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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...
Make an Edge Lit Flower with our Kitronik Tricolour LED Boards - An ideal gift for Mum

Make an Edge Lit Flower with our Kitronik Tricolour LED Boards - An ideal gift for Mum

Create that perfect gift for mum, using one of our Kitronik Tricolour LED Boards. This layered light effect display will look great on the mantle piece. Grab the file, follow Kev's guide, and make your own. Please share pics of your makes with us on social media. Find out more...
How to Make a USB LED Strip Kit Desk Lamp by Neve Spurr

How to Make a USB LED Strip Kit Desk Lamp by Neve Spurr

This handy little desk lamp has been designed and created in the classroom by year 8 student Neve Spurr from Carlton-Le-Willows School, Nottingham. Using our USB LED Strip Kit, some value acrylic and a few bits of wood, she has developed a desk lamp that can tick off a number of requirements from the UK curriculum.
Create a custom surround for the Temperature Module

Create a custom surround for the Temperature Module

Keep an eye on the temperature using one of our temperature modules and some Green Cast® acrylic. With summer just around the corner, it's the perfect make for the laser cutter. Follow Kev's, our designer/illustrator, simple step by step guide to create a cheery plant in its plant pot, monitoring the changing weather.
Simple Keyring Makes for Teachers - Classroom Friendly Projects

Simple Keyring Makes for Teachers - Classroom Friendly Projects

These keyrings are a great cost-effective and time-light project that will make for a great classroom activity. We won’t be presenting you a step-by-step as usual, since these are fairly self-explanatory and based around the iterative design process. All design files are freely downloadable. Find out more...
Faux Leather Project - Making a Laser Cut Bi-fold Wallet

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...
Hold Your Own Concert with our Bluetooth Amplifier Module!

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...
Make Custom Whiteboard and Blackboard With Special Finish Acrylic Sheets

Make Custom Whiteboard and Blackboard With Special Finish Acrylic Sheets

Keeping a note of your tasks or jotting down items you need to buy is always much easier with a memo board nearby. So why not make one yourself? Emma made a couple of simple memo board layouts for you to use or alter, so you can organise things your way! Find out more and make your own...
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 2023 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!
Making a Simple Laser-Cut Chassis for the Pullback Motor

Making a Simple Laser-Cut Chassis for the Pullback Motor

Channel the toy cars you played with as a child and send your designs rocketing across the floor, built on this simple chassis for our pull back Motor! Follow Emma's detailed instructions below and build your own. As usual, our design is available as a free download. Learn how...
Keep Cool this Summer: Laser Cut Hand-Fans!

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 Laser Cut Desk Tidies with Value Acrylic

Making Laser Cut Desk Tidies with Value Acrylic

Hello again everyone! This time around, Emma brings you a set of makes that will brighten your desk space and help you keep things orderly. Follow along below with three extremely simple laser cut makes, using our awesomely budget-friendly Cheap Acrylic sheets! Find out how...
How-To Make a Custom Football Pitch for :MOVE Motor

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

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...
Valentines 2023 Inspiration Customising Our Laserables Collection

Valentines 2023 Inspiration Customising Our Laserables Collection

Valentines is a great time for custom gifts. Putting the effort into making something can really show someone how much they mean to you. In this bl...
Making an Enclosure for the USB Rechargeable Torch Kit

Making an Enclosure for the USB Rechargeable Torch Kit

One of our newest products is the Kitronik USB Rechargeable Torch Kit: a through-hole soldering kit designed to charge fast and provide a fun design challenge. We have made this simple enclosure for you to use as a jumping-off point for your own design or perhaps just for some inspiration! Learn how...
Acrylic Bulb Enclosure for the Kitronik Round Side Illumination LED Module hero image

Acrylic Bulb Enclosure for the Kitronik Round Side Illumination LED Module

Recently we brought out the beautifully bright Kitronik Round Side Illumination LED Module, and to mark the new board, our Development Director Dave Sanderson designed this cool light-bulb enclosure. Follow Dave & Emma's instructions and make your own...
Create a 3D Japanese Landscape From Laser Cut Layered Parts main image

Create a 3D Japanese Landscape From Laser Cut Layered Parts

Create a 3D Japanese landscape piece of art using a selection of our latest veneered MDFs and plywood as well as Perspex® sheets. Laser cut each part and then layer them together, one a top the other, to create an artistic impression of Mount Fuji in Japan. Sit it on a surface or hang it on a wall. Learn how...