Happy Halloween! In this build guide I go over my approach for adding spinning rubber eyeballs and lighting to a plastic skull. Feel free to customize your project in your own way and make it yours. In this project my intention was to make something spooky and silly at the same time – and I think I accomplished just that. This was a fun project to build and I hope you have just as much fun building your own animated skull as I did building mine!
If you’ve never used Blockly before, the following tutorials can get you started: Getting Started with Blockly Prop Solo and Simple BlocklyProp Programs for Propeller Boards
Parts Used:
- (1) – Animation Kit (#910-28088) (2 standard servos, 2 NeoPixel rings, wiring)
- (1) – FLiP Propeller Module (#32123)
- Plus programming cable.
- (1) – Breadboard (#700-32023)
- (2) – Rubber eyeballs
- (1) – Skull prop
- (10) – Pan head #4-40 screws
- (8) – #4-40 nuts
Optional Parts
- Custom laser cut parts
- (1) – 5-AA Battery pack (#753-00007)
- (1) – 2.1 mm Barrel Jack for Breadboard
Tools Used:
- Glue gun
- Philips screwdriver
- Drill and ⅛ inch drill bit
- Box cutter
- Cutting pliers
- Soldering Iron
