Resources

Glow big and go Home Safely: Glowing Halloween Bucket Make

As Halloween approaches and the nights grow darker, why not add a glowing twist to your trick-or-treating gear? Emma’s DIY safety bucket uses our Kitronik Round 5V LED Matrix Lamp to light the way while keeping things spooky. Follow along to see how we built it, what we used, and how you can make your own glowing bucket for a frightfully fun and safe Halloween night.

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The Kitronik Halloween Makes Archive

We love making seasonal things, especially when it's Halloween. It practically invites the making of weird & wonderful things. To get 2025 off to a flying start, let's take a look at some of the things we've made for previous years. Let's blow the cobwebs of our arts and craft skills and find something spooky to make!

Kitronik 5V Mini LED Module Graphic Wall Lamp Project

An excellent way to encourage creative thought in the classroom is by setting limitations for a project such as building around a small and uncommonly shaped kit like this one! Find out more!

E-Textiles Project: Make an Electro-Fashion® Hand Puppet

Learn how to make an e-textiles hand puppet, a simple, classroom-friendly make, using Kitronik’s ElectroFashion® range of e-textiles components and materials. We've included a PDF template of our design, which can be customised. Find out more...

How to make a Simple Air Freshener Enclosure

Our Air Freshener Kit is one of the most featured kits in our Student Gallery, and for good reason! Read on to find out how to make a basic enclosure, and use Emma's design as a base for your design. Find out more...

Making an E-Textiles safety LED Dog Collar in the Classroom

Safety is a great concept to build a project around. It Lends itself beautifully to some very engaging Lesson Objectives in a classroom environmen...

Lo-Fi Découpage with MDF clock-faces and Quartz Clock Mechanisms

Découpage, according to Prima (link), is a craft which “involves cutting out pictures, gluing them to an object and then coating the pictures and the object with layers of varnish.” Follow Emma's instructions and make a stylishly lo-fi custom clock face with MDF clock-faces and Quartz Clock Mechanisms. Make now...

Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi - Quick Start Guide

This resource offers an introduction and quick start guide for the Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi. We will take a look at the general features of the board and how to get up and running/monitoring fast. Find out more...

Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi - Free Resources

This resource covers all of the free learning resources for the Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi. We've highlighted each of the free resources available, detailed what they contain, and provided a direct link to each. Find out more..

Faux Leather Project - Making a Laser Cut Bi-fold Wallet

This project demonstrates the versatility of our new Faux Leather, which is fully laserable and engraves like a dream! We’re going to be covering some simple leather-working tips! This project is a Bi-fold Wallet, which is deceptively simple, and leaves you with a functional finished product. Find out more...

Free Lesson Plans - Kitronik ZIP96 Retro Gamer for Raspberry Pi Pico

To highlight the fantastic learning potential of the Kitronik ZIP96 for Pico we devised three sets of free lesson plans. There are 11 lessons per game (10 for Reversi) and the lessons include curriculum mapping, practical exercises, a linked PowerPoint presentation, a PDF handout, and a completed code example. Learn more...

Hold Your Own Concert with our Bluetooth Amplifier Module!

This make from Emma takes on the challenge of creating an enclosure for our Bluetooth Amplifier Module, and making it look cool! This stacked Concert amplifier-style enclosure will bring a little Rock ’n’ Roll to your space in a neat, rechargeable package! Find out more...

Wirelessly Controlling the Pico ARP with the Mini Controller for Pico

Overview In this blog we are going to look at how to wirelessly control the Kitronik Autonomous Robotics Platform for Pico with the Kitronik Mini C...

Keep Cool this Summer: Laser Cut Hand-Fans!

Emma brings you a make that could come in handy: two designs of hand-fan that will keep you cool and look stunning! Customising these to match outf...

Making a Magic Rabbit with the Kitronik Movement Module

This adorable little plush rabbit is made from felt, coloured with markers and stuffed with cotton batting, and is a nice easy project in and of itself! Add in a linear actuator powered by our Movement Module, hide the battery box and linear actuator inside a top-hat, and you have an easy magic trick! Learn how...

Making an Outdoor Enclosure for the Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi

In this blog we will explore making and testing an outdoor enclosure for the Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi. The library and example code for the Air Quality Control HAT can be found on our GitHub repo. Find out more!

Making an Advanced Pico Drawing Robot Arm

In this blog we are going to cover how to improve on our Cardboard Pico Drawing Robot Arm. This will be done in three stages. In the first section we will upgrade the servos we use to construct the robot arm, as well as make our arm sturdier using pencils. In the second section we will learn how to draw images.

How-To Make a Custom Football Pitch for :MOVE Motor

Some of you may have seen a version of this football pitch at the Rome Maker Faire 2023, or this exact pitch at SETT 2023. Today, we’re showing you how it’s made so that you can make your own! Perfect for a tiny game of robot football with our :MOVE Motors! Find out more...

How to make a simple Valentines Lamp with a Candle Effect LED

This February 14th, light up your loved one’s life a little with a fun floral lantern make! Follow along with Emma's instructions and make your own. As always, we provide the design as a free download. Learn how...

Kitronik Bluetooth Control App - How to Guide

At Kitronik we have recently released a Google Play Store app called Kitronik Bluetooth Control. This Android app allows you to control a Kitronik :MOVE mini buggy over Bluetooth. In this blog we will learn how to code and setup your micro:bit to be controlled using the app. Learn more...