Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue
Check out the latest Learn Guide from Erin St Blaine: Make a cosplay Icicle Crown perfect for your Elsa or White Witch of Narnia cosplay. This crown is made almost entirely of hot glue, and has a strand of Adafruit’s Pebble Pixels embedded inside. The pixels run on a QT Py Pico and WLED, and the crown is powered by a small LiPoly battery, so it’s completely self-contained with no extraneous wires running into your costume.
Adorn yourself with a gorgeous crown that looks like it’s made of ice. This crown glows and pulses and twinkles in a magical flurry of lights, completing your Snow Queen costume in a most glorious way. This lightweight, comfortable icicle crown is made of hot glue and cellophane and glows with Adafruit’s Pebble Pixel lights embedded inside. The crown is controlled by an Adafruit QT Py Pico and LiPoly BFF, so you can power the lights for hours with a tiny, lightweight lipoly battery.
The BFF also adds onboard battery charging, and there is a clicky on/off switch, so it’s easy to turn on and off. Use the free, open source WLED software to control the crown, so you can make animation modes, control brightness, and change colors with your smartphone over a WiFi network. You may easily sync the crown to other costume pieces built with the same setup.
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