• Plug in both DC motors to the motor inputs on CRICKIT with the red 5V leads going in the outer inputs of the motor terminal block. Use a small screwdriver to screw in the leads into the terminal blocks.
• Plug the servo into input 1 on the servo section on CRICKIT. Orient the leads such that the yellow wire is on the outside edge of CRICKIT.
• Attach an alligator clip to capacitive touch input A3 on the CPX (Circuit Playground Express)
• For power, for now, use a 5V 2A (2000mA) switching power supply plugged into the 5V DC jack.
• Screw in NeoPixel strip to NeoPixel terminal block of CRICKIT after prepping the wires via directions below. For more info on using NeoPixels with CRICKIT, check out this guide: Make it Glow with CRICKIT.

• Take the end of the NeoPixel strip with the data line arrow pointing inward toward the strip.
  
  
• With wire cutters, cut the end of the white wire.
  
  
• Strip off 1 cm of wire cover from white wire as well as ground (black) and power (red) wires.

• On start, we initialize the NeoPixel strip.
• In a forever loop, we set the brightness of the NeoPixels, set the CPX NeoPixels to a specific color, call the comet animation for the NeoPixel strip for 3 seconds, set the volume of the CPX speaker, then play the "Do Your Ears Hang Low" tune by calling the song functions. As it's a forever loop, this code block loops forever regardless of other events that happen in the code!

• The "Do Your Ears Hang Low" tune can be separated into 3 parts. The song starts with part 1, then goes to part 2, then back to part 1 then ends with part 3 before repeating again (and again and again...). Creating functions for these song parts then "calling" the functions later allows us to have much cleaner looking and more organized code. It also allows us to reduce the amount of code needed for the project making the program more efficient!

• When capacitive touch input A3 on the CPX is touched, we want to call the wave function (which makes Adabot wave with ice cream in hand), then move the DC motors each at 65% speed for 8 seconds, stop the motors, then call the wave function again.

• The wave function starts the servo at 0 degrees, then moves to 150 degreesthen back to 0, repeating 5 times in total.

• Remove USB extension from PowerBoost board. Removes easily by pushing out prongs.
• Cut ends of black and red bread board wires, and remove 1-2 cm of wire wrap from end.
• Solder red wire to power and black to ground.
• Solder on switch to PowerBoost over Vs, EN and GND. Orientation doesn't matter.
• Screw in power and ground leads to terminal block on DC jack.
• Plug in JST connector from battery to PowerBoost.
• Plug in DC jack to CRICKIT.

• Prepare enough medium to large width sized cardboard to fit all outer truck parts onto (pages 1 - 5 in pdf). Thicker cardboard makes for a sturdier truck!
• On the print outs, the dotted lines are meant for cutting and the bold lines are meant for folding.
• Cut out the parts from the print outs pages 1 - 5*
• Glue to cardboard.
• Cut out parts with hobby knife.
  
  

* Cutting the parts out before glueing is optional but helps save room and makes for a cleaner looking result. To save time you can glue the entire print out sheets to the cardboard and cut them out.

• Over bold lines on each side of the truck, make light incision with hobby knife.
• Next take a pencil or pen and score until parts fold. These are now the back doors of the truck.
•  For the truck front, make a light incision on the bold line above the grills and headlights.
• Score and fold.
• For upper fold, turn over front piece, measure about 5mm below windows, draw a line across the back.
• Lightly go over with hobby knife then score and fold. Score multiple times before folding this part as proximity to windows risks improper folding.

• Put hot glue onto the front of the left side of the truck.
• Place front of truck piece onto left side piece, aligning scored folds with the contours of the side piece.
• Repeat with other side.
• Glue on truck top.
• Feel free to reenforce with glue wherever connections feel weak.

*We will leave the bottom of the truck alone for now as we will assemble the character cut outs, electronics and wheels on this piece before connecting to the rest of the truck.

• From page 6 of the PDF print out, cut out Adabot and Blinka*
• Glue characters down onto a thin width-sized cardboard.
• Use a pencil to draw a small rectangle sized slightly less than Blinka's length. (This will used as base to hold Blinka upright later so it doesn't have to be perfect)
• Use a pencil to draw a small triangle shaped like an ice cream cone 
• Use hobby knife to carefully cut out characters, base and cone.
• For Adabot's antennae and Blinka's tongue, cut under, as they are too small to keep attached when cutting with cardboard. 
  
  

*For smaller parts like Adabot's antennae and Blinka's tongue, use a hobby knife. 

• From page 7 of the PDF print out, cut out the ice cream cone.
• Glue one side of the back.
• Curl into cone shape.
• Take a ball of fake spider web the size of a fist (found at the dollar store or a halloween store). You can use cotton balls also.
• Glue to top of cone.
• Glue ice cream cone to top of truck.
• Take a pea-sized amount of web and roll around in fingers.
• Glue to top of small cone cut out.
• Bend Adabot's shoulder and arm so it's reaching forward and glue small ice cream cone to hand.

• From page 8 of the PDF print out, cut out seat part and glue to medium to large width cardboard (can use same cardboard from the truck parts).
• Glue one of the larger pieces to the other on the edges.
• Add the smaller piece on its long side underneath one of the larger pieces .

• Glue on Blinka's base.
• Cut out a hook and corresponding loop piece that are the same size as Blinka's base.
• Attach one piece to Blinka's base.
• Attach the other to the truck seat.
• Now Blinka can sit in her sit!
• Measure about 55mm behind the front of the truck base and draw a line. This is where the seat will go.
• Place front of seat up against this line and trace around the seat base with a pencil.
• Glue seat in place, reenforcing where necessary.

• Measure about 8cm of bamboo stick and use hands to break off the measured piece.
• On the truck base, draw a point on the base of the truck 14mm to the left and 6 mm back from the left side starting at the back left corner of the piece that juts out in the middle.
• At roughly a 20 degree angle to the right, use a pencil to create a hole where the point was drawn.
• Take the 8cm bamboo skewer and stick in at the same angle.
• Remove bamboo stick, add hot glue to hole, place stick back and hold in place until dry.*
• Measure a roughly 2cm piece of cardboard and cut out.
• Glue it towards the top of the bamboo stick.
• Glue Adabot on front of cardboard piece. This will give Adabot a "popping out" effect from the truck window.

*This bamboo stick will later be pulled back and forth by a string attached to the servo giving Adabot a sort of waiving effect.

• Place the 2 wheels on the motors.
• Add double sided foam tape to motors.
• Attach motors to bottom of base of truck making sure they are aligned with the angle of the cardboard and that the wheels aren't touching any cardboard.

• Cut out two 22mm x 42mm pieces of cardboard.
• Find the middle of each piece and pierce with bamboo stick.
• Hold rig under the truck where wheels will go and pull pieces out until they are at the ends of the base.
• Take a pencil or pen and mark on both sides of the piece on the bamboo stick to keep the distance correct.

• Measure 2 cm away from each end mark where cardboard pieces were.
• Break off ends of bamboo stick at the most recently drawn mark.
• Place cardboard pieces back on bamboo stick.
• Put hot glue in wheel hold and push wheels into place one at a time making sure they are upright and holding until firmly in place.
• Glue rig under truck making sure wheels are not touching any cardboard.

• Put two pieces of foam tape on battery.
• Place battery up against front seat.
• Put a piece of foam tape on each rubber leg of CRICKIT.
• Place on top of battery.
• Glue servo in place on back corner of truck base with the wires facing out the back.
• Put a piece of foam tape on bottom of PowerBoost.
• Place on back of truck base, pressing in legs of switch into cardboard.

• Cut a string the length of the distance from the Adabot stick to the servo.
• Glue string to servo then to the Adabot stick.

• Cut a rubber band
• Glue one end of the rubber band under the front seat
• Making sure there is tension on the band, glue other side to the bamboo stick holding Adabot.

• Attach the alligator clip to input A3 on the CPX. Attach the other end to some tin foil.
• Tape the end of the alligator clip to the underside of the truck top.
• Add tape to a spot on the top of the truck and fold over foil onto tape.
• Glue truck top onto truck base.