Follow the instructions in the LED Sewing Kit guide to be sure you have all the right components and your LEDs all light up!

Identify the positive leads of the LEDs-- they'll be longer and will appear on the + side of the battery when glowing.

Use pliers or your fingers to bend the positive leads of two LEDs 90 degrees.

Cut two small pieces of heat shrink tubing, long enough to cover most (but not all) of a lead.

Place one piece on one positive lead and shrink the tubing with a heat tool or lighter.

Align the LEDs as shown.

Twist the uncovered positive lead with the end of the covered lead.

Place and shrink the other piece of heatshrink on the negative lead of the left LED.

Bend the negative leads of both LEDs 90 degrees, at an opposing angle to the positive leads.

Wrap the negative leads together in the same manner as above.

The heat shrink tubing allows the LEDs to be space apart without shorting the positive and negative sides of the circuit!

Gently curve this assembly around on itself temporarily.

Pinch the assembly on a coincell battery. If it doesn't light up immediately, flip it around and try the other way. LEDs only allow current to flow in one direction, and hooking them up backwards won't damage them.

Mark the positive lead with a marker.

Use pliers to twirl the ends of the LEDs into small spirals. These loops will be easier to sew to than a flat wire.

Place the LED assembly in the pleat of the hair bow.

Use a piece of trim or ribbon around the center of the bow. We found this scrap of rainbow ribbon cable and thought it was perfect.

Dab a small glob of hot glue in the center of the pleat.

Stick the knotted accent to the glue glob.

Apply glue to the back of one ribbon tail and wrap it tightly around the hair bow's center until it is set. Trim the other tail to end at the back of the bow and glue it down as well.

Now it's time to stitch on the battery holder, but it has to go the right way!

Look inside the holder for a tiny (-) sign (the pink circle in the photo). You will connect the positive side of the battery holder to the twirled lead with the mark (positive side of LEDs), and the negative side to the negative twirled leads.

Center the battery holder at the back of the bow and pierce your needle with conductive thread straight through one of the golden tabs and also through the entire bow, surfacing inside the pleat on the front of the bow. Pull the thread through leaving at least a 4" tail at the back.

For more info on conductive thread, check out our guide!

Stitch through the LED assembly's twirled end a few times so the steel thread makes good contact. Then return the needle to the back of the bow.

Stitch the battery holder's tab a few times wo the ribbon below it, then tie off the thread and seal the knot with clear nail polish.

Cut the thread tails short and repeat the stitching process to secure the other side of the battery holder to the remaining LED leads.

Pop the battery into the holder and see if your LEDs light up! If they don't, check to see if your battery holder was installed backwards.

You can position the LEDs to point in the direction you like, just don't wiggle them too much or the leads could break off!

To add a hair clip, slather its end in hot glue and pinch it between the hair bow's center and the battery holder. This also serves to secure the battery holder even further, so be sure to apply glue to both sides of the hair clip.

We think these bows would also make great shoe accents!