Scrap bug - Your own pet Firefly

This project is just for you and can be anything you want it to be.

Its just for fun and ALMOST everything you need is in the bag, If you don't have a bag, have a look at the list of items below for what you need.

(You might need glue, some scissors and a grown up or older sibling to help too)

Every kit is slightly different but you will find (at least):

• a clothes peg

• some googly eyes

• mini pompoms

• 1 Chenille Stem/Pipe Cleaner

• 2 paper clips (none plastic coated, or scraps of electrical wire)

• some special tape (conductive tape can help, but this isn't necessary if you don't have it)

• 1 LED light

• 1 Coin Battery (N.B. This needs to be used safely and can be dangerous if ingested) (Both of these can be salvaged from a dollar store LED candle)

To make your Firefly friend...

2. Grab your LED (Light Emitting Diode) and attach one of the bent paper clips to each of the 2 wires sticking out of the light with the special conductive tape provided. Its a little fiddly, but not dangerous so a grown up might be helpful.

3. Next we need to test our circuit. It matters which side of the battery the wire touches to make the light work. The circuit is a special path the electricity has to follow. The diagram below shows how this series circuit will work. The Coin battery has 2 sides one says '+' (positive) on it the other side is '-' (negative). Because we are building a scrap bug our wires are not labelled so try placing one wire on each side of the battery until it works!