If you spend enough time experimenting with paper circuits, you are bound to have a situation arise when you encounter a short circuit that requires you to create a bridge. This Tech Tip will explain why short circuits occur, introduce some basics for creating bridges. and explain how they may be used within a paper […]
Interactive Pop-Up Jack-O-Lantern Featuring Circuit Sketcher
Make a Spooky Slide Switch Bring a pop-up jack-o-lantern to life with Chibitronics lights and an interactive slide switch! This project is fun to make and even more fun to play with! Useful Tools & Supplies Electronics Materials Other Tools & Supplies Other Tools & Supplies Directions If you’re planning to modify this project, by […]
Chibitronics Lights Up #PopUpTober 2026!
Get Ready for #PopUpTober! Find #PopUpTober Information & Inspiration For a quick reference, please visit our #LightUpPopUpTober resource page. We’ll be updating our #LightUpPopUpTober resource page during the months of September and October. There, you’ll find the daily prompts, tutorials, templates, and plenty of light-up pop-up inspiration to help you get started with your own […]
Light-Up Pop-Up Travel Journal (Featuring Chibitronics)
Research a Place: Tell Its Story with Pop-Ups and Paper Circuits In this post, I’ll share a way to combine paper circuits with a series of pop-up foundation shapes that may be used as a three-dimensional travel journal. Individually, each mechanism can stand alone. However, each structure may also be combined to create a light-up […]
Glowing, Upcycled Spinner Toy Featuring Chibitronics LEDs and Circuit Sketcher
Hold Onto Your Empty Spools After using up one of my spools of Conductive Fabric Tape, I had a burst of inspiration! Rather than throwing the nice, round cardboard packaging into the recycle bin, I thought it would be a good challenge to come up with a way to repurpose it! Why not transform it […]
Circuit Sketcher Is Live! Design, Test, and Share Paper Circuits in Your Browser
Circuit Sketcher is live. Design and simulate paper circuits online, create printable templates, build project pages, and turn bright ideas into physical projects.
Guest Educator: Lighting Up Literacy with Deann Poleon
Bringing Bugged and Brilliant to Life with Deann Poleon, Chibitronics, and “The Forest Mission” We are excited to introduce a talented educator, technologist, and story-teller who combines the magic of narrative with the hands-on engagement of STEAM learning! We met Deann Poleon, a recent Pathfinders alumna, through one of our affiliates, another Pathfinders alumna, Laurie […]
Moonshotkidz X Chibitronics Collaboration
NEW: Interactive Light Up Cards Kit! Chibitronics is thrilled to partner with Moonshotkidz to bring you a creative new kit that combines the playful paper craft designs of Moonshotkidz with the engaging, learner-friendly circuitry supplies contained in the Chibitronics Start with STEAM: Launchpad LED Kit! Introducing the Moonshotkidz X Chibitronics Interactive Light Up Cards Kit! […]
Heart, Hardware, and Humanity: Bringing STEAM to the ISTE Playground
Guest Educator, Jana Gerard: Pocket Manifestos Every year, the ISTE Playgrounds are a total whirlwind. They’re built for educators to just wander, wonder, and get their hands dirty experimenting with the future of learning. For my session, I wanted to tackle a challenge that’s been on my mind for a while: How do we stop […]
We’re Presenting at ISTE Live26!
Join Us in Orlando! This summer, Chibitronics will be presenting a hands-on workshop and manning a booth at ISTELive26 in Orlando, Florida! The theme of this year’s conference, taking place 28 June-1 July, is Designing the Future of Learning. If you are planning to be at ISTE, we hope you’ll join us during our instructional […]
Two NEW Template Notebook Kits
Start with STEAM & Create with STEAM Exciting news! We’ve transformed one of our flagship products, the award-winning STEM Starter Kit (ages 14+), into two bright NEW kits (ages 8+)! Not simply a repeat of our classic kit, with new names and packaging, this evolution into Level 1 and Level 2 kits reimagines a new […]
Chibitronics Celebrates Teachers With a Light-Up Pop-Up Card!
Thank a Superstar Teacher! Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4-8, 2026) In anticipation of Teacher Day (May 5), Chibitronics is shining a light upon the dedicated educators who brighten their students’ days! ✨ ❤️ To help us celebrate our fun-loving educators, we’re sharing a light-up pop-up card that you (or your child) can make and share with […]