Resources

Icebridge Nightlight Featuring our USB LED Strip with Light Sensor

Icebridge Nightlight Featuring our USB LED Strip with Light Sensor

Kev gets creative with our USB LED Strip with Light Sensor Modules and USB Leads (30 Pack) and shows you how to make a fun night light diorama using the Kitronik Value Acrylic Glass Look 3mm x 600mm x 400mm sheets. Find out how...

Kitronik 5V Mini LED Module Graphic Wall Lamp Project

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!

Make a Laser Cut Value Acrylic Fluorescent Wiggly Mirror

Make a Laser Cut Value Acrylic Fluorescent Wiggly Mirror

Learn how to make a simple laser-cut fluorescent wiggly mirror using just our value acrylics and Emma's step-by-step instructions. Find out more...

Kitronik Bluetooth Amplifier Kit Custom Wooden Enclosures

Kitronik Bluetooth Amplifier Kit Custom Wooden Enclosures

Learn how to make a custom wooden enclosure for the Kitronik Bluetooth Amplifier kit. This resource has been designed for use in the classroom. Find out how...

Custom Pseudo-Neon Sign Writing with Flexible LED Noodle Filaments

Custom Pseudo-Neon Sign Writing with Flexible LED Noodle Filaments

This make was developed by Becky and Geoff from the development team for the Fernwood School Design Day in January 2025 and is designed so that you can easily customise your own noodle and diffuser design. Find out more...

The Kitronik Big Page of Design and Technology Projects for Teachers

The Kitronik Big Page of Design and Technology Projects for Teachers

Kitronik Design and Technology Projects. Now that we're a few volumes in, it makes sense to have a page that houses links to all of the projects, from all of the volumes. The component prices may fluctuate a bit, but the contained projects still offer fantastic classroom activities for various ability levels.

Making Valentines Special with Kitronik - 2025

Making Valentines Special with Kitronik - 2025

Valentine's is a great time to deploy your DIY/Maker skills. We've got some great ideas to help you put a smile on someone's face, be it a friend or partner. It's not all lasers, there are some hands-on crafty ideas too, plus a little simple coding example. Find out more...

How to make a Dice Tower from Finnboard

How to make a Dice Tower from Finnboard

Board game nerds rejoice! This beautifully simple laser cut project uses only one material, and is an extremely buildable and customisable project that is easy to add your own style to. Read on and get ready to roll some dice! 

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...

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...

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!
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!
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...