Best Cordless Drill

It’s getting close to that time of year, the best time of the year , and I’ve started to think about what I can make my son for Christmas.  Last year I made him a “cubby house.”  It’s 3 levels, made of plywood, and mostly covered in carpet.  He used it some last year, but it’s the kind of thing you use in the winter when you can’t go outside.  We’ll see how much he uses it this winter.

I have mixed feelings about the project.  It takes up a lot of room in our basement and I felt like he didn’t use it that much.  On the other hand, we’ve already had some good times in it and I think there are more good times to come.  And I’m proud that I made it for him.

So what to make this year?  Someone showed me this cool video of an 8x8x8 LED cube.  That’s 512 LEDs hooked up to a controller that runs various programs to switch the LEDs on and off.  Check out the video at the link.  It’s much cooler than it sounds in text.  But still, I’m not sure how much use my 3 year old would get out of it.  I’ve thought about some modifications to make it interactive.  Perhaps he could push a button and it would show a character he likes and play an audio clip from that character.

I want it to be something he has fun with as well as inspires him.  Anyone have any ideas?

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