#3DPrinting Projects to do with your family at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is approaching and family will gather together to give thanks and eat until they’re happy, stuffed and full of good cheer. Instead of bingeing on Netflix or playing the latest video game, why put your 3D printer to work and use your time to build an awesome weekend project with the family?
Here’s seven projects you can do with your family that combine 3D printing, and DIY electronics.
This easy project can be 3D printed in just under an hour and doesn’t require any soldering. Use conductive paint to make a simple circuit using a coin cell, battery holder, and an LED Sequin to make a tiny TARDIS light up.
Let’s play video games! But first, let’s build the adorable character from Adventure Time, BMO! Using GEMMA, an LED Matrix backpack, lipo battery and a few 3D prints parts, you can build this lovable robot.
Already have a skateboard? Upgrade it with NeoPixel LEDS! This simple projects works best outdoors and in low light. Fire up with your soldering iron and wire up NeoPixel LED strips to the bottom of your deck. Just be sure to take turns riding!
Here’s a fun and classic DIY kit, perfect for learning soldering. You can make amazing light paintings with our miniPOV4 kit that uses LED to make stunning animations with Persistence-of-Vision.
Before bingeing on those video games, why not build your own gamepad with your family using an Adafruit EZ-Key module, tactile buttons and a 3D printed case. Just be sure to build two for those two player games!
Really LOVE video games? How about building your own portable retro console using the Raspberry Pi and an Adafruit 2.4″ PiTFT. This one is the most challenging project, so including the family to tackle sections will cut the build time in half!
So there you have it, seven fun and creative projects that you can do with your 3D printer, a soldering iron and your loved ones. The best projects are ones that you can build and enjoy with your family.
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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