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Are you looking for a last minute Halloween costume that looks like it took forever? Try
building a light-up hoodie with EL wire-- perfect for school and office parties or that
parade you forgot you'd said you'd join. All you need for this project is an EL wire
starter pack from Adafruit, a needle and thread, and scissors. Oh, and a hoodie, of course.
Put the inverter pack in your hoodie's pocket and poke a small hole on the inside for a
wire to come through. Plug in the EL wire and stitch it to the hoodie
along the inside of the zipper with a whip stitch. This way you can adjust how much shows
by adjusting your zipper. Continue whip stitching the EL wire around
the inside of the hood and back down the other side of the zipper. If you have extra EL wire
at the end, just cut it off. You can make your hoodie extra fancy by using
Adafruit's flowing-effect EL wire, or add a sound activated inverter so the light thumps
to the music. Show us your Halloween costumes online with
hashtag #ElectronicHalloween, or make an appearance on our weekly show and tell on Google+. Subscribe
for more videos from Adafruit and have a safe and glowy Halloween!