Light-Up Reactive Ukulele
Pimp your ukulele or guitar with NeoPixels. Make a glowing light show that's also interactive - trigger motion effects with a tilt sensor and sound reaction with your groovy musical stylings. It's aloha time!
Glowing Bottle Castle and Capacitive Touch Piano
Create a glowing fantasy castle from recycled bottles, clay, and craft supplies. Make each bottle sing with a capacitive touch topper. You can play your castle like a musical instrument!
LED Bullwhip with Motion & Sound Reactivity
Light up the night with your very own DIY LED bullwhip. This is a nylon whip made from paracord with a polycarbonate handle, and is powered by a Feather M4 and a PropMaker Wing. Code your own LED animations that trigger with the sound of the whip crack and the motion of your arm.
No-Sew Cotton Face Mask with a Window
Step-by-step instructions about how to make a cotton face mask with a window, out of easily found supplies you may have around your house. No sewing involved!
No-Solder PaperCraft Crystal Light Strand
Decorate your space with DIY opulence. Cut and fold paper-crafted iridescent crystals to fit perfectly onto a NeoPixel Dot Strand. Hook it up to a Circuit Playground Bluefruit and customize your light animations using MakeCode or CircuitPython. Change modes and vary color and speed with the onboard buttons or sensors. This is a great beginner project!
Make It Glow: How to Solder NeoPixels, A Beginner's Guide
This is an intro guide for those who are ready to learn how to solder NeoPixel strips and rings, with a focus on costumes and DIY artwork. Choose your soldering iron, heat it up, and get ready to practice your skills. You'll be creating amazing glowing projects in no time.
CLUE Vertical Garden Weather Visualizer
Create a beautiful indoor vertical garden using preserved moss and natural materials. Put it inside a light frame lined with NeoPixels, to light it beautifully at any time of day. A CLUE board powers the pixels, and we're controlling the colors of the light animation based on weather data collected from the CLUE's sensors. A garden that predicts the weather!
Your First Power Switch Relay Project - Circuit Playground Smart Plug
Make a "smart" plug with Circuit Playground Express and a Power Switch Relay. This power strip has three controllable outlets that can be triggered using any of the Circuit Playground's sensors or inputs. Get creative and automate your home with just a few lines of code.
Easter Egg Light Stand
Make a paper crafted stand for your easter eggs from a dixie cup, or get fancy and design a 3D printed display stand. Make a dozen or so, and illuminate your blown, decorated Easter eggs for everyone to see and admire.
Make It Glow - Your First NeoPixel Project
Learn the fastest, easiest way to add programmable lights to your costume or project. Make it blink, pulse, animate, or change colors. From there, it's just a quick step to trigger your effects with a button press, sound reaction, or motion reaction. It's easy with Circuit Playground Express!
Game Clock with Circuit Playground & MakeCode
Turn your Circuit Playground Express into a custom game clock with lights and sounds. Hook up an LED strip or some capacitive touch triggers for extra fun. This is a great project for learning to program with Microsoft MakeCode -- no soldering required!
Sew a Cotton Face Mask
Here's an easy beginner guide to making a cotton face mask from everyday fabrics you have around your house. You don't need to be a seamstress or have a sewing machine or a well-stocked craft room to make yourself a stylish mask that keeps folks safe
Burning Fire Wizard Staff
Complete your cosplay with this lightweight staff made from expanding foam and topped with a plastic water bottle. It lights up and plays sound effects based on your gestures, and it's easy to customize to go with your own Wizard character.
Frozen-Inspired Animated Pendant with Temperature Sensing
Proudly wear and display animated GIF images using the magic inside you. This pretty pendant will change with the power of your breath. Circuit Playground's onboard temperature sensor interacts with the wearer to display a different image based on how warm (or how Frozen) the pendant gets. Astonish all the other kids with your magical ice powers!
Tree with Animated Eyes and Motion Sensor
Create a tree sculpture with deep and soulful woodgrain-inspired eyes using Adafruit's Monster M4sk. Add a PIR motion sensor so the tree "wakes up" when someone walks past, and "sleeps" after a few moments of looking around.