What is it?

These are breadboard style kits where you twist wires & LEDs together to make a blinky, light up circuit!

Circuit Snowflake kit comes with:

• 1 - Circuit Snowflake
• 1 - Length of Ribbon
• 1 - Battery Holder with ON/OFF Switch
• 1 - CR2032 Battery
• 2 - Screws
• 6 - Self Flashing RGB LEDs
• 6 - Red Wires
• 6 - Blue Wires

Instructions for Circuit Snowflake

Festive Palm Tree kit comes with:

• 1 - Festive Palm Tree
• 1 - Length of Ribbon
• 1 - Battery Holder with ON/OFF Switch
• 1 - CR2032 Battery
• 2 - Screws
• 6 - Self Flashing RGB LEDs
• 6 - Red Wires
• 6 - Blue Wires

Instructions for Festive Palm Tree

Merry Solderless Krampus kit comes with:

• 1 - Krampus
• 2 - 3mm Red LEDs
• 1 - 47ohm Resistor
• 1 - Battery Holder
• 1 - CR2032 Battery
• 1 - Length of chain
• 1 - Jump ring

Instructions for Merry Solderless Krampus

Why did you make it?

We wanted to have a festive kit for everyone! Whether you're in the norther hemisphere and get lots of snow or if you're closer to the equator and the holidays mean sunshine and palm trees! We also have Krampus because we just can't get enough of Krampus!

With this kit, we're bringing back old-school breadboards! You assemble it by sticking the LEDs through the board, using wire-wrap to attach them to 2 screw posts, and also wrap the battery holder wires around the screw posts. This is a great activity for those new to electronics, or for old-school hacks that just want to have a bit of fun with a project that's quick and gratifying.

Krampus is a beginner friendly kit! If you'd like the satisfaction of putting together something yourself, but aren't quite up for the Hacker Challenge, this is the kit for you! Just put the 2 LEDs through the board, wrap them with the wires from the battery holder, insert the battery, and you're ready for some demonic fun!

What makes it special?

No soldering required! These kits are great for the whole family whether you’re an electronics novice or an electronics wizard!

A Note on Battery Life: (Applies to Circuit Snowflake and Festive Palm Tree) It is very difficult to balance a love for All Things Blinky with small unobtrusive battery sources. We've provided a CR2032 battery and holder with this kit precisely because it's small and can't provide a ton of current (and is therefore much safer when accidentally shorted than a rechargeable lithium ion). But this means there's not a lot of overhead for the blue in each of the RGB LEDs. They start out very bright and rainbow-flashing, and then blue and magenta colors fade relatively quickly. Red, green, and yellow stick around for a lot longer, and then it diminishes to all red at the very end. Since these are holiday-themed, we were OK with this behavior. One CR2032 will generally last about 15 hrs until it completely goes out, so we recommend leaving it on for a few hours in the evening, instead of all day long. If you'd like longer battery life, you can use 2 AA or AAA batteries instead. You'll need a holder for them like this or this.