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A Complete Starter Kit

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2017

The box for this kit does not appear as pictured, however all components are in a plain tag board box and the instructions with illustrations are very clear. 2 batteries are included. Eventually, you may want to purchase additional individual components as more skill is acquired with the experience in constructing each new design. I would recommend this kit for ages 10 and older unless 1:1 grownup supervision is available for younger makers. Excellent kit for teaching sewable circuits!

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Poor instructions

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2020

This kit does contain everything needed to make 5 light up sewing projects using conductive thread and an Arduino lillypad. The directions, however, are not very well written. There is some very poor graphic design that cuts off sentences with images. They try to give a general overview of circuits, sewing, and Arduino coding but rather than going in depth in a way that would give the skills needed to successfully complete future projects of your own, they give the bare minimum needed to complete only the included projects. As a craft kit it is fine, as an educational STEM kit it needs work. They don't really go into coding at all. They essentially say "download the code from our website and upload it to the Arduino lillypad". The felt I the cheapest, scratchiest, stiffest felt I have ever encountered. They don't even tell you what all of the included things are for. They include alligator clips, but nowhere does it mention that you should perhaps use them to test your circuits before sewing them, you have to figure that out on your own. For adults, that's fine, children however are not likely to make that sort of inference (nor should they have to).

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A Complete Starter Kit

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2017

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Steven N.

Great for 9 year olds.

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017

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Quick delivery. Perfect for my curious 9 year old.

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Everything You Need to Get Started

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2018

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This is a great starter kit with all of the material you need to begin working with electronic and programmable textiles. I purchased this kid for my 8 year old daughter and we needed a little more in-depth tutorial than the kit came with, but it was easy enough to find step by step tutorials for kids on-line.

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Nerdy Narwhal

SUPER fun and educational

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020

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I got this for myself for adding glowing LED eyes and accents to some handmade stuffed animals. I had fun making them. The instructions are easy to follow and my LEDs lit up correctly upon completion of my projects. I liked the kit so much that I have bought more LEDS, conductive thread, and battery boards to continue making things light up on my handicrafts.

I have not done anything more advanced like programming arduino, but I found the basic circuits easy to make and common sense. This would be a good kit for teaching circuits to children at the same time as teaching them how to sew.

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Cat Martin

I have seen lighted costumes and been interested in learning how to do that

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2020

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This is a great kit for someone like me that wants to learn how to add lighting to clothing pieces to make a statement or add to a costume. I look forward to creating a really neat Halloween costume this year that makes my friends and family say, "Wow! How did you do that?" Always great to learn a new craft or technology - however you would label this!

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T.L.

Cool STEAM activity for my son and I

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2020

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I love little STEAM activities as they're fun to do and my son takes a lot away from the experience. This set proved to be one of the better activities we've done as it kept his attention, was interesting, and the end product was something my son continues to play with. You get LEDs, button switches, and battery components with toggle switches to use as part of your sewed design. The conductive thread acts as the wiring so it's easy to really make your ideas come to life.

The only downside to the set was the battery pack had an issue where the connection wasn't being made properly until I bent some metal for two of those components. It only caused me trouble because it happened initially so I thought I sewed something wrong until we tested LEDs individually.

Love this set.

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esanta

A great introduction to the Lilypad controller, contains everything for a few fun projects

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020

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Don't let the goofy felt figurines fool you: this is a very serious (but fun!) kit that introduces you to the features of the Lilypad microcontroller.
The manual takes you through a variety of projects, from adding basic lights using LEDs, sewing conducting wire and attaching a battery holder, to programming the Lilypad for effects.
Everything is included, a Lilypad, four battery holders and batteries, LEDs, switches, conductive wire, a needle, thread, color felt, and a manual.
Good for children 8 and up, but most 8 years old will need a lot of assistance (which makes it an excellent family activity). A wonderful present for any nerdy 12 year old -- or crafty geeks of any age.
Note that additional components are available separately on Amazon. Highly recommended.

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Poor instructions

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2020

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random101

Great kit for the price

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2018

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Nice kit - much more affordable way of getting all the supplies you need to try out a few projects. Wish it had a buzzer included but otherwise was great. Used it in a classroom setting and the kids had a blast.

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Steve Wilson

Fun Projects

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2018

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It's nice to have all of this together in a nice package, but I fell like it would be cheaper to buy your own parts. Then they also provide the code for the projects so it's probably worth it.

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