(Next) Halloween Decor

While working through some skills badges with my son, he came across an old project of mine - one I’d started but never finished. It caught his interest right away, and he asked if we could build it together.

I originally started it around Halloween, hoping to go all-out for the holidays and make them extra memorable for the kids. Unfortunately, I got really sick (again) and couldn’t even manage the basics, so many of these projects just sat on my workbench collecting dust.

The idea was to 3D print a bunch of fun, spooky-themed decorations - complete with lights, sound, and maybe even a bit of smoke. One of the pieces is this bubbling cauldron, designed with flickering LEDs to make it look like it’s brewing some crazy magic spells. Everything had been printed. All it needed was electronics and software. That’s where my son stepped in and helped finish the job.

There are a few more projects like this that had been put on hold, but now that there’s another little electrical engineer in the house, we’re ready to knock the rest out.