Resources
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
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...
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!
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...
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...
How to make a HIPs Heat formed Halloween Mask
With the next excuse to dress up (Halloween) rapidly approaching, we can’t help but start to plan our costumes! Here is the first inspiration we’re sharing with you: HIPS makes for great heat-formed and laser cut costume parts! Find out more and make your own!
How to make an LED Crown for the Platinum Jubilee!
The weekend from the 2nd to the 5th of June 2022 will see Her Majesty The Queen celebrate 70 years on the throne - and we’ll be celebrating with her.
You know what this calls for? A shiny polypropylene crown covered in LEDs, of course! Follow along with Emma and make your own Jubilee crown!
How To Make Round USB RGB LED Lamp Cyber Punk Goggles
As the nights are getting longer and the evenings are darker, Emma shows you how to bring a futuristic glow back into your life with these fun Cyber Goggles! This is a more involved make, including soldering, deconstructing cables and some fun laser cutting.
Mod Your PPE With LEDs - Make An Electro Fashion Face Mask
Emma makes the mundane more exciting with a a simple Electro Fashion face mask mod. Spice up your PPE with LEDs! All that's required is a handful of compoinents and a bit of time. Follow along and make your own!
Make Laser Cut Perspex Custom Football Glasses
Emma shows us how she made some custom football glasses from a couple of Perspex sheets. It requires very few materials and is super simple to do. We've provided a list of the materials we used and a free DXF download.
Easter 2021 Project Ideas For The Laser Cutter
Spring will soon be sprung and that means that Easter 2021 is just around the corner. Which also means we have another excuse to fire up the laser cutter! We've rustled up a couple of nice project ideas for Easter that you can make as is or tweak to taste! Materials suggestions and free DXF file downloads included.
Laser Cut Perspex Cyber Visor For Halloween 2020
We might not be able to party for Halloween 2020 like it's 1985 but we can at least dress like it is. Check out Emma's cool laser cut, light up, perspex cyber visor. Emma is our resident graphic designer and she's done her level best to ensure your Halloween is as good as it can be. It's lit!
5 Easter Craft Ideas Using Polyethylene Foam Sheets
Easter is fast approaching, and with us all being indoors, it may not have been the Bank Holiday weekend you might have hoped for. That's why we thought it would be a great idea to get the creative juices flowing and create some Easter-inspired decorations that are perfect to do with your family.
microbit Powered Halo-ween Ironman Arc Reactor
Become a superhero and create your own pulsing reactor to complete your Iron Man costume or wear underneath a t-shirt as Tony Stark.
How to Make a VisiGlove Cycle Safety Indicator
Cycling has never been more popular, but faced with cycling home at night one NTU student decided that more could be done to increase safety and visibility. Enter...VisiGlove
Terrific Christmas Tutorials!
The festive season is finally upon us with Christmas decorations being put up all around, why not try making your own Christmas decorations with friends and family using these useful tutorials.
How to make a sewable Halloween LED badge - Free templates included
Learn how to sew a Halloween PCB LED badge to add a touch of home-made to your costume this year.
Getting Started with E-Textiles: Basic Stitches
Learn about basic E-Textiles stitches in our easy to follow tutorial.
Integrating Electronics and Textiles
How to integrating Electronics and Textiles using an LED Power Board.