I wanted to work with two technologies the Photon and Alexa. Since it was Halloween and everyone ask "What's that black cylinder on your counter" I decided to cover it up and make it a decoration.

Step 1:

Make a cheesecloth ghost, to do this follow these instructions.

http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-make-cheesecloth-ghosts/

*when you do this make sure it fits the Echo and is a lot bigger

Step 2:

Create spooky music. I used garage band but anything will work.

Step 3:

Upload your mp3 to soundcloud (this will make it accessible to your skill later)

*you have to add it to your RSS feed so it allows it to have a downloadable link

Step 4:

Create an echo skill, for streaming music.

https://developer.amazon.com/public/community/post/Tx1DSINBM8LUNHY/New-Alexa-Skills-Kit-ASK-Feature-Audio-Streaming-in-Alexa-Skills

*the tutorial is very easy to follow so i wont repeat it

Step 5:

Create a photon program to control your neopixel lights. I have attached mine at the bottom

Step 6:

Make sure the music and lights go together by tweaking timing

Step 7:

Add a call to your photon API in your Alexa skill so when you start your lambda it fires the photon.

Step 8:

Impress all friends and family that have an echo