Brighten Mom’s Day Mother’s Day is just around the corner (Sunday, May 11), which means that it’s time to starting thinking about how you might help brighten your Mom’s day. If you are looking for a way to tell your mom how much you love and appreciate her, this card project might be just the […]
Chibitronics Celebrates Teachers During Teacher Appreciation Week!
Create a Light-up Card for a Superstar Teacher! In anticipation of Teacher Day (May 6) and Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5-9), Chibitronics is shining a light upon the dedicated educators who strive to create engaging, meaningful experiences for their students! 🎉🎉 ❤️ To help us celebrate the bright connections made by our hardworking educators, we’ve created a […]
Educator & Lesson Spotlight: Illuminated Heart Boxes With Catie Nasser
Illuminated Heart Boxes In today’s post we are honored to have Catie Nasser sharing her Illuminated Heart Boxes, an origami project that students of many ages may enjoy (with varying levels of scaffolding). Catie Nasser is a tech-savvy K-6 art educator who dabbles in a variety of creative pursuits, ranging from papercutting, printmaking, paper engineering, […]
Pop-Up Headless Horseman Card with Chibitronics LED Stickers
Hi! This is Kathy Ceceri and today I’m sharing the card I created for the LightUpPopUpTober challenge. My word was “attach,” and the design I came up with had the Headless Horseman attaching his pumpkin head to wish you a Happy Halloween. It took a lot of work to get the moving pop-up design and […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fading Orange Goldfish using our Craft Effects Stickers
Happy Wednesday! I’m Allison Cope and today I’m sharing my latest light up card featuring products from Chibitronics. Today we’re going we are going to light up card featuring the FADE “Craft Effects Circuit Sticker” and some fun Orange LED Light Stickers. We offer a variety of other Animating Sticker types like our Rainbow Fade […]
Get Well Soon by Chibitronics LED Stickers
Hello everyone!! I’m Laura and I’m very excited to make this project on the Chibitronics blog showing this interactive card with the “Chibitronics LED Stickers” that I hope will inspire you! If you want to know all the details, please keep reading 👇 For this card I use the “Keep Cozy” stamps from Mama Elephant […]
Light-Up Heart Pin with a Rotating Switch & Red Fade Animating LEDs
Making a light-up pin (or magnet) is a fun and easy way to let someone know you are thinking about them. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a glowing, heart-shaped pin that turns on and off with help from a Red Fade Animating LED and a DIY rotating switch. Video Tutorial Directions: Step […]