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.
Four Seasons Fairy Bottle Lanterns
Create multiple separate but connected bottle lanterns with NeoPixels inside. Control them all using a Circuit Playground Express and its onboard capacitive touch pads. Code different light modes with MakeCode's drag-and-drop editor, and hook up custom touch controls to change modes. Fill your room with beautiful light.
Unicorn Christmas Stocking with Rainbow Lights & Sound
Make a Christmas stocking that will light up both her eyes and her mind this year. Decorate it with sparkles, jewels, and googly eyes and hide her very best gift inside: a Circuit Playground Express. The Circuit Playground will sing and light up in her favorite colors, and get her excited about coding and creating her own magical toys.
Bluefruit Luminary Lanterns with Capacitive Touch
Design and create custom Luminary lanterns for your home or yard. Control them with your phone and Adafruit's Bluefruit app, or change color modes with a touch of your finger. Circuit Playground Bluefruit's capacitive touch pads and built in bluetooth control make it easy to fill your home with magic light.
Animatronic Fizzgig MonsterM4sk Puppet
Create a furry puppet that's reminiscent of Fizzgig from the Dark Crystal movie. Give him lifelike eyes with an Adafruit Monster M4sk and an animated mouth with an adorable bark. He's a perfect guard for your Halloween candy, or he makes a great purse pet or costume accessory.
Glowing Scale Armor
Design and 3D print a scale pattern in your favorite shape using Tinkercad. Align your scales to fit Adafruit's NeoPixel strands inside and light up your whole outfit. Make a necklace, armor, or embellishments for just about any high-tech costume.
Glowing Interactive Crystal Staff
Every cosplay needs the perfect prop. Complete your look with a glowing crystal staff that reacts to you as you hold it, tilt it, spin it and swing it. The Circuit Playground Express gives you so many options for triggering your custom light effects.
NeoPixel Badge Lanyard with Bluetooth LE
You've got your Pybadge up and running and are styling at the convention. Set yourself apart from the masses by hanging it from a custom LED lanyard. Use CircuitPython to remotely change colors on your lanyard. Make one for all your friends and use them as a signaling device!
Playa Festival Bike
Festival season can sneak up on you. Get started on your project today! This guide will give tips on how to light up your bike and get it ready for the harshest outdoor conditions, so you can ride around at night and shine all week long, without worrying about repairs on-site.
Personal UV HotSpot Parasol
Add black light UV NeoPixels to the underside of a parasol and carry your own personal spotlight of fluorescence with you everywhere you go. Enhance your raver outfit and let the world see you shining like the magical creature you are.
Easy LED Jeweled Necklace
Add a strand of fairy lights to a jeweled necklace and enhance your whole outfit with light! This is a very simple project that can work wonders for your Playa-bound outfits or festival wear, and it's classy enough to wear to that charity ball you've been meaning to throw.
Paper-Craft Crystal Gem Lantern
Create a gorgeous sparkling crystal gem using iridescent cellophane. Use our downloadable pattern for an easy weekend project that's fun for all ages. Or, get fancy and create your own parametric gem design, and learn to convert it to a foldable paper template. This project is perfect for cosplay accessories or for decorating your room with light.
Cartoon Network and Make Code - Rose Quartz Shield Umbrella
Use a Circuit Playground Express and MakeCode to create a fun umbrella that's reminiscent of Rose Quartz's shield from Steven Universe! This is an easy beginner project with no soldering required.
Light Up Paper Dragon Wall Sconce
Create a papercraft dragon and bring it to life with NeoPixels. Give it whirling rainbow eyes, a fiery throat and animated glowing spines. Add a pulsing egg or treasure horde for your dragon to guard. A capacitive touch switch turns her on and off and a Circuit Playground Express gives you so many options for creativity.