Five golden rings
No budget for diamonds rings? no problem! Make yourself a LED ring instead!
YOU WILL NEED
- LED
- Coin cell
- 2 stripped wires (preferably one red, one black)
- Golden pipe cleaner
- Insulation tape
STEP 1
Strip the wires using a wire stripper (or scissors)
STEP 2
Twist the wires around the legs of the LED
(a) Red around the cathode (longer leg)
(b) Black around the anode (shorter leg)
Materials
- 1 x LED
- 1 x Red wire
- 1 x Black wire
STEP 3
Secure the wires using tape and trim off any excess.
Optional: If you have heat-shrink tubing, that works too!
Materials
Tape
STEP 4
Coil the wires to form a ring shape, ensuring that the free ends of both wires are either at the side or bottom of the ring.
STEP 5
Connect the coin cell to the wires (make sure the polarities are correct!) and secure with scotch tape. Your ring should light up.
STEP 6
Coil a piece of gold pipe cleaner around the ring so that it becomes a golden ring.
STEP 7
Repeat Steps 1 - 5 until you get 5 golden rings!
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