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LED Silhouette Christmas Cards
For day eight of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made some LED Silhouette Christmas Cards. Follow our step by step guide and make your own.

microbit ZIP Halo Christmas Baubles
For day seven of our 12 Makes of Christmas we've turned a ZIP Halo for BBC microbit into a fetching Christmas Bauble that would make a great addition to your Christmas tree!

Cut Out Winter Cabin
For day six of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made a cut-out winter cabin, which we lit with a ZIP Halo for BBC microbit. Follow our step by step guide and build your own.

Rudolph The LED Nosed Reindeer
For day six of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made Rudolf the LED nosed Reindeer. Follow our step by step guide and build your own out of laser cut parts.

:MOVE mini Santa Sleigh
Ensure that Santa delivers the presents on time with the :MOVE mini Santa Sleigh, for day nine of our 12 Makes of Christmas. We're going to decorate a :MOVE mini for the BBC microbit and also the Tipper Truck add-on, laser cut Rudolph's head and 3D print some presents!

Day 4 - Copper Tape LED Christmas Tree
We return to the Christmas tree theme with another fun festive making activity, learn how to make our laser cut LED Christmas tree with copper tape circuit for day four of our 12 Makes of Christmas.

Day 3 - BBC microbit ZIP Halo Compass
Find the North Pole with our Christmas themed BBC microbit ZIP Halo Compass for day three of our 12 Makes of Christmas. Although the case requires 3D printing and laser cutting, the compass code will work equally well in or out of a case. So, making the case is entirely optional.

Day 2 - 3D Printed LED Christmas Tree
Nothing says it's Christmas quite like a Christmas tree, learn to make our 3D Printed LED Christmas tree for day two of our 12 Makes of Christmas. It's an easy project to make, once the parts are printed the job of putting it together shouldn't take many minutes.

Kitronik 12 Makes Of Christmas Advent Calendar
The Kitronik 12 Makes of Christmas. We've gathered together 12 great Christmas projects that you can access via our interactive Christmas Advent Calendar. We will release a new making activity every day for the next 12 days.

Day 1 - 3D Printed LED Snowman
Stay frosty this Christmas and learn how to make a 3D Printed LED snowman, the first of our 12 makes of Christmas. Grab the files and lets get making...

Get Started With Zip Halo For The BBC microbit
This is a short guide to help you get started with ZIP Halo for the BBC microbit. The techniques we cover will help to form the basis of your own coding adventures as you put ZIP Halo to work in your projects.

Kitronik Move App For Mobile Devices
This FREE Kitronik Move App has been developed in response to the growing number of products and resources we've produced that make use of the microbits Bluetooth functionality.

Trim A Continuous Rotation Servo With Code
In this quick tutorial, we are going to cover how to trim a continuous rotation servo with code. We will be writing our code in the Microsoft's MakeCode Editor for the BBC microbit. For those times when the trim screw isn't accessible or for when the continuous rotation servo doesn't feature a trim screw.

A Guide On Using Laser Materials
This guide on using laser materials covers both Perspex acrylic sheets and laser wood including MDF, laminated MDF and plywood, aiming to answer those questions.

Fun Kitronik Halloween 2017 Project Ideas
This year we've got a range of fun and creative projects to help make your Halloween a memorable one. We've got fancy dress modifications, fancy dress props, moving Halloween decorations, and some great Halloween themed add-ons for the Kitronik :MOVE mini.

microbit Powered Halo-ween Ironman Arc Reactor
Become a superhero and create your own pulsing reactor to complete your Iron Man costume or wear underneath a t-shirt as Tony Stark.

:MOVE mini Halloween Ghost & Pumpkin Shells
Turn your :Move mini into a spooky Halloween pumpkin or ghost with these 3D Printed bodies! All you need is a 3D printer, some screws, a :MOVE mini for the BBC microbit, and some code.

:MOVE mini Servo Powered Halloween Add-ons
Turn your :MOVE mini into an evil Halloween robot with one of 5 weapons! Choose from two scythes, an axe, a pickaxe or a sword.

BBC micro:bit Powered Halo-ween Fancy Dress
Halloween offers the perfect opportunity for some fancy dress fun. In this tutorial, we will show you how this can easily be done using the Kitronik ZIP Halo for the BBC microbit.

Getting Started With The Servo:Lite Board
In this getting started guide for the Servo:Lite board for the BBC microbit we cover; attaching the Servo:Lite board to a microbit, the microbit pin assignments, and how to write code to control the lights on the board and the servos that are connected to it.