“This alarm clock is an attempt to get our toddler to stay quiet in the morning while we try to continue sleeping.
My wife asked me, “do you mind if I spend $27 on a toddler alarm clock?” When I figured out what such an alarm clock does, I decided I could make that from parts I had in my pile. Wings
Since I have access to a laser cutter at work, I got some 1/4” acrylic and cut/etched the wings. The design came from pixabay and has a creative commons license. https://pixabay.com/en/animal-butterfly-design-insect-1297939/
I took one wing, created a vector outline for the cut and copied it for the second wing. That’s why these don’t exactly match the image linked above.
Lights
I played around withe the RGB LEDs to try and find an orientation I liked. It seems the edge of the acrylic deflects light perpendicular to its surface. I had to modify the wings with the angular notch to get the light all the way out to the wing tips.”