Business Beasts - LED Craft Kit

by Pimoroni

Cute critters crafted from business cards, copper tape, and LEDs, that teach you how to build a simple circuit, no soldering required. They're Business Beasts!

You get four Business Beasts to choose from (bear, jellyfish, duckling, and dinosaur), five different coloured LEDs (red, yellow, green, blue, white), enough copper tape to complete the four beast cards, and a cute emoticon binder clip (colour / emoticon may vary) to get you started.

Batteries not included! You can buy some here, or add some as an "Essential extra" on this page. Contains small parts. Not suitable for children 3 years or younger. This is not a toy. Keep batteries out of reach of children. If ingested, seek medical help immediately.

It's a great way to teach kids how circuits and LEDs work, and quick and easy to make; an ideal rainy day project. It's recommended for kids over 3 years old with adult supervision, or sensible kids over 8 years old, and should take about 5 or 10 minutes to assemble.

Kit contains

  • Four different Business Beasts cards (bear, jellyfish, duckling, and dinosaur)
  • Five coloured 5mm LEDs (red, yellow, green, blue, white)
  • Approx. 1m copper tape (enough for all four beasts)
  • Emoticon binder clip (colour/emoticon may vary)
  • Instructions / troubleshooting card

Tips!

On the back of each card there's clear and helpful markings showing you what goes where, and the fifth business card has easy instructions and handy troubleshooting tips on it if you're stuck.

Stick two pieces of copper tape onto the marked lines, poke the LED's legs through the card, bend and secure the legs with more copper tape, fold over the corner, add the battery, and then hold in place with the binder clip to complete the circuit.

You can fold the binder clip out to stand the card up, or pop a piece of ribbon through a hole in the top of the card to hang it as a decoration.

Why not add some rainbow with our rainbow LEDs?!

9 customer reviews

3 years ago
Kids have a lot of fun playing with those business beasts - and so did I! Unfortunately, while there was a spare LED, there was only one clip for all the cards. That was a little bit disappointing. Also, I think that some LEDs didn´t particularly like the bending right next to the "body", as some of them stopped working. Other than that, I really like the idea and would totally recommend it as a nice gift (not only for kids)!
by Vaclav about Business Beasts - LED Craft Kit via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
What a super little tech gift! I've sent these to a few kids and they love them. The instructions are easy to follow and the graphics are lovely.
by Holly about Business Beasts - LED Craft Kit via REVIEWS.io
5 years ago
Fun activity pack for kids at home, at school or at fairs or activity stands. Takes about 10 mins for a 5-7 year old to make the card active with some assistance from a guide. Mostly the smallest ones need help with releasing the tape from the band and punching the holes for the eyes.
by Christine about Business Beasts - LED Craft Kit via REVIEWS.io
5 years ago
Great little beginner project that even my 5 year old could do without help. My girls loved making these cards and then went on to design their own.
by Anonymous about Business Beasts - LED Craft Kit via REVIEWS.io
6 years ago
The kid I sent it to was pretty thrilled with it and able to get it working after a bit of frustration. I almost forgot to send batteries with it because the search page didn't remind me when I hit Add to Cart there.
by Anonymous about Business Beasts - LED Craft Kit via REVIEWS.io