Floating "Fireflies" Effect - DIY Halloween Props
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Jaimie and Jay recreate the incredibly awesome "Fireflies" effect from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney Land!
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The Halloween preseason is here! This time of year we make lots DIY Halloween props, decorations, and awesome stuff and these DIY Fireflies from Disneyland are the newest thing we've added to our DIY Halloween decor!
The imagineers at Disneyland are famous for creating some amazing special effects and the Pirates of the Caribbean ride is one of the most classic of all! In the beginning of the ride as you go through the swamp, there are fireflies dancing in the trees. It's one of the most classic effects in the park and we wanted to create a simple, cheap, DIY version that anyone can do.
These Halloween props are very easy to make and require zero expensive tools. You can definitely follow along at home and make this with some basic materials (see links below). If you're looking for a fun weekend project to upgrade your Halloween decorations, this DIY project is perfect.
The history of the Disneyland Fireflies is really interesting and a great story! They were originally created by a designer named Tim Carter. Here is Tim's story: www.imagineerin...
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Beautiful....pirates of the Caribbean fireflies are intermittent flashes of light on wires that are attached to fans that whip the led strand in random patterns...the random switch plate sends signals to light up bulbs in different sequences..they are much larger industrial size bulbs and the wires are really heavy duty. Yours are genius really great creativity...you are amazing..
My grandpa was the one who made the firefly lights at Disneyland I was 4 when my mom and I helped him make the lights. I cry every time I’m on the ride because I miss my grandpa so much! Only the fireflies and the floor lamps are the only lights in the park left that he made!
Wow!!! That is AMAZING! We absolutely love all of the Disneyland imagineering tech.
WOW!!! He was an amazing imagineer!!!!
That is so cool!
Grandpa's are the best..
This reminds me the good old day of UA-cam where everything was... normal. Nice vids love them!
Hahah, nice. 😄😄😄
Same!💕
Why what's happened to UA-cam since?😆🙊
Same exact feeling not joking!!! love them too!!
Yeah...
Pro-tip: 30AWG wire can be really hard to strip without damaging the wire, so use a lighter. Put the point of the flame where you'd put the cutter and when the plastic melts, grab the insualtion at that point and pull: the wire is stripped nice and clean! That little bit of melted plastic burns the fingers a little, so if your hands aren't calloused to hell and back, wear gloves.
Ahhh that’s a great tip! Yeah it was tricky stripping them properly. This makes a lot of sense.
Jamie's got Claws!
Or pliers / tweezers to protect your hands, also a dedicated wire stripper is a better idea than clippers!
Since it’s so time consuming to make these lights, you can always populate the background fireflies with a bit of electrical tape and a dot of glow paint. The quality ones will sell the design, and the cheaper ones will add to the numbers without as much work.
That’s a cool idea.
who els loves halloween so much that they start planing in august? !
We do!!! 🎃👻💀🕸
Just started decorating today
August? We’re supposed to wait till August?
Everyday is Halloween
I plan for next year as soon as i get cleaned up from the current year display/haunted house.
I wish I could spend all year making Halloween decorations and props and decorating. It's such a comforting time of year.
Thanks for the video, definitely want to make a bunch of these this year!
I once went to an modern art museum where there had to be hundreds of these in a dark room with mirrors for walls. It was amazing.
You might try a fishing lure swivel so that they can turn around completely instead of the fishing line attached to the 'solar power thing' in three places. Love all your videos!
Great job. I’ve made these before and what really helps is a small spring on the string that supports the device. You can get sprigs for hobbies at places like STATS in Pasadena. Any small spring that expands with light tension will do. It give the firefly an erratic up and down motion that really sells the effect.
Ohhhh nice. Amazing idea.
Wicked Makers Thank you. I researched and found how the actual faux fireflies are made and that spring makes a big difference with the effect
Awesome idea! Do you mind linking to a specific type of spring for this effect? There are so many to choose from with different elasticities, thanks!
@@travisgregory I’d love to however the only way I could gauge the spring type was to hop on down to my local craft store ( Stats in Pasadena) and poke thru their oddly huge selection of tiny bouncy springs.
On the wires you will find that dipping the tip of your wires into flux then tin the tip with solder and then attach them and it also usually binds better and helps keep out cold Soldier joints.
Those look great! To aid with the spinning, I would attach a fishing line swivel at the very top where the entire "firefly" hangs from.
Yes!!! Awesome idea. 🤘🏼🎃
You know, for the hot glueing, they make black hot glue sticks! So you don't have to waste your time painting the hot glue!
Ahhhhhhhh what!!!!
@@WickedMakers yep, um I found them at the local craft, and googled the manufacturer in the USA!!
My wife seen this and now i am making 12 of them.
Thanks, you guys are awesome.
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Awesome!!!! 👊🏼💀
Non-Pro tip To shrink the tubing i turn my soldering iron off for a minute of two and once it's cooled a little I carefully press it on the shrink tubing to shrink it. Obviously let it cool down some or it could possibly melt the solder and ruin the connection you have just made. I solder at 300C and the shrink tubing i use will shrink at around 125c.
I have been talking about making some fireflys for my yard for years. Trying to figure out how to do it. Thank you!
Nice!!! Yeah they were really easy to do. 👊🏼😄
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Wow, you guys NAILED it. Can't wait to try this at home
"Excuse me Egon, you said crossing the streams was bad!" haha i love the Ghostbusters plug. Great work, looks like a fun project. I'm working on the Window fire now so we will see how that turns out before any other projects. Keep up the great work.
👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼🎃 Thanks!!
Don't melt the solder with the iron. Begin by getting a little bit of solder on the iron so it is "wet". Then use the iron and that little bit of solder to heat the part you want to solder. Then you flow the solder on the hot part. If you just push the solder onto the tip of your iron and try to glob it on the wires you're likely to get a connection that won't last long.
That’s a great tip, thank you!
Terminology assist! Battery terminals, solar panel. FYI I use my soldering iron to shrink heat shrink tubing, no naked flame near the electronics that way. Awesome job though, might have to make a few for my haunt, thanks for the inspiration!! New batteries required for old solar lights though!
Fun project - nice job! The LEDs have a flat side, which is always the cathode (negative). That is the only true way to know which is positive or negative - trust but verify the length of the leads. Hope this helps!
Didn’t know that!!! That is great info, thanks. 😄
I'm inspired. This shows users how to hack mass produced things. I hacked my eBay and ordered a bunch of LED tea lights for cheap so I can focus on the design of a bouncy firefly effect, though they tend to fly more linearly and not in circles like a mosquito but these guys will succumb to my design. Cheers.
Glow bugs!! Love them.
A fishing swivel might help the base part spin.
Yes!! That’s a great idea. 🤘🏼🎃
Great job wow amazing
Helpful tip in case you cut both legs evenly on LEDs. On LEDs you will find a flat spot on the base of the LED. This is the cathode side or negative side closest to the leg.
Oh nice!! Thank you. 👊🏼💀
That shirt is awesome!
Oh this is freaking cool
Good to know! Thanks!😬
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“VoiLa” - look there! “Wallah” - makes my brain itch and not a word.
fun fact the reason why you use different coloured wires is just so you know what's suppose to go to what. and it makes diagrams easier to read. ex. green is our ground, at least is everything I;ve ever wired its been ground. Red is hot, ex. heaters in refrigerators that are around the coil to defrost it.
Awesome job!! I used to decorate for Halloween when I was younger. Now I think I need to get back in the game and do some decorating or create an outdoor haunt!
Thanks!! It really is a lot of fun and a great opportunity to make fun stuff. 🎃🎃🎃
Yes you do! I do it every year and we have a blast! Plus we have people that now make a stop at our yard haunt a family ritual! How cool is that??
Makes us miss pirates sooo badly! Awesome job. Love the solar power idea :)
Yesssss!!! Same here. 😄😄😄
That is great.
In true dizney style.. youu starting Halloween in August.
Hahah, yes!!! 🤣
We call it "Augtober" at our house muhahahahaha
Nice DIY guys. Thank you! Just a suggestion: since you've hot glued the little hole that the wire goes through, presumably to keep moisture and water out, then maybe it would be useful to also protect the exposed slider switch somehow.
Nice! Good idea.
Interesting concept
Very cool love the fireflies
At work, we would call the lighter the "B one C" if we were in a pinch and needed to heat shrink something really fast.
Hahah, perfect. 👊🏼😄
If you have a soldering iron, you can desolder the LED and solder the leads directly to the board. That's actually easier than soldering a wire to LED leads.
Good idea!
This will be a great addition to my pirate themed patio decor! Thanks for the video!
So very cool. I like it. I'm about 7/8 hours behind. But I'm here and I'm impressed. Awesome idea guys.
Thanks!!! 👊🏼🎃
Thank you super cool 😎
Thanks 😄
I AM SO EXCITEDDDDDD! This series is the bees knees!!!!
Woooooooohoooo!!!! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
My uncle worked at disneyland back in the days. He taught me the way they used to do this effect for the pirates of the Caribbean ride. I do this every year now and it works like a charm. Your on the right track but to make it easier , go to a 99 store and buy the tea lights. Then hot glue cardboard onto the lights making a base for the lights. Leave a bit of extra room, hang them with fish string from a tree bush, whatever it looks amazing. I used to use a fan to get them to move, but I noticed I did not need this. I use mine outside and the existing winds work fine.
Awesome!!! That’s so cool 😄
Wicked Makers yes is was I learned a lot from him, Halloween here is epic the kids love our yard , thank you
You could also put an arm extending out from one side of the base and run the LED wire down it to put it off-center, which will make the fireflies movement seem much more lifelike.
That’s a super cool idea!!!
Excellent job using exciting technology. Electrical Engineers would be proud of you. The soldering job may not be NASA standards but for it's good enough and on the first try. I love finding out how thing work because we can enjoy the magic more.
Thanks!!! Yeah we’re not really experts at any of this stuff but we plug along just the same. 👊🏼😄
ummm. wow.
neat.
thank you.
Saw the wires coming out and was all: "oh, no... soldering."
I just need to bite the bullet and get a soldering iron already.
🤣🤣 It’s actually pretty easy. You got this. 👊🏼🎃
If you ever wanted to also give pyrography a try, get an entry level "iron" that also comes with a soldering tip. Boom.. two devices in one!
@@BrianBarth I did pyrography a couple of times many moons ago in a shop class. I kinda liked it, actually.
Good tip, maybe I'll do that.
You could just use crimps. Preferably the water proof ones that have glue inside or you can add hot glue. For 30 AWG you will need to buy them online as those are smaller than normal ones you get at auto parts stores. Or just twist and hot glue for a simple connection. These aren't rocket ships. But also google the nasa wire connection guide. They don't solder on rocket ships.
@@nyetloki It would behoove me to still get a soldering iron and practice, because I'm technically supposed to be good at soldering for my job, but I very rarely do it.
These actually look wonderful!
Thanks!!! 😄😄😄
Yeeeup. Imma make those for my back yard year round.
That’s really cool!
Very cool! About to binge watch your channel! Thanks for sharing!
That was wicked awesome!
I've always wanted to know how they did that! Thanks guys!!
Thanks for watching! 👊🏼😄
I love the 4-handed soldering technique ... 😆
That’s really neat!
Your logo light and the firefly lights would make for great scenery for a music video
so cool
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He has longer nails than his wife lol, love the video
@ :45 you're wearing one shirt and @:52 you've changed!! Magic!!! Love Halloween! LOL
Suddenly, like toilet paper, there will now be a shortage of solar yard lights! bahaha
🤣🤣🤣 So much Halloween magic. 👊🏼😄
Love the new led logo in the background
U guys are adorable
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Very cool
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Great project I’ll have to try it out next year, loved the way you two changed your shirts twice!
That was Awesome, great job, we can’t wait til the next Halloween 🎃 video 👍
Thanks!! 👊🏼💀
Awesome project! And just an FYI - One side of the LED should have a little flat spot on the edge. The pin closest to the flat spot is your negative "-" cathode.
Ahhh great tip. 😄
I am So glad I found ya'll .. Love your creations
I'm gonna need to start now because I'ma need about 100 of these
Yeeeesss! Go go go!! 👊🏼🎃
The parts are coming in Tuesday
For twisted wires together see tutorials on making rope.
Twist the two strands in opposite directions and they will form their own twisted single line...but, this won't come undone the way a pair twisted like this can.
I was just saying yesterday that the only fireflies that I've ever seen are the ones in the Blue Bayou section of Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Pretty Cool
Looks incredible! Brings me so joyfull memories! Loved it, guys!
Thanks!! Really glad you enjoyed it. 👊🏼😄
This is so clever !
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Very cool!
I wish I had a tree or trees to hang these from. These are so cool! Happy Halloween!
Same to you!!! 👊🏼🎃
Most LEDs have a flat part near the cathode (ground wire). Also, for very low voltages you can just test the polarity by just touching the leads to the power source. A 3 volt button battery is a perfect way to test an LED.
Nice, good to know!
love!
I hope you’re working on Christmas things so we can start getting them ready too!
These are super cool! 🤩 Gonna make sure to remember this tutorial!
You need to curve the blades and blow the fan on them on the ride each wire is hooked up to a fan that spins each lead and creates a flicker.
Nice. Good tip!
how cool!
Don't forget to recycle the old batteries by taking them to a hardware store or supermarket that collects them for recycling! Even though they're awful batteries there's still raw materials in there worth saving!
Awesome Build guys, Thanks for posting !
Thanks! 😄
That's a cool video! Thanks for sharing.
The fireflies worked great in the pirates ride when the squirrel cage blowers worked which majority of them didn't. Since now i think they upgraded them without using the blowers/fans which is what we called them lol
So cool
So awesome!!!
Thanks!!!! 👊🏼🎃
So cool!!
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Very pretty😃
Very cool!!! 😊👍🏻
This is super awesome. Tempted to make a little batch for my garden!
Yesss! Go for it. Really fun build. 👊🏼😄
On the blinder I recommend leaving an extra flap of tape so once you bend the leads you can fold it over and don’t have to glue or paint.
Good idea!
Desolder the LED from the circuit board and save it for later. Then solder the wires to the circuit board. It's a better option than cob jobing it. But great idea though.
Yeah we thought of that later. 😄 Will try it next time. 👊🏼👊🏼
Quick math: The supplies for this project would run you about $120. Add another $83 for the tools if you needed everything on the list. So, figure about $200 altogether for a dozen fireflies, minus taxes and/or shipping if applicable. Prices are based on the Amazon links provided above. I'm curious to know how long it took you to make one start to finish. Kudos for the killer idea!
Thanks for watching!! If you're starting from absolute scratch with not even basic tools and can only shop on Amazon, sure. Most of these are general supplies that you're only using a tiny fraction of for this project (e.g. little bit of solder, small amount of black paint, 12 out of 100 LEDs, etc.)
Our estimate for materials was about $3 per firefly in the end, since you end up with so much left over. If you upgrade the batteries, add a tad more, but that's entirely optional.
BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!!!! :)
This is a really cool project! Thanks for sharing it.
My daughter's favorite holiday is Halloween and we are so bummed that she won't be able to go trick or treating this year. So we decided to decorate our apartment and make some games etc. I have never done anything electrical before, but when I saw this video, I knew I had to try. I figure I can follow directions. I can figure this out. Soldering can't be THAT hard. LOL
That’s great!!! These are a great first project for that.
Soldering isn't that hard, if you have a good solfeung iron. unfortunately not necessarily a cheap one will be effective but good luck.
Take it from someone who's done a LOT of soldering. Having an extra set of hands makes it a whole lot easier. LOL :)
Such a cool idea! Great video guys!
Thanks Ethan!!!!!! We really appreciate it. 👊🏼🎃