Research a Place: Tell Its Story with Pop-Ups and Paper Circuits In this post, I’ll share a way to combine paper circuits with a series of pop-up foundation shapes that may be used as a three-dimensional travel journal. Individually, each mechanism can stand alone. However, each structure may also be combined to create a light-up […]
Simple V-Fold Light-Up Pop-Up Floral Bouquet Featuring Chibitronics
Introduction: In this video tutorial, I’ll show you a way to make a floral bouquet using a pop-up structure called a Simple V-Fold. A Simple V-Fold is infinitely useful and easy to make. Here, I’ve inverted a Simple V-Fold to hold illuminated flowers. Directions: To view a full demonstration, please watch the video below. In […]
Chibitronics Launchpad LEDs Are Easy to Grip & Flip
Launchpad LEDs May Make You Flip We think you’ll flip for our new Launchpad LEDs! Because they are not backed with adhesive like our Circuit Sticker LEDs, our new Launchpad LEDs may be easily flipped around to shine through a hole from the back side of a piece of paper! Engraved polarity markings, visible on […]
Meet the Maker: Leah DiPasquale
Paper Toys & Art That Pops Today’s spotlight is on Leah DiPasquale, a gifted illustrator and graphic designer known for her vibrant artwork and eye-catching paper toys! (She has even designed whimsical fabrics with enticing motifs including “Crabulous Tacos,” a “Bagel Party,” and the bright geese depicted above!) We first encountered Leah’s work during LightUpPopUpTober […]
Congrats to the Chibitronics #LightUpPopUpTober Team!
Contest & Gallery Update During October, Chibitronics and members of our #LightUpPopUpTober team participated in a global PopUpTober challenge. Collectively, our team created a remarkable body of glowing work, featuring 31 different pop-up mechanisms! We are so grateful to our talented team of volunteers for sharing their time, talent, and creativity with us! If you’d […]
Tech Tip: Try Circuit Sketcher for Prototyping Your 3D Build
PopUpTober Meets Circuit Sketcher In anticipation of PopUpTober, we’re demonstrating a way to create a virtual model that may help speed up the production of your 3D ideas, including pop-up cards! Circuit Sketcher (our NEW Digital Design Software) is a digital design tool that allows you to experiment and play virtually with paper circuit components […]
PopUpTober Tutorial: Light-Up Bird Made with 45° Folds on a Parallelogram (Featuring Chibitronics)
Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, created in anticipation of #PopUpTober 2025, I’ll show you a way to create a light-up pop-up bird with wings that tuck into a parallelogram at 45° angles. The folding mechanism provides a dynamic surface that is useful for adding a protrusion or extension that may be adorned with lights. […]
PopUpTober Tutorial: Parallelogram With OR Switch Featuring Chibitronics
View Video Tutorial: In this video tutorial, created in anticipation of #PopUpTober 2025, I’ll show you a way to create a light-up pop-up structure based upon a parallelogram. The pop-up parallelogram provides a flat surface that is useful for adding lights, scenery, and props to add dimension to a story. When the card is opened […]
Chibitronics Lights Up #PopUpTober 2025!
Get Ready for #PopUpTober! Find #PopUpTober Information & Inspiration For a quick reference, please visit our #LightUpPopUpTober resource page, which we’ll be updating during 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 your own creations! What is […]
Sequence Slide Switch Pop-Up Mechanism: Guest Educator Kristin Osiecki
Exploring Engineering Through Pop-Up Art In today’s post, leading up to #LightUpPopUpTober 2025, Educator/Artist/and Technologist Kristin Osiecki is sharing a helpful template, links to useful pop-up resources, and an example of a Sequence Slide Switch Pop-Up Mechanism in action. In case you missed it, Kristin and the Chibitronics team recently hosted a webinar, Exploring 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 […]
How to Make a Flickering Jack-O-Lantern with Chibitronics White Fade LED Stickers (by Emily Brooks)
Video Tutorial For everyone that knows that Halloween is a season, not a day, this light-up pop-up jack-o-lantern card video tutorial is for you! Watch the video to see how to make your own paper pumpkin pop-up! Materials: Step 1: Prep Your Jack-O-Lantern Piece Choose one of the four options below to create your Jack-O-Lantern. […]