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A DIY Project for Kids and Adults
Video Tutorial
This magical DIY Book Lamp teaches kids about creativity and electronics. It combines paper crafting and paper circuits using conductive tape. The materials used are simple, but the result is truly fascinating. The book even turns itself on and off automatically! Making the book lamp requires precise folding and some patience. I recommend this project for anyone aged 11 and up. It's also ideal for parent-child workshops!
Watch the videos below to learn more.
In Short:
Recommended age: 11 years and older
Skill level electronics: medium
Skill level paper crafting: medium to difficult
Time needed: 3-4 hours
Templates and Shopping List
Visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store to download my workshop kit.
Included in every download
All the templates you need for this project.
My electronics shopping guide for this project
Detailed instructions on my Stress-Free Workshop page
Template and instructions for optional Easy Switch module
And much more!
Click here to download:
Update - The Magical Book Lamp
Video Tutorial 2
After teaching this for over a year now, I had multiple big and small ideas to make this project easier to teach and more engaging. Please watch the video below to learn more.
Updates
I updated my templates adding the Easy Switch, the Magic Switch.
Additional templates for US letter size are available now.
I updated the my Stress-Free Workshop page with instructions for the Easy and Magic Switch.
I updated the shopping guide adding the RGB LEDs and neodymium magnets I use.
The downloads of my paper scoring press can be found below.
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