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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! 2024-2025

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! 2024-2025

We've reached the point in the year when Kitronik get ready to shut up shop for Christmas, how did it come around again so fast? We hope that you are all getting some much-needed downtime. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for shopping with us this past year, we can't wait to work with you all again next year.

How to make a Steady Hand Project Kit Surgery Game

How to make a Steady Hand Project Kit Surgery Game

This make is a good example of using a kit which looks like it has only one particular purpose in an entirely new way. What was designed as a Steady Hand Game, in which a loop is passed around a wire maze, is here being used as the circuitry for a surgery-themed game instead! Follow along with Emma's instructions ...

How to make a Simple Air Freshener Enclosure

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...

Christmas 2024 Shutdown, Ordering, and Delivery Information

Christmas 2024 Shutdown, Ordering, and Delivery Information

Christmas is almost here and we want to make sure that everyone gets their orders delivered in good time. Thank you for supporting Kitronik through 2024, and we look forward to working with you all in 2025! Find out more...
Make a Magic 6-Ball Randomiser with Dice Project Kit and Value Acrylic

Make a Magic 6-Ball Randomiser with Dice Project Kit and Value Acrylic

Forget the Magic 8 Ball, the new Kitronik Magic 6 Ball is where it’s at! Using the Kitronik Dice Project Kit and some Value Acrylic, you too can create a fun randomiser with life advice. Download the dxf zip file and follow, our in-house animator/designer, Kev's instructions!
Ruuunnnn Shadow Box Colour Changing Illumination with RGB LED Strips

Ruuunnnn Shadow Box Colour Changing Illumination with RGB LED Strips

Create a layered colour changing shadow box using polypropylene, an RGB LED Strip with Pattern Selector and USB Power Lead. This simple but effective make can creatively inspire students and also hit many different elements of the school curriculum. 

Make a Spinning Bow-Tie Clown with Finnboard and Timed Drag Racer Kit

Make a Spinning Bow-Tie Clown with Finnboard and Timed Drag Racer Kit

Create a spinning Bow tie on a cartoon clown using Finnboard or Poplar Plywood and our very own Timed Drag Racer kit. This make combines the use of materials and electronics making it the perfect classroom activity. Find out more...

Kitronik at Maker Faire Rome 2024 As Guests of DigiKey

Kitronik at Maker Faire Rome 2024 As Guests of DigiKey

Kevin and Cullen said goodbye to the UK and Ciao to Rome as Kitronik were invited to attend Maker Faire Rome 2024 by our good friends DigiKey. They took some shiny Kitronik products and literature to show everyone. See how they got on...
The Kitronik Halloween arts & crafts Makes Archive main image

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 2024 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 Materials, Computing & Design & Technology Catalogue 2024-2025

Kitronik Materials, Computing & Design & Technology Catalogue 2024-2025

We hope everyone had a great summer and that you're ready for the year ahead. We hope to get your year off on the right foot with our brand new Materials, Computing & Design & Technology Catalogue 2024-2025. It's now out and is also available as a PDF digital download. Find out more and get yours now...
Make Custom Chassis Designs for the Kitronik Drag Racer Module

Make Custom Chassis Designs for the Kitronik Drag Racer Module

We know that building a project from the ground up can be intimidating, especially when designing around an existing electronics kit. That is why we are giving you the design files for three different Timed Drag Racer Module chassis! Find out more & grab the files!
Making a Cottage Nightlight from Finnpappe/Finnboard

Making a Cottage Nightlight from Finnpappe/Finnboard

This night light brings a quaint cottagecore twist to any bedside table, casting unique shadows and shifting gently through colours. Follow Emma's' steps to make your own - we think it’d be a great classroom project in particular! Find out more!
Kitronik went to the CSTA Annual Conference 2024 in Vegas

Kitronik went to the CSTA Annual Conference 2024 in Vegas

Last week, 16th - 19th July, Jasleen joined our good friends from OKdo and headed to Las Vegas for the CSTA Annual Conference 2024. She got to speak to lots of Computer Science teachers, mostly about the micro:bit, and gained a little insight into how the subject is taught in the US, and made a lot of new friends! Find out more!
Using the micro:bit edge-connector with MakeCode Arcade

Using the micro:bit edge-connector with MakeCode Arcade

Full micro:bit edge connector support has now been added to the MakeCode Arcade editor. To highlight this, Jake from our Dev team has put together a code example to demonstrate the functionality of the micro:bit IO under Makecode Arcade. The demonstration involves a modification of the “jumpy platformer” example. Learn how...
The Kitronik Book of Design & Technology Projects - Volume 2

The Kitronik Book of Design & Technology Projects - Volume 2

The Kitronik book of projects Vol 2 is the latest installment of a new format of resources specifically aimed at D&T teachers. It looks to inspire teachers & help them find suitable projects for a variety of ability levels. Each project is costed on a per-student basis so that teachers can plan and stay within budget.
Making an E-Textiles safety LED Dog Collar in the Classroom

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

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...
How to make a Shadow Box Dinosaur with Value acrylic and LED strips

How to make a Shadow Box Dinosaur with Value acrylic and LED strips

An easy way to explore topics in a more memorable format is by including them in a craft project! Our example is a dinosaur, though of course you can choose any topic. Learn how to make a Shadow Box Dinosaur with Value acrylic and LED strips. Make now...
Make a Four-Compartment Stationery Holder with Value Acrylic

Make a Four-Compartment Stationery Holder with Value Acrylic

Emma brings you a makes that will brighten a desk space and keep things orderly. Follow along below with three extremely simple laser cut makes, us...
Make a Red Eyed Robot with our Rear Bike Light Project Kit

Make a Red Eyed Robot with our Rear Bike Light Project Kit

Using this robot design and the Kitronik flashing Bike Light, you can now create something from a sci-fi cartoon. This make by Kev, our in house illustrator/designer, is great for the classroom. It combines electronics and design, and the result will look good on a desk, a shelf, or in a workshop. Find out more...