Randal Boo is a plush night light to help kids overcome the fear of monsters. The idea for my night light was inspired from the concept of how kids are scared of “monsters under the bed” and hence, creating a toy to hug and go to sleep in. The monster lights up when you hug. The lights are placed in the main hug touch points, like the arms and the heart.
The materials used for the project were:
- Soft stretchy orange fabric
- Dark blue silk-like fabric
- Thread – white and orange
- 3 white LEDs
- Stranded wires
- 3 100 ohm resistors
- Heat shrink tubes
- Battery pack with switch
- 3 AAA batteries
- White cotton stuffing
Process
I was very excited for this project as a lot of things I did were for the very first time. I made a plan on what materials to use, where to place the LEDs, how to sew the pieces together and so on. Soldering iron, sewing materials together, creating a circuit and finally bringing them all together was challenging but everything worked out quite well!
Next Step
If I had more time to work on this project, I would have definitely added more “sass” to my monster character like I have shown in my initial sketch. I would have added a belt, more flare to the pants and arms and a pocket to the pants to keep the battery pack. I also wanted to add velcro to the arms so that the arms would stick when you hug it. Moreover, I would have experimented a bit more with the LEDs to see what combination of the LEDs worked the best for the toy.
