative elements (stickers, cut-out images, glitter, paint, and so on)
