Circuit Snowflake Ornament Kit

We're bringing back some old-school breadboarding nostalgia! The snowflake is laser cut from MDF and the kit includes:

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

About the Kit: Let it snow! If you're in the northern hemisphere for the holidays and a place cold enough for snow! This cool artwork was designed by Leeborg!

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. Full instructions are here! 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.

A Note on Battery Life: 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 they diminish 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. For longer battery life, you can use 2 x AA batteries or a 9 Volt battery instead, and you'll need a battery connector like THIS or like THIS.