Fun with Electronics
DIY Book Lamp
This magical DIY book lamp turns itself on and off automatically! Making it is a lot of fun, but requires some presices paper crafting! It is a great project for older kids with some experience.
Age: 11 and up, great for adults too!
Time needed: 3-4 hours
Glowing Mushrooms
The easiest and quickest DIY project I know! Kids can easily make a bunch of these and create a whole fairytale garden. Think of different sizes and shapes. Use coloured LEDs or coloured transparent paper to make things even more interesting!
Time needed: 20 minutes
Costs per project: 2 euro/dollar
Spin art Robot
This simple DIY art robot spins a paper disc, and you draw circles simply by holding down a pen.
Kids can combine different colors and techniques to create an endless array of artworks.
Time needed: 60 minutes
Costs per project: 5 euro/dollar
LED Pixel Art Cubes
This is a super easy LED project, and kids can spend all their creativity making different designs for their LED cube!
Pixel art is great for this project because it is easy to create, and everyone can do it! No painting or drawing skills are required.
Time needed: 90 minutes
Costs per project: 2-5 euro/dollar
Minecraft inspired Torches
A fun and easy to make gadget, that lights up at the press of a button! Kids can play with it or use it for a walk in the dark.
You can choose from many designs and even use blank templates to create new designs.
Time needed: 1-2 hours
Cost per project: 1-5 Euro/Dollar
Touchable RGB Lightcubes
Kids can control the color of these Lightcubes by swiping the paper surface. What sounds complicated actually is very easy!
If you combine a few of these Lightcubes kids can even play cool games with it.
Time needed: 1-2 hours
Cost per project: 2-5 Euro/Dollar
April 8th and 9th: DIY Robotics Workshop
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Basic Robot - Preperation
Download and print the Template
Print the template on regular paper. If you want the robots design and the wheels to shine really fancy, you can use glossy (photo) paper. This kind of paper makes the colors very bright and saturated.
All my work is free to download and use under license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0. You can find more information about it here.
Materials:
The printed template
Two geared solar motors (e.g. from Solarbotics or SolExpert)
Two three volt button cells (CR2032)
A binder clip
Conductive tape with conductive adhesive (conductive nylon fabric tape is best)
Glue
Transparent tape
Scissors
Two toothpicks
Bottle cap
Note: The motors are a bit tricky to find. I highly recommend getting my electronics shopping guide for this project.
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Get Started - It’s Easy!
Make a small (or big) donation to support the work I do and get the following in return:
All needed templates for this project and all other projects on my website.
My electronics shopping guide to order all electronics from the shop(s) I use.
You can also support me on Patreon! Patrons get all of the above plus some unique and exclusive content!
electronics shopping guide
Making this project is much easier when using the exact same conductive tape and electronic components. User my shopping guide to order everything you need.
You can find more about my electronics shopping guide here.
Templates
All my templates are tested and ready for printing (PDF). Use them for yourself, your children or for a group of kids in class.
Download a free example of my Easy Circuit template here.
Online Workshops
KIds and Teachers workshops (online via zoom)
Starting in Fall 2022 I'll give workshops for kids and teachers (online via zoom). Every workshop includes a full electronics box not only for the workshop but for all projects available on my website. There will be kids workshops on different topics. Teacher workshops will fokus on how to use paper circuits in schools and how to create your own paper circuit projects.
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Ordering Electronics
If you don’t want to search for the electronics used in this project you can support my work by choosing one of the options below:
Get my Electronics Box from Etsy
This project is part of my Simple Electronics Box. I sell it on Etsy and it includes all printed templates and electronics needed for my “Fun with electronics” projects. Find more information about this box on Etsy:
Get my Electronics Shopping Guide
If you plan to make this project with a group of kids you might want to order the electronics your self. Make a small donation and get my shopping guide afterwards. You will get an autmated E-Mail including the download Link. Another way to get my shopping guide and other exclusive content is to support me via Patreon.
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Get Exclusive Content
If you make this with a group of kids it is great to have some variations. For that, I created some different color variations of the robots body. You can get it by joining my Patreon community.
What patrons get
Exclusive content for my projects
Access to my electronics shopping guide
Free permission to use my work for commercial use (e.g. paid workshops)
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You want to use the Easy Robot for STEM education in classrooms?
That’s great and you are welcome to do this! If you do read the license information below and consider supporting my work with a small donation or via Patreon.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
If you want to use my work commercially, write me an e-mail.
If you use or share my work, please attribute VoltPaperScissors.com as the creator of this work and provide a clickable link where possible.
Find more information about me, my project, and the license I use here.
What now?
Create your own robot and send me the results.
Get some inspiration from my Pinterest wall.
Follow me on YouTube and Pinterest! Share my work with others.
Ordering Electronics
Overview: Getting the materials needed is the challenging part of all projects. I do not have an official store, but I offer three different options:
Get my shopping guide and order all electronics from the shop(s) I use.
Book a workshop with me and get a complete Volt, Paper, Scissors! Box along with the workshop
Write me a short e-mail. If I find time I will gather a box of materials and send it to you (depends on your country). Prices will include a little donation to support my work.
Get my electronics shopping guide (Includes all Projects)
If you don’t want to search for the electronics used in this project, you can support me with a small donation, getting my electronics shopping guide in return. I highly recommend this because making this project is much easier using the exact same conductive tape and electronic components. Another way to get my shopping guide and other exclusive content is to support me via Patreon.
You can find more about my electronics shopping guide here.