The materials used to create this project included:

for the ice cream:
7" styrofoam spheres
acrylic paints (red, white and brown)
paintbrushes

cherries:
red crayola quick-dry soft modeling clay
green covered wire

whipped cream:
"tub of goo" texture goo

bowl:
random large plastic bowl, the sort little kids can use as a wash basin
paint (blue and white)

flies:
lots of wire, stripped and unstripped
pipe cleaners, yellow and black
storebought 'googly eyes'
yellow stretchy chiffon, wings
4khz piezobuzzers
lots of solder

switch mechanisms:
pure copper tape, placed on both the insects and on the fly swatter

flyswatter:
storebought!

circuitry:
nylon board
400-ohm resistors
lots of wire
lots of solder

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