A CONVERSATION with Educator, Creative Technologist and Designer PAOLA GUIMERANS (Spanish version here) Scaling expressive technologies for STEAM learning often starts in train-the-trainer workshops. Hands-on sessions with curious educators and their organizations introduce new materials and invite participants – typically coaches, program managers, teachers, and subject matter experts such as artists, introductory CS instructors, department […]
Interactive Reveal Wheel And Light Up Card
Hi friends, it’s Wei Wei here! Today I am sharing you how to make a fun interactive reveal wheel and light up card featuring LEDs and Copper Tape from Chibitronics. For more details on this light up creation keep reading below! Here’s my supplies: First, I stamped the cute images with Lawn Fawn happy village stamp, colored with Copic […]
How to make light up photo frame.
Hi crafty friends! This is Eiko. I make light up photo frame with an envelope type switch holder using Chibitronics and Tim Holtz dies. This photo frame has an envelope battery holder, so you can easily replace the battery. The light turns on when you switch it on. I will make the parts referring to the […]
Light up puzzle
Hi everyone, this Rana and I’m back today with a very fun project. Our project for today is a light puzzle: Here is a full Video tutorial showing how create this puzzle step by step https://youtu.be/r9KR2hme59k Templates: Below are more photos about the project : Products links: Chibitronics white LED stickers Chibitronics conductive fabric tape […]
Twinkle Little Star and Chibitronics
Hi Everyone, Melissa here. Today I am sharing a light up card featuring LED Stickers and Fabric Conductive Tape from Chibitronics. This card also features the Twinkle Little Star Stamp set from Colorado Craft Company. This card works by pressing the battery compartment (press here). For more details, please keep reading….. Firstly, I have stamped […]
Lift to Light: An Electrified Cobweb Card
In our first reed switch tutorial, Magical Magnetism: Intro to Reed Switches (Normally Open), we introduced the most common type of reed switch, demonstrated how to use one in a circuit, and showed how to make a magnetic wand that can trigger any circuit you make with one. In this follow up tutorial, Magical Magnetism: Intro […]
Hanging Lights Card
Hi friends – Bri Firth here! Today I am sharing a switch-activated light up card featuring an Orange Sticker Light and Copper Tape from Chibitronics. This card also features the Hanging Lights Set by Altenew. For more details on this light up creation keep reading below! The card front was super easy to make. First, […]
Make a Splash!—–Using the Metal Brad for the switch parts
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. […]