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Simple Light-Up Hoodie

By Craig Couden Illustrations by Julie West

You will need

Sweatshirt with large hood

EL tape strip, about 40" Adafruit #415

Pocket-sized EL inverter 4×AAA or 2×AA

EL wire extension cord Adafruit #616

Velcro enough to match the EL tape

Batteries rechargeable

Sewing machine or needle and thread

Glue optional

Tron: Legacy was a decent movie, but what I was really wowed by were the luminescent costumes. I’ve been playing around with light-up clothing ideas ever since, and the simplest idea uses EL tape and some Velcro ...

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