{"id":11515,"date":"2015-12-03T20:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=11515"},"modified":"2021-06-16T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:43:56","slug":"light-up-the-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/light-up-the-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Up the Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago, we posted some fun 3D printing ideas for the holidays. Today, we&#8217;ll be bringing you some projects to keep the season bright and merry. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah (if you celebrate Diwali, this may be a bit late&#8211; but all the better to prepare for next year).<\/p>\n<p>Christmas LED projects:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11552\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/LED-Backlit-Pin-Hole-Holiday-Card\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11552\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/led-christmas-card-600x431.jpg\" alt=\"Have an LED back-lit pin hole Christmas card!\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" data-wp-pid=\"11552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/led-christmas-card-600x431.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/led-christmas-card.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Have an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/LED-Backlit-Pin-Hole-Holiday-Card\/\">LED back-lit pin hole Christmas card<\/a>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11553\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Christmas-Fake-Fireplace\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11553\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/led-fake-fireplace-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"A faux fireplace for your Christmas needs. \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-wp-pid=\"11553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/led-fake-fireplace-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/led-fake-fireplace.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Christmas-Fake-Fireplace\/\">faux fireplace<\/a> for your Christmas needs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hanukkah LED projects :<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11554\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Pie-Tin-Hanukkah-Menorah-with-GE-iTwinkle-Lights\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11554\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hanukkah-twinkle-light-menorah-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Make a shining menorah with twinkle lights! It's programmable, too.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-wp-pid=\"11554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hanukkah-twinkle-light-menorah-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hanukkah-twinkle-light-menorah.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Make a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Pie-Tin-Hanukkah-Menorah-with-GE-iTwinkle-Lights\/\">shining menorah with twinkle lights<\/a>! It&#8217;s programmable, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11556\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/LED-Hanukkah-Menorah\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11556\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LED-menorah-600x575.jpg\" alt=\"A more stylistically simple menorah.\" width=\"600\" height=\"575\" data-wp-pid=\"11556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LED-menorah-600x575.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LED-menorah.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A more stylistically<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/LED-Hanukkah-Menorah\/\"> simple menorah<\/a>. Still has LEDs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Diwali LED projects:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11558\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Diwali-Tree\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11558\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/diwali-tree-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"Have your own Diwali tree!\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" data-wp-pid=\"11558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/diwali-tree-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/diwali-tree.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Have your own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Diwali-Tree\/\">Diwali tree<\/a>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11559\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Color-Changing-Festive-Lamp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11559\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/diwali-lamp-600x455.jpg\" alt=\"Make a lamp that changes colors for your festival of lights!\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" data-wp-pid=\"11559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/diwali-lamp-600x455.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/diwali-lamp.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Color-Changing-Festive-Lamp\/\">a lamp that changes colors<\/a> for your festival of lights!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, these are only a couple of examples. There are more projects out there, and of course, you can come up with your own!<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-11515 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='11515' data-nonce='ee750c7abc' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-11515 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-11515 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='11515' data-nonce='ee750c7abc' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-11515 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-11515 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these brilliant, luminous projects. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4327,1561],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[4464],"class_list":["post-11515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","category-applications"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Turbo_xmas.jpg","authors":[{"term_id":4464,"user_id":7,"is_guest":0,"slug":"amber_mear","display_name":"Amber Mear","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/766b0adee766c4cbe4e5ae38ab97be11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Mear","last_name_2":"","first_name":"Amber","first_name_2":"","job_title":"","description":"I was the Digilent blog editor, and now I'm a contributor. I love learning about wearables and writing about social issues in STEM. Outside of work, I can be found watching Netflix with my cat, working on an art project, or trying to find new, delicious local foods."}],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11515"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}