Stranger things Halloween Costume

I saw a really fun stranger things Halloween costume floating around Reddit and through it it would be really cool to expand upon it. It was a framed elastic that one could make it look like someone was pushing through a wall. I am semi crafty and have done a few projects with the photon but using canned code but not very good at coding where would need the help. I wanted to make the wall costume with elastic to make an illusion of coming out of the wall but also add the alphabet and add a controller (like a spark photon) where when someone texted my number I could use IFTT to light up individual lights (or letters). Seeing that this would take 26 outputs I could lower this down a bit since people probably won’t use letters like x, z, q, etc. But I am not an electrical or computer science engineer so I would need some help. Is anyone interested in building something like this with me or helping me?

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26 outputs is easy. You can use shift registers, GPIO expanders, multiplexing, charlieplexing, or even addressable LEDs.

How about something like this:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/WS2811-led-pixel-module-IP68-waterproof-DC12V-full-color-RGB-50pcs-flexible-string-christmas-LED-light/2052414454.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.1.rNXeVQ&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_10,searchweb201602_3_10057_10056_10065_10037_10068_10055_10067_10054_10069_301_10059_10058_10073_10017_10070_10060_10061_10052_10062_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_2&btsid=a5caf688-3df8-424c-8777-bb1e918922c1

Did you finish your costume?
I have a link to some code that might help you for your costume.
http://kyfast.net/making-and-breaking/2016/10/16/stranger-things-arduino-light-wall/