These fuzzy, brightly colored, illuminated pets will teach kids all about electricity and circuitry. Everything kids need to build three bugs is in herecoin-cell batteries, colored pipe cleaners, copper tubes, red, yellow, and green LEDs, pom-poms, and more! Step-by-step instructions are presented in a compelling comic book format.
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About the Author
Ken Murphy is a programmer, artist, musician, and tinkerer who lives in San Francisco
Alexander Tarrant is an illustrator living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Alexander Tarrant is an illustrator living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Ken Murphy is a musician, artist, computer programmer, and all-around tinkerer living in San Francisco, California. He has written how-to articles for Popular Science and Make Magazine, and was a Resident Artist at the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco, where he's creating a year-long time lapse movie of the sky. He still manages to hold down his day job, keeping the web site humming along for his local public broadcast TV and radio station.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Nicolas B
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Bought this to do as a project with my 5-yr old son, thinking that it should be within my technical abilities, and thankfully it was :)
The packaging is great, everything contained neatly in a hardcover book with resealable parts storage. The instructions are very clear yet fun, thanks to the comics style.
Putting everything together was easy and fun. Reading through the book, assembling two bugs, and explaining basic electricity concepts took about an hour, with a lot of easier steps that even a 5-yr-old can help with. I think a 10-yr-old could easily do it by himself/herself.
My son was thrilled with the result, see attached customer pic. He made the black with red eyes scary vampire one, and I made the not-scary-at-all orange looser who apparently is gonna get its butt kicked by the vampire one, or so he says...
The packaging is great, everything contained neatly in a hardcover book with resealable parts storage. The instructions are very clear yet fun, thanks to the comics style.
Putting everything together was easy and fun. Reading through the book, assembling two bugs, and explaining basic electricity concepts took about an hour, with a lot of easier steps that even a 5-yr-old can help with. I think a 10-yr-old could easily do it by himself/herself.
My son was thrilled with the result, see attached customer pic. He made the black with red eyes scary vampire one, and I made the not-scary-at-all orange looser who apparently is gonna get its butt kicked by the vampire one, or so he says...
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By KevinC
Format:Hardcover
Such a great resource for teaching kids about electronics and circuitry! Also, cute as hell comic book style illustrations!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Greenbi
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Hi,
I am the lucky parent of a kid who is very curious and just loves to create things. Recently he read about diodes, and at school he was building electrical circuits. When I read the description of the Blinkybugs I just knew it would be a perfect fit for him. I was right. My eleven year old spend two days absorbed in the kit and was very proud of his creations. He then went on to explain to me in great details how diode's physical design leads to their specific colour. A great gift for a young mind with scientific curiosity.
Many thanks,
Greenbi
I am the lucky parent of a kid who is very curious and just loves to create things. Recently he read about diodes, and at school he was building electrical circuits. When I read the description of the Blinkybugs I just knew it would be a perfect fit for him. I was right. My eleven year old spend two days absorbed in the kit and was very proud of his creations. He then went on to explain to me in great details how diode's physical design leads to their specific colour. A great gift for a young mind with scientific curiosity.
Many thanks,
Greenbi
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good concept but kind of hard to put together...
I was hoping that this would be something that my child could primarily put together, but I had to help him quite a bit to put together. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ashley D Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
very educational
My 6 year old love working on these with me. He really enjoyed the science and creativity being combined into one cool project.
Published 3 months ago by Tammy
5.0 out of 5 stars
SUPER
It took just 3 days to be shipped to Germany!!!!! It's great fun for family and friends not only for boys
Published 4 months ago by HarLas
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun project
This was a gift for my 8 year old who is really into building things. In his words- it is really cool when it's built but is hard to build. I had to help him build it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nidhi Covarrubias
5.0 out of 5 stars
3yr old and 6 year old liked these
The age range was good. The instructions were easy to follow for the six year old, but the 3 year old had a hard time with some of the more intricate bits. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Josh Schulz
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great activity WEBELOS
When I saw this I thought it would be a good activity for a meeting. A call ahead to a couple of the dads insured we would have plenty of the tools needed. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Phillip E Martin
2.0 out of 5 stars
Much more complicated than I anticipated...
I purchased this for my 9yr old and 6yr old. The directions are made like comic book instructions and a lot of reading. Read more
Published on May 2, 2011 by RW
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Fun and Educational
This thing was great, easy, and a perfect thing to do on a cold wet winter weekend. Because everything you need is right there it doesn't take long either. Read more
Published on March 29, 2011 by Daemous Riel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Experience- Young Adult Approved!
I made my first blinkybug today and had a good time. I go to Michigan State University and occasionally (at least once a week) indulge in arts and crafts. Read more
Published on March 11, 2011 by Chelsea
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful
Too many steps, self indulgent level of instruction (written in thought bubbles like a comic book), copper tubes break easily, sticky foil doesn't really stick and eyes stop... Read more
Published on January 27, 2011 by Tamar Ossowski
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