Hi everyone, I’m so so excited to share with you today a new Halloween light up card featuring some white LED stickers a long with Magengo designs stamps. I started to design a very simple circuit in my silhouette software to see where I exactly need my LED lights, then I sent the designed file […]
Light up Halloween card with Chibitronics and Magengo designs
Hi everyone! this is Rana and I’m so happy to be back on chibitronics blog, I have a new fun light up card to share with you today featuring Chibitronics and Magengo designs products. First I designed a very simple circuit with 6 lights in my silhouette software then I sent the template to my […]
UPDATE FROM SPAIN – CREATIVE SCHOOL LIBRARIES in GALICIA
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Lessons from a National Lab: Building a Fully Remote STEM Program
< Berkeley Lab’s SAGE Camp Summer 2021 > In spring of 2021, the K12 group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) – one of the first research institutions in the network of 17 national labs managed by the Dept. of Energy – began planning for a second, pandemic-ready, online-only program for its annual summer camp, […]
Featured Educator – Shiela Lee
Master teacher and coding instructor Shiela Lee works in New York City. A certified special education and general education instructor, she spoke with us about her teaching practice, her professional networks, and work she’s done with paper circuitry in her classroom. As she says, “teaching and coding require patience, persistence, and creativity.” CHIBI: Tell us […]
New Years Celebration Light Up Card
Hi friends – Bri Firth here! Today I am sharing a light-up card perfect for welcoming in the new year. This interactive card features Sticker Lights and Copper Tape from Chibitronics. This card also features the One More Sleep Stamp Set from Clearly Besotted. For more details on this light up creation keep reading below! […]
Merry Christmas light up star with Chibitronics LED Stickers
Hi Everyone, Melissa here. Today I am sharing how I created this simple circuit using a Chibitronics LED Sticker to light up the star. Let’s get started 1. Create Card Front. To create this card front, I have printed the image onto X-Press It Blending Card and coloured it with Copic Markers. The sentiment is […]
Create A Beautiful Light Up Snowflake Card
Hi crafty friends, I have a beautiful Light Up Snowflake Christmas Card for you today using products from Gina K. Designs and Chibitronics. I created a simple circuit but, the results are stunning! I inked the background with some teal inks in an ombre effect. I wanted the background to feel wintery. I stamped and […]
Light Up a Kite
Introduction In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add LED lights to a kite so that it can be seen at night. Contents Materials & ToolsDirections Light-Up the Night with LED Kites! Topics paper, LED, flying toys, simple circuits Materials LED Circuit Stickers (3) Conductive Fabric Tape Red Kite or Bat Kite Coin Cell Battery Black […]
Bee Amazing with Chibitronics LED Stickers
Hi Everyone, Melissa here. Today I am sharing how I created this simple circuit using a ‘Reed Switch’ and ‘Chibitronic LED Stickers’ to light up the Bees. Let’s get started. 1. Create Card Front To create this card front, I have coloured the background using Distress Oxide inks (Salty Ocean & Blueprint Sketch). I have […]