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

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