One popsicle stick will be the insulator between wires. To make your wire run a single piece of copper tape along the length of the popsicle stick on one side only, as shown in the middle diagram below. Repeat this process for the other band to it looks like the first popsicle stick below. Once you have made a gap between the two bands of copper tape you will run a piece of copper tape from one band to the end of the popsicle stick. The gap between the two bands is where the switch will be, so you want to place it at a comfortable location for your child's thumb. To make the switch popsicle stick you will wrap a piece of copper tape in a band around the short part of the popsicle stick, and another band just below that. One popsicle stick will have the switch.Ī switch is an open part of the circuit that you will close when you want the LED to light up, and open when you want it to be off. Below is a schematic of each of the popsicle sticks. We will add copper tape to two of the popsicle sticks to wire the LED at the top of the battery placed at the bottom. These popsicle sticks will get sandwiched together to act as the hilt of your Luke Skywalker Lightsaber.
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How to make a simple circuit lightsaber for kids First, you'll need to pick out three popsicle sticks It's not a big issue, just a personal preference in terms of looks. With regular popsicle sticks the battery will stick out like a disk at the bottom. When making this Luke Skywalker Kids Lightsaber I like to use the jumbo craft popsicle sticks because you can hide the battery in the hilt a little easier. If you want to spruce it up even more you can get a simple tactile button switch.
You don't need all that much in the way of supplies either: popsicle sticks, copper tape, a battery and an LED. I love this DIY Luke Skywalker Lightsaber project because it's easy to make with your kids. This is similar to the paper lightsabers made out of LEDs, straws and paper, but way cooler in the fact that it has a hilt and actually looks like a lightsaber. Sure it won't have sound effects that track with the motion, but that is a far more complicated electronics project. If you are working on learning about simple circuits, why not make a Luke Skywalker DIY Lightsaber to play with and bring to the show? Kids will be ecstatic to be building their own lightsaber, and you'll be happy that it doesn't pinch the wallet too much. StarWars: The Last Jedi is about to come out in theaters, which means nothing will motivate science quite like a good ol' StarWars theme.
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