Wearables

Diana Eng walks you through a magically appearing design made with an thermochromatic pigment.

Learn how to use a blower and thin sheet plastic to create designs that change shape and volume!

Not sure which LilyPad Arduino is right for you? We'll discuss the features of each and help you decide.

A short guide to creating a rainbow of new LilyPad LED colors at home!

A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.

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.

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

A playful, geeky tutorial for a leather bracer that uses a LilyPad Arduino, LilyPad accelerometer, and seven segment display to roll virtual 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, and 100 side dice for gaming.

Everything you need to setup a circuit using ELastoLite super flexible EL Panels from Oryon Technologies.

A basic guide to getting started with the SparkFun EL Sequencer and Escudo Dos to control electroluminescence (EL) wire, panels, and strips.

Learn how to create a light-up dog harness using EL wire for when you need to take your four-legged friend for a walk in the dark.

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

An introduction to the LilyPad ecosystem - a set of sewable electronic pieces designed to help you build soft, sewable, interactive e-textile projects.

The LilyPad MP3 Player is an amazing little board that contains almost everything you need to play audio files. You can use it to create all kinds of noisy projects, from MP3 hoodies to talking teddy bears. Your imagination is the only limit! This tutorial will help you get started.

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

How to consciously wear light-up and and sound reactive clothing.

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

DIY Project Idea: Create a custom hand warmer blanket using heating pads

How about that humidity? This tutorial shows how to add sensing capability to the 21st Century Fashion Kit's RGB flower project.

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

Learn a few different ways to protect your conductive thread and LilyPad components in your next wearables project.

The first experiment in the LilyPad Design Kit series. In this exercise, you will learn how a basic e-textiles circuit works, and light up a sewable LED using a coin cell battery holder and conductive thread.

Design both parallel and series e-textile circuits with multiple LEDs!