I am going to make a Firefly Plush toy with a light up bum. I want to use soft materials that so that it feels like a pillow and wings with a mesh like material. The details will be embroider stitched to give it a handmade feel. I will only need a few LEDs and a simple switch so might opt to use a coin cell battery holder. I am not sure if I want to incoporate Arduino but it would be nice to have the LEDs flickr. If I use Arduino I am considering trying RGB LEDs to play with color. Miss Becky, what do you think?
Cassy looks cute, how big are you thinking this will be?
Hey Cassy! What’s the story behind this character? It looks an awful lot like a glow worm with wings, and I’d encourage you to think outside of what you’ve seen in toys before. For instance, check out this 3D printed light up firefly: http://boingboing.net/2009/10/08/firefly-carcass-led.html
RGB is your choice, maybe try it on your breadboard as part of the exploration.
Hi Becky! Yes, my object is very much like a glow worm. In fact, that is why I want to do this! As a child one of my first toys was a glow worm named Glomer. When I was `0 my Mom was doing spring cleaning and packed him up with other toys to give him to the Salvation Army. My sister rescued him from this fate! Glomer is still with me to this day. I will upload a photo of him later this afternoon. So, yes I wanted to make something similar to Glomer but I decided on Firefly because this summer I went camping in upstate NY and saw fireflies! It was a really memorable trip and I want to commemorate it by making this plush toy 🙂 -Cassy