Howdy all, Allison Cope here! Today I’m sharing a fun and EASY card tutorial where I make a sweet little Christmas star twinkle! I’m over on the Chibitronics YouTube channel sharing just how it was made! Today I began my holiday card by printing out and coloring in my sweet little digital Christmas pixie scene. […]
NEW PRODUCT: Reed Switches (Magnet On)
We are excited to announce that Chibitronics now carries reed switches, which are useful for creating surprising special effects in your paper circuit projects! What’s a Reed Switch? A reed switch is a small electrical component containing two thin fibers that are highly susceptible to magnetization. In the most common type of reed switch, called […]
Student Gallery
Student Gallery Get inspired by the work of teachers, students, educators and families from all over the world! In the fall of the 2024, seventh grade students at C.C.A. Baldi Middle School, in Philadelphia, PA, created a variety of illuminated artworks under the instruction of educator Christopher Sweeney. To learn more, you may check out […]
How to Make a Light Up Nicho (Shadow Box)
Shadow Box Celebration In this tutorial Celeste Moreno, a guest designer and maker, will teach you a novel way to add light and programming to transform a traditional Mexican art form, called a nicho, into a glowing tribute that honors something or someone important in your life. In this tutorial Celeste Moreno, a guest designer […]
Superheros Card Using the Pressure Sensitive Conductive Plastic
Hi everyone!! It’s Wei Wei here with this interactive card showcasing Craft with Light Kit – Color and Pressure Sensitive Conductive Plastic. This card is designed as a circuit with a pressure sensor. If you press down on the switch, yellow and red lights will light up first, followed by pink and blue lights in […]
Pop-up frame card with the lights
Hi, crafty friends! It’s Yukiko and I have some birthday pop-up frame cards to share with you today. The pop up frame card was shared with us by Jennifer Mcguire last month. She called this a “Must-Try-Pop-Up Frame Card” because it is easy to make and doesn’t need special dies.It can make a nice dimension […]
How to Make a Light-Up Leaf
Fall into Leaves That Light! In this video tutorial, we will show you how to make your own light-up leaf. This is a great project for collaboration: everyone can create their own leaves and put them together to create an illuminated tree! Video Related Categories tutorial, simple circuit, steam education, paper craft Fall is a […]
DIY Light-Up Masquerade Mask
Introduction In this tutorial, you’ll learn to make a DIY Masquerade mask that lights up. It’s the ultimate disguise. Contents Materials & ToolsDirections Be the spectacle of the night. Topics LEDs, Halloween, Seasonal, Fall, Masquerade Ball, Fancy Party Mask, Conductive Fabric Tape, Coin Cell Battery Holder Materials LED Circuit Stickers Conductive Fabric Tape CR2032 Battery […]
Light up fall cards with Chibitronics and Magengo designs
Hi everyone, I’m so glad to be back here in Chibitronics blog to share with you two new fall cards featuring Chibitronics LED stickers and some of Magengo Designs stamps. These cards are so easy to create and it was so fun to create them and because of that I created two 🙂 Instead of […]
Pop Up Book of Munich
Pop Up Book of Munich By Jill Dawson I created this piece after taking Helen Friel’s online course, “Pop Up Fundamentals: Story Telling with Paper and Light.” My book invites a viewer to explore three of my favorite places in the city of Münich, Germany — the Frauenkirche, Chinese Tower Beer Garden, and one of […]
Playground Operatronics is Something to Sing About
Powered through an Infosys Foundation grant, geared toward bringing the Playground Opera program and Chibitronics’ circuit technologies together to support Title 1 schools in the United States, Chibitronics and Opera on Tap have combined forces to create Playground Operatronics, a music education and STEAM program for kids! In September 2022, Playground Opera teaching artists (TAs) […]
Dissolve Card: Light-up Picture Switcher
Dazzling Dissolve In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a light-up version of a Victorian Era mechanism known as a dissolve, or dissolve card. This paper mechanics project combines a trick of the eye (and pictures that flip) with a little electronic trickery of our own — Circuit Sticker LEDs and a sliding […]