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. […]
How to make light up swivel Christmas card. ~ Type 2. The background glows. ~
Hi crafty friends! This is Eiko. I made two types of light up cards using Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn swivel surprise dies and stamps. Next, I will show you how to make a Christmas card. I used the reed switch and animating white blink LED from Chibitronics for this circuit. When you open the card, […]
How to make light up swivel Halloween card. ~ Type 1. The moving circular part glows. ~
Hi crafty friends! This is Eiko. I made two types of light up cards using Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn swivel surprise dies and stamps. First, I’ll show you how to make a Halloween card. I used the reed switch on this card. When you open the card, the small circular part moves and a reed […]
Chibitronics Lights Up #PopUpTober!
Find #PopUpTober Information & Inspiration For a quick reference, please visit our #LightUpPopUpTober resource page, which we’ll be updating throughout 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 our own creations! What is #PopUpTober? This fall, Chibitronics […]
Meet the Maker: Keith Allen
Since 2019, author-illustrator Keith Allen has been working behind the scenes to create one of the most eagerly anticipated, instantly recognizable, Instagram challenges of the paper crafting world—#PopUpTober. In the five years that have followed, his highly anticipated list of 31 prompts—one for each day of the month of October—have brought together a mix of […]
Pathfinders 2024 Started with Art
Chibitronics Team Put the “A” in STEAM During two weeks in August, members of the Chibitronics team hosted over 60 public school teachers and librarians (from coast to coast) during one of our most successful virtual professional development courses to date. We are pleased to report that our Infosys Summer Pathfinders Course, Start with Art: […]
Light-up a Pop-Up Bird with Chibitronics Sticker LEDs
Light Takes Flight This project takes inspiration from a bird model featured in Duncan Birmingham’s book, Pop-Up Design and Paper Mechanics: How to Make Folding Paper Sculpture, which is a fabulous resource! In this tutorial, I’ll show you a way to light up the wings of a pop-up bird using Chibitronics sticker LEDs. My bird […]
Meet the Maker: Seth Berg
“How’d You Do That?” In this month’s spotlight, we are excited to introduce Seth Berg, a Colorado-based artist, educator, and avid skier. Not one to shy away from a challenge, Seth recently created a gigantic light-up, pop-up structure. The enormous artwork was open to the public as part of a large community event, a fundraiser […]
How to Make a Light-Up Pop-Up TV with Chibitronics LED Stickers (by Emily Brooks)
Make Your Circuit POP! The following project, which combines two of our favorite things (paper circuits and pop-ups) was created by Design Team member Emily Brooks, whom you can find on Instagram at @funfettigator. Are you a big fan of the small screen? Learn how to make this easy light-up pop-up living room scene and […]
Guest Post: STEAM Pollinator Garden
Meet Lee Kessner This guest post, documenting an ambitious and engaging STEAM project, was sent in by Nationally Board Certified Teacher, Lee Kessner. Lee is a 4th grade teacher at the Haskell STEAM Magnet School, located in Granada Hills, California. Back in December of 2023, she reached out to ask us whether our LED stickers […]
Chibitronics Shines at ISTELive2024!
Chibitronics Shines at ISTELive2024! On Monday, 24 June, 2024, members of the Chibitronics team presented a hands-on workshop at ISTELive24 in Denver! The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Edtech conference and expo is the premiere EdTech conference in the United States. It took place this year between June 23-26. This year’s team featured […]
Chibi Chats: Come Hang Out with Chibitronics
New Weekly Zoom Meet-ups Are Here! Curious about paper circuits? Interested in learning more about light-up crafts? Looking to join a fun and friendly community of supportive makers? In June 2024, Chibitronics kicked off a new community outreach initiative to provide artists, crafters, educators, and makers with a supportive place to meet other people with […]