Wearable Copper Tape Circuits

(More advanced copper tape circuitry)

Quick Steps Review

1. One piece of copper tape creates the “positive wire” — connect the long leg of the LED and the positive side (+) of the battery to this line.
2. Another piece of copper tape, not touching the first, creates the “negative wire” — connect the other side of the battery and the short leg of the LED to this line.

Activity: Wearable Circuit on Skin or Clothing

How can you create a copper circuit on your arm? What designs can you create? Transfer the skills you learned with paper circuits to your body or clothing!

Adding an Accessory

Could you incorporate an object into your circuit? The easiest way is to make an object conductive. Can you make something else conductive and combine it with your circuit? For example: a piece of paper, a pen, a paper clip — what happens when you include these in your circuit path?

Fairy Lights Hack — a quick way to get lights onto a piece.

Quick tip: Copper tape and LEDs on a baseball cap will do the trick if you need to light up your look in a hurry!