Hi crafty friends! Today I created a simple circuit Christmas light up card. I wanted to create this simple light up card, so you could see that you could mass produce this type of light up card. I did ink blending, one color die cutting and used one light for this design. I hope you […]
Create A Simple Circuit Campfire Scene|Tutorial|Chibitronics
Hi Crafty friends! Today I’m sharing how I created a simple circuit campfire scene with a yellow and orange light for the moon and campfire. Let’s get started! I started by inking my night sky with Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch and Black Soot Distress oxide inks, leaving a spot for the moon. I inked that […]
Simple Circuit Tutorial
Chapter 1: Simple Circuit Overview Let’s get started by lighting an LED. We will use the copper tape to connect a battery to the LED circuit sticker n a loop. The “+ side” of the LED circuit sticker needs to connect to the “+” side of the battery and the “-” point of the sticker […]
How to Make a Simple Circuit
Overview Let’s get started by lighting an LED. We will use the copper tape to connect a battery to the LED circuit sticker n a loop. The “+ side” of the LED circuit sticker needs to connect to the “+” side of the battery and the “-” point of the sticker needs to connect to […]
How to make a simple circuit
Learn how to make a simple circuit. Let’s get started by lighting an LED. We will use the copper tape to connect a battery to the LED circuit sticker n a loop. The “+ side” of the LED circuit sticker needs to connect to the “+” side of the battery and the “-” point of […]
Paper Circuits: Levels 1, 2 & 3
Contents Tutorials Level 1: Launchpad LEDs Single Color Launchpad LEDs Rainbow Fade Launchpad LED Level 2: LED Stickers Level 3: Through-Hole LEDs & Resistor Stickers Circuit Sketcher sketcher.chibitronics.com More Resources Educator’s Guide Our Educator’s Guide is a comprehensive guide with lesson plans and standards to STEAM learning with paper circuits! Battery Safety Guidelines Learn how […]
Make 4 Simple Pop-Ups Glow With Chibitronics LEDs
Research a Critter: Tell Its Story with Pop-Ups and Paper Circuits Engage your students with a fun and educational project that combines science, technology, art, and engineering! This blog post will show you a way to combine paper circuits with a series of pop-up foundation shapes. Individually, each mechanism may be customized to stand alone. […]
Creating Collaborative “Exquisite Corpse” Paper Circuit Art
By Hello Play! For Chibitronics Andrea, Mariana, and Celeste (the Hello Play! Collective) are always looking for ways to virtually collaborate and make together. For this project, we took inspiration from a fun approach to designing paper circuits called “Exquisite Circuits” which is “a novel collaborative circuit design approach that remixes the surrealist Exquisite Corpse […]
10 Ways to Add a Switch to a Paper Circuit
Recently, a customer sent in a question that was so illuminating, so essential, that it prompted us to pause and reflect: Once you complete the circuit and put the stickers on, what turns the light off? Customer Inquiry In today’s post, a tribute to the powerhouse working behind the scenes, we are placing a spotlight […]
Pathfinders 2023 Recap—Start with Art: STEAM Learning with Chibitronics Paper Circuits
This July, two cohorts of K-12 public school teachers participated in our nine-day online course, Start with Art: STEAM Learning with Chibitronics Paper Circuits as part of the Pathfinders Summer Institute 2023. Funded by generous support from the Infosys Foundation USA, we shipped 69 kits to educators from Maine to California. As so often happens, […]
Adding an Animated Touch to your Paper Circuit Nicho: Bringing Poetry to Life with the Chibi Scope
Hi all, Celeste here! Last year, I shared a tutorial illustrating my approach to making a light-up shadow box called a nicho. In addition to being beautiful little pieces of art, nichos can help us celebrate and remember cherished people, places, and objects. After I shared this tutorial, an idea popped into my mind: What […]
Light Up an Origami Lotus with Chibitronics LED Circuit Stickers and a Magnet-On Reed Switch
Hi! It’s Kathy Ceceri with an easy origami lotus flower design that lights up thanks to a Chibitronics reed switch and a magnetic lilypad base. Rotate the flower like a knob to turn the Chibitronics LED Circuit Stickers on and off! This project is simple enough for children to make, but be careful if you […]