E-Craft

Get started with the Red Hat Instrument kit!

Learn the options for powering your LilyPad projects, LiPo battery safety and care, and how to calculate and consider power constraints on your projects.

In this digital fabrication project featuring 3D printing, laser cutting, and DIY electronics, you will build a beautiful design object for your desktop or night stand.

Learn about the button and switch offerings in the LilyPad line and how to use them.

Learn how to build a simple paper circuit using copper tape, a 5mm LED, and a 3V coin cell battery.

Craft your own paper circuit holiday greeting using the LEDs, a Chibi Chip, Love to Code!

This tutorial goes over the how to assemble the Chibitronics' Chibi Chip programmable microcontroller with the Chibi Clip to add more functionality to your paper circuits! Start programming your Chibi Chip by writing code (block-based and text-based) in a browser-based code editor and then transmit code through sound to your board!

Embedded with heating pads and four Neopixel rings, these earmuffs do more than your average winter accessory to keep you warm while still looking good.

Explore the LilyPad E-Sewing ProtoSnap and learn how to build it into a project.

This scarf is embedded with a ribbon of LEDs that illuminate when it gets dark out, making yourself more visible to vehicle and other pedestrians.

Use Lumenati LED boards to add glow to your own alien garden.

This tutorial provides everything you need to know to make your own light up high top sneakers!

Follow this tutorial to make your own Crystal Goddess Crown with LEDs!

Light up the world - and your wrist - with this quick and easy rechargeable firefly LED bracelet.

Follow this tutorial to make your own light up PomPom headband! Try the beginner version if you are new to electronics or the advanced version if you have some more experience!

This tutorial provides everything you need to know to make your own Marquee Party Bag!

The Spectacle system is designed to help those without electronics or programming experience integrate electronics into projects.

Use LilyPad LEDs, a switched battery holder, and coin cell battery to make a fun light up mask for your next costume party.

Create a quick and easy piece of e-textile art using a LilyPad LED, battery holder, conductive thread, and coin cell battery.

Use the pre-programmed LilyMini ProtoSnap to make an interactive pennant that reacts to ambient light levels.

Craft a light-up plush with LilyPad LEDs controlled by pressing a button and sliding a switch in the creature's hands.

This quick craft project shows you how to create a circuit using copper tape instead of wire to light up an LED and make a wearable piece of e-craft art.

A guest tutorial on an Electronic Terrarium from the Performative Sculpture class of Parsons DT.

A guide to using the LilyPad Reed Switch breakout in your projects.

Craft an illuminated butterfly pop up card with copper tape, two LEDs, and a battery.

Craft a paper circuit pop up card with a cycling RGB LED, battery, and copper tape.

A quick tutorial to get you started in the world of light up origami flowers.

How to use the Lilypad MP3 Player and some Bare Conductive Paint to make a fandom silhouette sound trigger page.

Let's take a look at different materials we can use to combine paper crafting and electronics.

Craft a stuffed monster while exploring the LilyTiny preprogrammed microcontroller. This is a project based on the Plush Monster Activity created at MIT's High-Low Tech Lab by Emily Lovell, Jie Qi, and Natalie Freed.

Light up your love with paper circuits - no soldering required!

Craft a glowing card for friends and family this holiday season with paper circuits - no soldering required!

Light up your dad's day with this electronic pop-up card!

A quick tutorial to show you how to add LEDs to gift or holiday bags or boxes.

An EL project that displays one person's heartbeat on another person's costume.