My Story
Although I am still using a guy as the main body of the night light, the overall concept has changed. The new nightlight is called “Veggies Boy,” and he is having a picnic. As the name suggests, its purpose is to remind people to eat vegetables, so my target audience is children or adults who don’t like vegetables. From a slightly more “evil” perspective (since Halloween is coming soon), the story is that a child who didn’t like to eat vegetables was turned into a doll by a witch, and the only way to turn them back into a human is—by eating more vegetables!
Description of materials and parts used:
For the materials used: buttons, soft fabric , thick wires
Something new I tired:
In this project, I tried something new: splitting the wires extending from the battery box into two parts, connecting them to the positive and negative ends of the light bulb, while also adding heat shrink tubing, soldering resistors, and so on. Although the process was complex, I felt very excited and accomplished when I finally saw both light bulbs light up.
Surprising or Challenging Parts
This was also my first time attempting to connect different processed fabrics, even those already stuffed with cotton, through sewing. This turned out to be one of the biggest challenges I faced. For the connection between the doll’s legs and body, I only sewed from the outer side of the body, which resulted in a particularly stiff joint. For the connection between the doll’s arms and body, I tried a different method by sewing the fabric from the inside before stuffing it with cotton and threading wires. This made the joint look a bit better, though the outer stitching was still somewhat imperfect.
Future work
So, if I have time, I will put more effort into the connections between the body and limbs to make the joints more natural. I also want to make the doll more three-dimensional and am considering adding movable joints.I will also sew some vegetables to place in my basket, making the nightlight more closely align with my theme.
Circuit diagram
In-progress images
Soldering…
Finishing……
Thank you :)))))