Hi, crafty friends! I’m so happy to see you here! I’d like to send cheerful splash to you with this card. This bear cub loves the rainy day. He and his dad are going for a walk in the rain. He finds a puddle and he is jumping in the puddle. Then…. the water are […]
Light up Bookmarks
Hi everyone, this is Rana and I’m so happy to be back here in the blog with a new project with Chibitronics products. My project for today is a very cute light up bookmarks: At first I started to design my bookmark with the circuit in silhouette studio software and then I simply cut all […]
Shiela Lee’s Top 10
A List to Teach By Recently, we caught up again with Shiela Lee, STEM teacher and technology coordinator at Beekman Hill International School, PS 59, New York City, and picked up where we left off with the Featured Educator writeup. This time we opened up the discussion so we could learn more from her on […]
Light Up Ocean Scene
Hello, Allison Cope here! Today I’m sharing a very simple tutorial on how I created this fun light up Oceanic scene card with you! To begin my card, I first stamped out my images onto some cardstock. I stamped one piece to color and one piece to use as my circuit backer. I colored up […]
Magical Magnetic Wand & Chibitronics Reed Switch (Magnet On)
Magnets, like wands, are magical! In my tutorial, Magical Magnetism: Intro to Reed Switches (Magnet On), I’ll show you how to make a magnetic wand that can trigger a circuit you make with a reed switch. A reed switch and magnet are an intriguing duo possessing magical qualities that may be applied in countless ways. […]
Introducing the Chibitronics Paper Circuits STEAM Educator’s Guide
We have worked with hundreds of educators around the world who have incorporated Chibitronics into their teaching, but we have never before had an all-in-one resource to help them get started. Enter…the Paper Circuits STEAM Educator’s Guide! This 185-page guide was written with both K-12 and informal educators in mind. It includes 19 arts-integrated lesson […]
Super Pull-Tab Light Up Card
Hi friends – Bri Firth here! Today I am sharing a pull-tab light up card perfect for a super helper! This interactive card features Sticker Lights, Copper Tape, and Conductive Fabric Patches from Chibitronics. This card also features the Super Team Set by Scrappy Boy Stamps. For more details on this heroic light up creation […]
Light Up Scrapbook Layout
Hi friends, It’s Wei Wei back with a scrapbook layout using Chibitronics LEDs and Pinkfresh Studio scrapbooking elements. The die cut camera with a shaker is always a good addition to a photographic layout! I just wanted to add a little bit different element to this layout. I knew the Chibitronics LED is the perfect choice for […]
Join us for Pathfinders Summer 2022 – Paper Circuits and Coding Across the Curriculum
K-12 US public school teachers! Chibitronics is excited to join Infosys Foundation’s virtual #InfyPathfinders Summer Institute, exclusively at Infosys.org/PathfindersOnline. Use this link to create a free account today to register for our course PAPER CIRCUITS AND CODING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM. Apply now for and choose one of summer’s 7-week courses: Every Wednesday, 7:00 PM – 9:30 […]
Susan Lowdermilk, Book Artist
<Art, Craft, and Telling Stories with Pop-up> CHIBI: We met on the Hack Your Notebook project, for what turned into Booklet #2, Engineer Your Materials, Working with Pop-up. By that time, you’d discovered Chibitronics co-founder Jie Qi’s circuit stickers and had begun exploring possibilities for book arts, pop-up and electronics. Can you share some detail […]
Testing Continuity with a Multimeter
The continuity feature of a multimeter allows you to test for conductivity of materials and trace where electrical connections have been made (or not made). When working with paper circuits, the continuity function of a multimeter is useful for locating wonky connections (joints that should be well connected, but aren’t) and unintended connections (parts that should […]
How to make light up platform pop up card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko. I make light up platform pop up card using Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn platform pop-up dies. When you push up the platform, the heart-shaped constellations will shine. I will make the parts referring to the picture below. Die cut buttercup pattern paper using platform pop-up die 3 pieces of […]