The Crafty Kids Guide to DIY Electronics: 20 Fun Projects for Makers, Crafters, and Everyone in Between

Introduction Acknowledgments PART ONE Paper Circuits Introduction to Paper Circuits Paper Circuits: Essential Skills What Is Electricity? What Is a Circuit? Conductive and Nonconductive Materials Buying Copper Tape Project 1 Light-Up Greeting Card Choosing Your Materials Starting Your First Circuit What Is an LED Sticker? How to Work with Copper Tape Laying Down Your Paths Finishing Your First Circuit Adding in More than One LED Introducing Series Circuits Introducing Parallel Circuits Designing the Circuit for Your Greeting Card Making the Circuit for Your Greeting Card Finishing the Circuit for Your Greeting Card Finishing the Design for Your Greeting Card Project 2 Dancing Origami Ladybird Preparing Your Materials How to Make Your First Origami Folds Making Your First Folds Folding Your Ladybird's Shell and Head Making Your Final Folds Adding the Final Touches Preparing Your Circuit Starting Your Circuit Finishing Your Origami Ladybird Project 3 Cardboard Doorbell Preparing Your Materials How to Work with Cardboard Constructing Your Doorbell Base Plates What Are Buttons and Switches? Planning Where to Put Your Doorbell How to Move Electricity Along a Path Making Paths for Your Circuit Finishing Your Cardboard Doorbell Testing Your Cardboard Doorbell Project 4 Flickering Firefly Wall Art Preparing the Frame Preparing Your Card How to Score Card Starting Your Flickering Firefly Circuit How to Make a Parallel Circuit Making Your Parallel Circuit Finishing Your Flickering Firefly Circuit Decorate Your Flickering Firefly Circuit Frame Your Flickering Firefly Circuit Project 5 Spy Bird Preparing Your Materials Folding Your Spy Bird How to Make a Reverse Fold Folding Your Spy Bird's Head Folding Your Spy Bird's Wings and Tail How to Use an LED in a Paper Circuit Planning Your Negative Path Planning Your Positive Path Finishing Your Spy Bird Project 6 Pop-Up Cityscape Preparing Your Materials How to Make a Pop-Up Card Designing Your Cityscape How to Use a Craft Knife Making the Cityscape How to Plan More Complex Paper Circuits Starting Your Cityscape Circuit Finishing Your Cityscape Circuit Adding Power Maker Spotlight: Coco Sato Roborigami Gesture-Sensing Origami Fan PART TWO Soft Circuits Introduction to Soft Circuits Soft Circuits: Essential Skills How to Thread a Needle How to Tie a Knot How to Do a Running Stitch How to End a Stitch Project 7 Circuit Sewing Sampler Choosing Your Materials Preparing Your Sampler How to Make Good Connections How to Avoid Short Circuits Sewing Your First Circuit Completing Your First Circuit How to Make a Series Circuit Designing Your Series Circuit Sampler Sewing Your Series Circuit Sampler Completing Your Series Circuit Sampler How to Make a Parallel Circuit Designing Your Parallel Circuit Sampler Making Your Parallel Circuit Sampler Project 8 Squishable Sparkle Heart Preparing Your Materials Sewing Your Hearts Together How to Prepare an LED for Sewing Anchoring Your LEDs Sewing Your Circuit Adding Power to Your Circuit How to Make a Fabric Battery Pack Finishing Your Squishy Heart Project 9 Tiny Squishy Torch What Is a Switch? Preparing Your Materials Sewing Your Pressure Sensor Sewing Your LEDs Sewing the Other Side of the Pressure Sensor Sewing the Rest of the Battery Pack Finishing Your Pressure Switch How to Sew a Blanket Stitch Adding Your Batteries in Series Project 10 Constellation Night Light Preparing Your Materials How to Embroider with a Backstitch Sewing Your Constellation Night Light Adding Your North Star Stitching in Your Stars Finishing Your Constellation Adding an On/Off Switch How to Link Batteries Together Sewing Your Batteries Project 11 Grumpy Monster with DIY Tilt Sensor Preparing Your Materials Designing Your Monster Sewing the Battery Pack Sewing Your Cube with Blanket Stitches Constructing Your Monster What Is a Tilt Sensor? Sewing Your Tilt Sensor Contact Sewing the Buzzer Making Your Tilt Sensor Switch and Finishing Your Monster Maker Spotlight: Rachel Freire e-Textile Crystallography Stretchy Circuits PART THREE Wearables Introduction to Wearables Wearables: Essential Skills How to Make Good Connections How to Avoid Short Circuits How to Wire Your Circuits in Different Ways How to Make a Series Circuit How to Make a Parallel Circuit Project 12 Conductivity-Sensing Bracelet Preparing Your Materials How to Test for Conductivity Sketching Your Circuit How to Power Different Colors of LEDs Designing Your Conductivity-Sensing Bracelet Sewing Your Conductivity-Sensing Bracelet Sewing the Negative Side of Your Bracelet Finishing Your Conductivity-Sensing Bracelet How to Use a Conductivity Sensor Project 13 LED Paper Flower Crown Preparing Your Materials Hacking Your Headband Completing Your Negative Path Sewing Your Positive Path Preparing Your Paper Flowers Making Your Paper Flowers Finishing Your Paper Flowers Attaching Your Paper Flowers Finishing Your LED Paper Flower Crown Project 14 Glove Hacks: Touchscreen Glove and BFF Gloves Preparing Your Materials for the Touchscreen Glove Starting Your DIY Touchscreen Glove Finishing Your DIY Touchscreen Glove How Touchscreens Work Preparing Your Materials for the BFF Glove How to Choose and Use Conductive Fabric Starting Your BFF Gloves Sewing Your Positive Paths Sewing Your Negative Paths Sewing the Negative Side of Your LED Sewing the Negative Side of Your LED Testing and Using Your BFF Gloves Project 15 Dark-Sensing Amulet Preparing Your Materials How to Make a Lark's Head Knot Sewing Your Battery Pack What Is a Light Sensor? Sewing Your Light Sensor Sewing Your Light Sensor to Your LED Finishing Your Circuit How to Tie an Adjustable Sliding Knot Using Your Dark-Sensing Amulet Project 16 Secret Signal Mood Badge Preparing Your Materials What Are RGB LEDs? Wiring Your RGB LEDs Finishing Your Positive Paths Sewing Your Battery Pack How to Avoid Short Circuits Insulating Your Circuit Finishing Your Secret Signal Mood Badge Using Your Secret Signal Mood Badge Maker Spotlight: Hadeel Ayoub BrightSign Glove PART FOUR Robots Introduction to Robots Robots: Essential Skills What Are Motors? How to Use Wire for the First Time Project 17 Googly-Eyed Trash Robot Preparing Your Materials How to Choose and Use Motors How to Use a Wire Stripper Making Your DIY Vibration Motor Adding Your 3V Battery Holder Attaching Your Circuit to Your Robot Body Making Googly Eyes on Stalks Attaching the Googly Eyes to Your Trash Robot Finishing Your Googly-Eyed Trash Robot Project 18 Modern Art Robot Preparing Your Materials Preparing the Motor Connecting Your 3V Battery Holder Attaching Your Circuit to Your Robot Body Making the Legs of Your Modern Art Robot Preparing Your Canvas Making Your First Piece of Art How to Experiment with Your Robot's Movement Displaying Your Artwork Project 19 Extremely Annoying Robot Alarm Clock Preparing Your Materials Understanding Your Circuit How to Choose and Use Different Wires Wiring Up Your DC Motor Completing Your Circuit Attaching the Circuit to Your Robot Body Making Your Robot Alarm Clock Extra Annoying Finishing Your Robot Alarm Clock Project 20 Unicorn Automaton Preparing Your Materials Making Your Frame Making Holes in Your Frame Making Your Unicorn Automaton Finishing Your Unicorn Automaton Assembling Your Automaton How to Use Cams in Automatons Adding Movement to Your Unicorn Automaton Finishing Your Unicorn Automaton Maker Spotlight: Phoenix Perry Bot Party Thrum PART FIVE Templates Maker Notes Templates Index