Our Paper Circuits Online Series is back! We have created Eventbrite classes that provide 7 evenings that take you from lighting up your first drawing to adding code to your artwork and making your art interactive! Session Dates: June 2 – July 14, 2021Session Times: Wednesdays from 7pm to 8pm eastern Event Schedule: Part 1: […]
Circuit Sketchbook Art Contest
Show us your #circuitsketchbook! Complete all 5 chapters of our Circuit Sticker Sketchbook and share them with us by 5PM Pacific time on June 14, 2021 for a chance to win 1 of 10 Love to Code Creative Coding Kits and be featured in our Sketchbook Gallery. Winners will be announced on July 1, 2021. […]
Paper Circuits Online Workshop Series
If you’re ready to jump in now, we have created Eventbrite classes that provide 7 evenings that take you from lighting up your first drawing to adding code to your artwork and making your art interactive! Session Dates: April 7 – May 19, 2021Session Times: Wednesdays from 7pm to 8pm eastern Event Schedule: Part 1: […]
Energy With Circuits
Energy with Circuits Lesson Plan OverviewMaterials, Tools & TemplateInstructionsWrap-UpProject GalleryEducation Standards Overview Grades: Elementary, MakerspaceEstimated Time: 120 minutesLesson Objectives: Students will create 2 forms of energy in this workshop (wind and electrical) Within the Grade 4, CA standards require circuitry in the curriculum. This lesson incorporates cross-functional fields of arts, circuitry, and science. This lesson […]
Circuit Sketchbook
The Circuit Sticker Sketchbook Learn the basics of circuits and electronics with our interactive sketchbook, written by our inventor, Jie Qi. This book includes 5 project templates, including simple circuit, parallel circuit, DIY switch, blinking slide switch, DIY pressure sensor. The Circuit Sticker Sketchbook is made available under a CC BY-NC-SA-4.0 license. This means you are free […]
Aslı’s Circuit Sketchbook
Welcome to Asli’s Sketchbook page! We will be sharing completed scenes created by artist Aslı. Each week she is posting a new page, along with creations by others in their own sketchbooks. Keep updated by checking here or following us on Instagram or Twitter.Please feel free to share your own creations as well! Jie gave […]
Celebrating love for Science on Valentine’s day with circuits at AAAS meeting
What could be a better way to express our love for science than to make DIY light-up cards on Valentine’s day? We were lucky enough to create such an opportunity for hundreds of energetic children and their families on the Valentine’s weekend. Thanks to the Computing Research Association, who graciously invited us to lead quick […]
Chibitronics for PaperCrafters Video Series 2023 Review
In 2023, we launched a new video series, Chibitronics for PaperCrafters. This series was designed to help papercrafters and card makers learn how to use Chibitronics products in their creations and gradually advance their skills and techniques. In 2024, we will be taking interactive die sets from a variety of paper-crafting companies and showing you […]
Guest Post: Bringing Chibitronics to Vietnam
An Inspiring Goal In April of this year, Cath, a high school junior at CATS Academy Boston, who is the president of her school’s STEAM club (instructed by Mrs. Eileen McMahon), reached out to tell us about an inspiring summer project that she and a group of her peers was involved in planning. When describing […]
Carousel Book Light
Brighten the Night with a Bookish Light In this tutorial, we will show you how to make a versatile book lamp, using a structure that may be used as a hanging ornament, tabletop display, or nightlight. Video Carousel Book Light Video Tutorial Introduction This project combines paper circuits with paper crafting to make a versatile […]
Firework Light Up Card
Hi friends, It’s Wei Wei here with this light up card featuring Chibitronics LED and Avery Elle stamps. Let’s get started! To create this card front, I created the firework background with the Silhouette Cameo cutting machine. I stamped the cute images from Avery Elle with black ink, colored with Copic markers and cut them […]
Glowing Garland
Garland That Glows! In this tutorial, we’ll show you how make Glowing Garland (yes, a paper circuit streamer that lights up) with a little help from Circuit Sticker LEDs and conductive fabric tape! Video Related Categories paper circuit techniques, holiday, decoration, paper craft, STEAM Education Have you ever made a paper chain to count down […]