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.
Steven Universe Cosplay Shirt & Gem
Make a Steven Universe t-shirt and cosplay gem -- no soldering required! Wear the gem under your shirt and surprise everyone when it lights up and glitters whenever you get excited and shout.
LED NeoPixel Corset with Circuit Playground Express and MakeCode
Create your own bespoke glowing corset and smile to yourself as all the heads in the room turn to follow you. Line your perfect silhouette with 500 programmable lights that show you off like a fairy disco queen. What could be more alluring?
Steven Universe Wearable, Fusable Gem
Use a Circuit Playground express, a water bottle and some cardboard to create a super fun wearable Steven Universe character gem. Tilt one way to color it like Amethyst, another way to color it like Pearl. Shake the gem and the two colors "fuse" to become Opal!
Glowing Fascinator Hat with Gemma M0 and MakeCode
Add a NeoPixel Jewel and Gemma M0 to a fun, fancy fascinator hat. The batteries and electronics hide inside the feathers and flowers, creating a stunning costume topper that will make you stand out on every occasion.
NeoPixel Spats with Gemma and MakeCode
Adorn your gams with a Gemma and a Hotsy-Totsy strand of blinkers. The fellas will turn their heads as you strut by like a Daisy in the Cat's Pajamas. A little sewing, a little soldering, and a spiffy bit of drag-and-drop coding and you'll be lousy with lookers. Savvy?
Wireless NeoPixel Controller
Build a controller box with NeoTrellis and a Feather M0 LoRa that allows you to control dozens of light strands in real time. No line-of-sight or pairing is required -- it just works, even in a crowded environment. Powered by Arduino and FastLED. Put on a light show, control multiple costumes, take it on tour!
Circuit Playground Powerpuff Girls Valentine
Create an interactive circuit with copper tape and a Circuit Playground Express and use it to show someone special you care about them. Code with MakeCode to personalize the card for your special someone. Maybe next year she'll use her new Circuit Playground to make something amazing for you.
Dance-Reactive Tutu Sparkle Skirt
Add a strand of lights to this tutu and customize it so it reacts to your dance moves. It's fun to drag and drop code and test out different animations using the Circuit Playground's onboard motion sensor. Make it sparkle when you leap, or turn rainbow when you twirl! The sky's the limit. This is a great beginner project to do with kids, or for fabulous grown-ups who never realized they needed a light-up tutu in their closet.
NeoPixel Fairy Crown
Get crafty and make a pretty fairy crown a NeoPixel Strand. Program them with MakeCode to make beautiful animations. You can even make the lights change with your motion!
Glowing Neopixel Resin River Table
Add NeoPixels and Circuit Playground Express to a gorgeous epoxy resin and live-edge wood table to add a depth of awesomeness to a beautiful piece of art. Make it glow day or night, and delight in how it catches and reflects the light. Add your own color palettes with Arduino and FastLED, or keep it simple with MakeCode.
Circuit Playground Express Spinner Game in MakeCode
Use MakeCode's drag and drop code editor to create a fun game of chance with Circuit Playground Express. Press the button and get a light and sound show that will randomly stop somewhere on the wheel. This is a fun, easy project that's great for kids or beginners, and easy to build in your own triggers or effects.
Magic Light Bag of Holding
Make a magic light appear out of the air, then store it safely in your Magic Light Bag of Holding. Tip the bag upside down to make all the lights fall out again. Amaze and delight children of all ages with this fun DIY magic trick!
Animatronic Glowing Medusa Headdress
Circuit Playground and Crickit power this animatronic Medusa headdress. The snakes use side-glow light pipe to bring glowing light from the Circuit Playground's onboard neopixels. A 3d printed case holds the light pipe and the servos in place.
Easy Sparkle Pocket T-Shirt
Make a shirt that sparkles when you move! This is an easy project that doesn't require any soldering, and coding the Circuit Playground Express is a snap. This is a great project for your kids to help with, and they'll end up with a fabulous light-up t-shirt they made themselves.