Hack Your Jack-o-Lantern

This Instructable is about introducing/encouraging kids of all ages, and those new to electronics, to hacking electronics. It's inexpensive, a lot of fun for a small amount of effort, easily interpretable into other remote control ideas and teaches hardware hacking and recycling as you can use old RC Cars and toys.

1 Plastic Jack-o-Lantern container

1 working RC vehicle which will go left, right, forward and backward.

ANY material that is thin, easy to cut to size and stiff. We used perforated circuit board.

Glue Gun

Basic tools such as small screwdrivers, razor knife/scissors, pliers, etc.

Remove any tiny screws holding the shell on.

Keep this shell for any other 'bots' you will make in the future!

Create as much of a wide and sturdy base for your Jack-o-Lantern as possible.

Make sure it remains level.

Make sure it's level and evenly distributed.

Race them with your friends or create a Halloween Race Course!