Young Engineers

Product packaging for the Discover Electronics Kit

There's no better way to get your kid started with electronics than the Adafruit Young Engineers category. These kits, packs, and toys all offer introductions into the world of electronics for aspiring engineers.

A number of Adafruit's beginner kits are also perfect for engineers of all ages. We carry kits like the Drawdio - which turns your pencil into a theremin through conductive tape - and the ever-popular ARDx that, with your help, can get anyone programming Arduinos at a very young age. Whether you're young, or young at heart, the Adafruit Young Engineers category is perfect for your all your electronics needs!

A Black woman's manicured hand holds a round microcontroller with lit up LEDs.

Circuit Playground Express

Product ID: 3333

Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the original Circuit Playground Classic and made it even better! Not only did we pack even more sensors in, we also made it even easier to program. Start your journey with Microsoft MakeCode block-based or Javascript programming. Then, you can use...

$24.95

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Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack

Product ID: 68

Heard about Arduino IDE-compatibles but not sure how to start? The Adafruit Metro is an ATmega328-based (like a lot of our own products) development board. Since it is shaped the same, and code/shield-compatible with the Arduino UNO R3 design, our Adafruit Metro is easy to use and hacker friendly and this is the perfect beginner kit for learning how to use the...

$44.95

24 in stock

Bundle of Small Alligator Clip Test Leads

Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 12)

Product ID: 1008

Connect this to that without soldering using these handy mini alligator clip test leads. 15" cables with alligator clip on each end, color coded. You get 12 pieces in 6 colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter so we don't have to hold the probes in place. Compared to our Large alligator clip set, these...

$3.95

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Bundle of Large Alligator Clip Test Leads

Large Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 10)

Product ID: 321

Connect this to that without soldering using these handy alligator clip test leads. 20" cables with alligator clip on each end, color coded. You get 10 pieces in 5 colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter so we don't have to hold the probes in place. Compared to our small alligator clip set, these...

$4.95

45 in stock

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Bare Conductive Paint Pen - 10mL

Product ID: 1306

Bare Conductive Paint is a multipurpose electrically conductive material perfect for all of your DIY projects! Bare Paint is water based, nontoxic and dries at room temperature. Bare Paint is the first non-toxic electrically conductive paint available to consumers today. This unique child-friendly material is designed for people of all ages to explore and learn about...

$12.50

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Copper Foil Tape with Conductive Adhesive - 25mm x 15 meter roll

Product ID: 1127

Copper tape can be an interesting addition to your toolbox. The tape itself is made of thin pure copper so its extremely flexible and can take on nearly any shape. You can easily solder to it, and the tape itself can carry current just like a wire. On the back is an electrically conductive adhesive. The adhesive can't carry significant current but it is very handy...

$19.95

92 in stock

open Conductive Silver Ink Pen with Micro Tip

Conductive Silver Ink Pen - Micro Tip - CW2200MTP

Product ID: 515

Experiment with paper electronics with this silver conductive ink pen that will let you draw traces! We like the make of this pen, it has a nice liquid silver ink that flows easily, and it works great. In just 3 minutes from opening the packaging, we made the image above, a coin cell holder with an LED. There are two 'tips' available - standard and micro. The...

$59.95

15 in stock

Crayola Crayons - Rainbow 8 Pack

Product ID: 1040

A perfect match for our E is for Electronics coloring book, this pack of quality Crayola crayons has 8 bright non-toxic colors. Color ALL the things! Coloring book not included.

$1.95

63 in stock

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LittleBits Sequencer Module

Product ID: 2009

The littleBits Sequencer Module lets you connect and control sequential patterns with their small, snappable board. Within seconds, you can have eight sequences up and running - a feat that might take hours of programming but littleBits makes super easy. The Sequencer can run four ways - forwards, backwards, pendulum or random - and you can swap automation for full...

$36.00

3 in stock

Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack

Product ID: 3345

$44.95

17 in stock

Group of Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wires

Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wire Bundle - 6 Pieces

Product ID: 3448

When working with unusual non-header-friendly surfaces, these handy cables will be your best friends! No longer will you have long, cumbersome strands of alligator clips. These compact jumper cables have a premium male header on one end and a grippy mini alligator clip on the other. Grab onto your Flora, Circuit Playground, micro:bit, Gemma, or even a banana, and...

$3.95

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Silver Pin Back with Foam Adhesive

Product ID: 2838

This little Silver-color Pin with Foam Adhesive is the perfect way to attach any PCB or small component to cloth material. The adhesive forms a solid but not permanent bond for a strong reliable hold. The pin also has a handy little locking mechanism to keep the pin from unlatching from friction. If you are working with wearables be sure to keep a handful of these...

$0.45

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Bundle of Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wires

Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wire Bundle - 12 Pieces

Product ID: 3255

For bread-boarding with unusual non-header-friendly surfaces, these cables will be your best friends! No longer will you have long strands of alligator clips that are grabbing little wires. These compact jumper cables have a premium male header on one end, and a grippy mini alligator clip on the other. Grab onto your Flora, Circuit Playground, micro:bit, Gemma, or...

$7.95

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BlocklyProp Starter Kit

Product ID: 3337

Learning to invent is fast and fun with no code-typing or circuit-soldering to slow things down. The BlocklyProp Starter Kit has all the hardware required to fully learn the Parallax’s Blockly visual programming tool in an educational environment, providing a natural first look into the C programming language at the same time. BlocklyProp’s interlocking...

$249.95

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Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit

Product ID: 3517

It's the Circuit Playground Express Base Kit! It provides the few things you'll need to get started with the new Circuit Playground Express. This version of Circuit Playground is super powered, and will work with Microsoft MakeCode, CircuitPython, code.org CS Discoveries or Arduino IDE. You can use Circuit Playground Express with code.org CS Discoveries, but we...

$29.95

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Circuit Playground Bluefruit - Bluetooth Low Energy

Product ID: 4333

Circuit Playground Bluefruit is our third board in the Circuit Playground series, another step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the popular Circuit Playground Express and made it even better! Now the main chip is an nRF52840 microcontroller which is not only more powerful, but also comes with Bluetooth Low Energy support for...

$24.95

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Code.org Circuit Playground Individual Kit Pack

Product ID: 3795

The Code.org CS Discoveries course is a yearlong curriculum for teaching computer science, and there's even a physical computing unit! For large classrooms and workshops, we recommend our Code.org Classroom pack. But, if you need to supplement your Classroom pack or are learning on your own, we now have a mini-kit - with just the essentials for a single student or...

$29.95

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Thin Copper Foil Sheet with Conductive Adhesive

Copper Foil Sheet with Conductive Adhesive - 12" x12" Sheet

Product ID: 4607

Copper sheet can be an interesting addition to your toolbox. The sheet itself is made of thin pure copper so its extremely flexible and can take on nearly any shape. You can easily solder to it, and the material itself can carry current just like a wire. On the back is an electrically conductive adhesive. The adhesive can't carry significant current but it is very...

$4.95

83 in stock

Group of Small Alligator Clip to Female Jumper Wires

Small Alligator Clip to Female Jumper Wire Bundle - 6 Pieces

Product ID: 4304

When working with unusual non-header-friendly surfaces, these handy cables will be your best friends! No longer will you have long, cumbersome strands of alligator clips. These compact jumper cables have a premium female header on one end and a grippy mini alligator clip on the other. Grab onto your Circuit Playground, micro:bit, CRICKIT, Gemma, or even a banana, and...

$3.95

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Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 6)

Product ID: 4100

Connect this to that without soldering using these small alligator clip test leads. 18" long cables with color-coded alligator clips on both ends. You get 6 pieces in 6 unique colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter so we don't have to hold the probes in place. Compared to our large alligator clip...

$2.95

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DIY Light Up Blinky Bow Ties Kit - 10 Pack

Product ID: 4810

A light-up blinking bow tie kit that makes crafting with electronics super chic and cool! It's a DIY tech-craft, a party favor, and a wearable tech project, all in one. The light-up paper bow tie kits come in packs of 10, so they're perfect for parties, maker workshops, day camps, and education. (Or hoard them for yourself so you can match every outfit you own with...

$19.95

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Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit - Experimentation Kit for Metro 328

Product ID: 3588

Interested in making neat stuff with an Arduino-compatible board but not sure where to start? This kit includes all the pieces needed to complete over 20 different circuit and projects. Basically everything you need to be playing within minutes of its arrival. No soldering required, works with Mac, Windows and Linux! This item is the same exact kit as...

$84.95

10 in stock

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Day of the Geek Soldering Badge

Product ID: 3590

Are you a proud geek who also loves the Day of the Dead? Qué bueno! Well, this Day of the Geek LED Skull Badge will be up your alley! This is a DIY soldering kit you'll need to assemble it yourself, but luckily it's very easy and very fast, so this is a good kit for beginners. You even get a wide range of LEDs for the eyes so you can make your skull just the...

$8.95

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Electronics Notebook from Monk Makes

Product ID: 5586

From famed author and kit-designer Monk Makes comes the Electronics Notebook. Perfect for the boffin in your life (or the inner-boffin you're harboring inside). Put your own ideas, diagrams, calculations & notes down in these 158 pages of engineering graph paper. It's spiral-bound so easy to use in lab or lay flat on a table. The inner pages alternate with plain...

$14.95

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Art Deco Cat Lamp - Soldering Kit by Elkei Education

Product ID: 5237

Create a 3D Art Deco-like Cat Lamp with this beautifully designed soldering kit from our maker friends down under, Elkei Education. When assembled and powered on, the lamp turns on when the surroundings get dark thanks to a light sensor. Snap out the pieces in this immersion gold and matte black circuit board and start soldering and assembling. Project-based kits are...

$19.95

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Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express - by Anne Barela

Product ID: 3944

Make: Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express is written by our friend, Anne Barela, author of G.S.W. Adafruit Trinket. Anne is an engineer and Maker with the Adafruit team. We also have a great bundle that includes everything you need to follow along with the projects in the book, no soldering required! This book gives you the low-down on microcontrollers by...

$19.45

95 in stock

Bristlebot - 10 pack - by Brown Dog Gadgets

Product ID: 3666

Bristlebots are small robots, great for teaching engineering, motors, circuits, and principles of balance. They don't require soldering or special tools, so they're great for group builds. This pack contains enough parts to make 10 Bristlebots Who knew we could cobble together an adorable, bite-sized robot with just a toothbrush head, motor, battery, and pipe...

$39.95

45 in stock

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Biology Girl Badge Soldering Kit by Elkei Education

Product ID: 5496

Peep the ROAR! Awards 2019 Gold Winner for Best Teen-Tween Product, from down under comes the Biology Girl Soldering Kit from Elkei Education! Project-based kits are a great way to show how to work with circuits, how to troubleshoot, and the possibilities of what you can create in a guided activity. Kit includes a custom-designed printed circuit board, LEDs, on/off...

$9.95

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Plastic Pop Rivets for Cardboard Crafts (100-pack)

Product ID: 3821

Enter the world of cardboard construction and build playful robot friends! Instead of slapping on tape or waiting for your hot glue to warm up, you can use these Plastic Pop Rivets! So easy to install. Just poke them through the cardboard and fasten with the back piece. This will ensure clean, movable joints and attachments. You can even remove them with some effort...

$9.95

39 in stock

Pimoroni Bearables Fox Kit

Product ID: 3744

These sewable badges are unbearrrrrably cute. Bearables is Pimoroni's range of woodland-themed wearable LED badges and sensors. String 'em with conductive thread to bring this DIY-meets-Disney badge to life! This Bearables Fox Kit features twelve colored LEDs (blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink) with twelve different light patterns. The multi-functional button on...

$17.50

22 in stock

Solar Bug Kit 2.0 from Brown Dog Gadgets - 4 Pack

Product ID: 5415

Create multiple solar-powered insects that moves with this fun-filled STEM project from Brown Dog Gadgets! Learn about solar energy by creating a simple solar circuit in minutes using only conductive tape! Cut out your bug, decorate it, then add your solar cell and vibrating motor. All parts are connected with our special Maker Tape conductive tape, perfect for...

$24.95

9 in stock

HD Magnet Viewing Film encased in plastic

HD Magnet Viewing Film - 50x40mm

Product ID: 4047

Add extra-sensory powers to your toolkit with this nifty piece of HD Magnet Viewing Film. It's a special film that contains a ferromagnetic slurry of ultra-small nickel particles that turns black when around a magnetic field. Unlike some of the older films you may remember from grade school science class, this stuff is 'high resolution' so you can really see the...

$14.95

39 in stock

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Solar Bug Kit 2.0 from Brown Dog Gadgets - 25-pack

Product ID: 5416

Create multiple solar-powered insects that move for an entire party, camp-group, or classrom with this fun-filled STEM project from Brown Dog Gadgets! Learn about solar energy by creating a simple solar circuit in minutes using only conductive tape! Cut out your bug, decorate it, then add your solar cell and vibrating motor! All parts are connected with our special...

$99.00

22 in stock

Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities - By Kathy Ceceri

Product ID: 4348

We are very excited to carry a new book by Adafruit Learning System author and maker Kathy Ceceri! Robots are everywhere! They vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, and play with us at home. They sample rocks from other planets, survey disaster zones from the air, and bring back images from the bottom of the ocean. Explore the roles...

$14.95

17 in stock

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Fluorescent Pigment - Purple

Product ID: 4124

We're with the squad back at New York's hottest cyberpunk club, Near Field Commune(ication), and it's still got everything, Adabot & the Circuit Playground, Collin's wondrous, mind-blowing, heart-stirring Pulse Room, and more! And you are dressed to the cyber-nine's, with wearable LEDs, EL tape, a full set of glittering RFID/NFC Nail Stickers, and some luminous,...

$9.95

3 in stock

Fluorescent Pigment - Yellow

Product ID: 4126

$9.95

56 in stock

Paper Signals Bundle

Product ID: 3022

Paper Signals is an open source project that lets you make little voice-controlled objects that track simple things, like the weather. You can build any of the example Paper Signals Google has on g.co/papersignals. Or, grab the code on GitHub and create something of your own. To make one, you’ll need the parts in this bundle, along with a few other items you...

$24.95

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Humble Velocipede Ligaments Kit

Product ID: 3652

This kit contains the necessary connector parts that go into building a Humble Velocipede. It complements the Crankshaft Kit and provides all the 3D printed connectors that cannot be easily laser cut. The Humble Velocipede is a playful desktop toy designed to scuttle over countertops and coffee tables. Highly recommended as a starter project for 3d printing! The...

$9.95

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Circuit Playground Classic

Product ID: 3000

Would you like to learn electronics, with an all-in-one board that has sensors and LEDs built in? Circuit Playground is here - and it's the best way to practice programming on real hardware with no soldering or sewing required! This is the Classic version of Circuit Playground, which comes with an ATmega32u4. It's designed to be used with Arduino IDE and code.org CS...

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Code.org Circuit Playground Express Educators' Pack

Product ID: 3399

For many years, instructors and teachers have asked us to come up with a better way to teach programming and electronics. We have worked on Circuit Playground Express for over a year to come up with a board that is powerful, beautiful, fun, and perfect for teaching Code.org CS Discoveries Circuit Playground Express is a perfect introduction to electronics and...

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Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit - Experimentation Kit for Metro 328

Product ID: 170

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Copper Foil Tape with Conductive Adhesive - 6mm x 15 meter roll

Product ID: 1128

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Bare Conductive Paint - 50mL

Product ID: 1305

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Circuit Patterns Trading Cards from Arachnid Labs

Product ID: 1474

If you're an industrial designer, chances are you've got a set of IDEO method cards. If you're an artist or musician, maybe you like to flip through a set of Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies. And if you're an engineer, now you can brush up on techniques and discover time-tested patterns with Arachnid Lab's Circuit Patterns card set. Each card has a schematic and short...

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Bundle of Small Alligator Clip Test Lead - set of 10

Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (Set of 18)

Product ID: 3447

Connect this to that without soldering using these mini alligator clip test leads. 15" cables with alligator clip on each end in six colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter, so we don't have to hold the probes in place, or with wearable projects, or for quick prototyping with big-pad circuit boards...

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Circuit Playground Express Advanced Pack

Product ID: 2769

Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the original Circuit Playground Classic and made it even better! Not only did we pack even more sensors in, we also made it even easier to program. You can now start your journey with Microsoft MakeCode block-based or Javascript programming. If...

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Space Girl Badge Soldering Kit by Maker Queen

Product ID: 5495

Peep the ROAR! Awards 2019 Gold Winner for Best Teen-Tween Product, the Space Girl Soldering Kit from Maker Queen! Project-based kits are a great way to show how to work with circuits, how to troubleshoot, and the possibilities of what you can create in a guided activity. Kit includes a custom-designed printed circuit board, LEDs, on/off switch, badge pin and clasp,...

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Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express book along with a collection of electronic parts included in kit.

Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express Book Bundle

Product ID: 3977

The bestselling book Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express now comes with a full pack of parts so you can hit the ground running! Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express is written by our friend, Anne Barela, author of G.S.W. Adafruit Trinket. Anne is a life-long engineer, Maker, writer, and has joined the Adafruit team to write guides and develop...

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$54.95

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Space Shuttle Discovery Solder Kit by Phyx

Product ID: 5414

Create a mini 3D version of the Space Shuttle STS Discovery with this beautifully designed soldering kit from Phyx, our maker friends in Belgium. This small card-style PCB kit requires a CR2032 coin cell battery (not included) to power 3 candle-style flickering LEDs-as-thrusters. Assembly Instructions Carefully depanelize the PCB by bending pieces out.(Optional) File...

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Adafruit PyGamer Starter Kit

Product ID: 4277

Please note: you may get a royal blue or purple case with your starter kit (they're both lovely colors) What fits in your pocket, is fully Open Source, and can run CircuitPython, MakeCode Arcade or Arduino games you write yourself? That's right, it's the Adafruit PyGamer! We wanted to make an entry-level gaming handheld for DIY gaming, and maybe a little...

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Bots! by Kathy Ceceri - Book and Parts Bundle

Product ID: 4362

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Builder's Mat by MOC Industries - 45 x 30cm

Product ID: 5598

Here is a sleek and self-healing hobby mat designed for LEGO® and other brick-builders of all experience levels. The material is very similar to hobby/sewing/cutting mats. The grid design includes helpful layout grids and two radius angle guides. In the upper left corner you get a neat little reference legend for "brick math" along with the height of a LEGO...

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Colorful Clips - Tropical Alligator Test Clip Leads - 10 Pieces - 13" long

Product ID: 5152

Designed by Making & Hacking extraordinaire Lee Cyborg, these colorful clips are a nice switch-up from the standard colors. Connect this to that without soldering using these Hot GitHub Summer alligator clip test leads that look perfect for a beachfront environmental-sensing project. 13" long cables with alligator clips on each end, color-coded. You get 10 pieces...

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Circuit Playground Express - Black Girls CODE

Product ID: 2599