Beginner's Gift Guide: $100 or Less

Shop our Beginner's Gift Guide for items $100 or less. Image of of smiling AdaBot robot holding green gift wrapped box and similar box on top of head.

Here at Adafruit we want everyone to have access to tinkering and learning. If you're looking for great gifts for your favorite newbies or just easy fun for an experienced maker, these are some of our favorite beginner items that are also super affordable. 

Circuit Playground Under $100

A Black woman's manicured hand holds a round microcontroller with lit up LEDs.
Circuit Playground Express
$24.95
Rectangular case for Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit.
Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit
$29.95
Angled shot of a blue lunchbox with black-and-white circuit board-style packaging. Adafruit Circuit Playground Express Advanced Pack.
Circuit Playground Express Advanced Pack
$99.95
Top-down shot of a round dev board, alligator clips, a microUSB cable, and rainbow LED PCBs.
Code.org Circuit Playground Individual Kit Pack
$29.95

AdaBox Under $100

Top view of kit contents, including an empty snowglobe, diffraction paper glasses, a disassembled ornament, Circuit Playground Bluefruit, LiPo battery, TFT Gizmo, enclosure, and hardware.
Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit Express Starter Kit
$64.95
MagTag dev board with enclosure pieces, four magnet feet, and lipoly battery
Adafruit MagTag Starter Kit - ADABOX017 Essentials
$44.95
Top view of kit contents for AdaBox018 FunHouse
Adafruit FunHouse Starter Kit - IoT Home Automation Exploration
$49.95
Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Starter Kit - 3x4 Keys + Encoder + OLED
$49.95
Top view of kit contents for MatrixPortal Starter kit.
Adafruit Matrix Portal Starter Kit - ADABOX 016 Essentials
$69.95

Wearables

Kit contents shot with circular microcontroller with copper pads, needles, coin cell battery holder, sewable LEDs, micro USB to USB-A cable, alligator clips, and conductive sewing thread.
Gemma M0 Starter Pack
$27.95
A collection of electronic parts included in kit.
FLORA Budget Pack
$39.95
Kit contents for Adafruit Beginner LED Sewing Kit
Adafruit Beginner LED Sewing Kit
$13.95
Completed DIY Twinkling Tutu Light-Up Kit shown on Owl puppet
DIY "Twinkling Tutu" Light-Up Tutu Kit
$19.95
Angled shot of a Dia de los Muertos skull PCB with red glowing LEDs for eyes.
Day of the Geek Soldering Badge
$8.95
DIY Light Up Blinky Bow Ties Kit - 10 Pack
$19.95
EL Wire Sound Activated Pocket Inverter - 5V USB Power
$9.95
Adafruit GEMMA M0 - Miniature wearable electronic platform
$9.95

Books

Angled shot of loose booklet pages "Love To Code: Volume 1 Add-on Booklet Kit - Microsoft MakeCode Edition"
Love To Code: Volume 1 Add-on Booklet Kit
$4.95
Front cover of "Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities" by Kathy Ceceri. Cover features a robot comprised of various DIY parts kicking a soccer ball.
Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities
$14.95
Top view of technical book, "Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming".
Python for Kids - A Playful Introduction to Programming
$34.95
Front cover of Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express by Anne Barela. A white hand with a light blue manicure holds up a round dev board with rainbow LEDs.
Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express
$19.45
Front cover of Make: Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA. Making wearables with an Arduino-compatible electronics platform. By Becky Stern and Tyler Cooper. Topdown shot of a round dev board wired to LED PCBs.
Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA
$16.99
Front cover of The Book of Cosplay Lights - Getting Started with LEDs - by Svetlana Quindt @KamuiCosplay. A World of Warcraft cosplayer wearing a teal wig and costume orbs with LEDs.
The Book of Cosplay Lights - Getting Started with LEDs
$19.95

Kits

Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack showing kit contents, with boards, PCBs, wires and power supplies
Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack
$44.95
A collection of electronic parts included in kit.
CircuitPython Starter Kit with Adafruit Itsy Bitsy M4
$24.95
Hand squeezing a water bottle into a potted plant with metal nail stuck into soil. Nail connects to Circuit Playground lit up green.
Circuit Playground Express Soil Sensor Mini Kit
$35.00
Discover Electronics Kit box with colorful cartoon images of electonics
Discover Electronics Kit
$49.95
Assembled snap circuits project with many parts connected together
Snap Circuits® Jr. 100 Experiments
$29.95
Bristlebot - 10 pack
$39.95
micro:bit Ring:Bit Buggy Car Robot (without micro:bit)
$29.95
Grow Your Own Clovers Kit with 4-H logo
4-H Grow Your Own Clovers Kit
$5.95
Top view of solar bug kit contents.
Solar Bug Kit 2.0 from Brown Dog Gadgets - 4 Pack
$24.95
Angled shot of a Crazy Circuits Bit Board Kit.
Crazy Circuits Bit Board Kit - Makes micro:bit LEGO® compatible
$99.95

Learn Guides

Adafruit's Wearables Platform
Getting Started with FLORA
Your playground for exploring the world of electronics
Introducing Circuit Playground
Make faster and easier than ever with MakeCode, code.org CSD, CircuitPython or Arduino!
Adafruit Circuit Playground Express
Your turn to operate! Perform surgery on Adabot, but be careful not to touch the sides or the buzzer will sound!!!
Adabot Operation Game
Shark mask that starts chomping in response to your voice!
Sound Activated Shark Mask
Don't be afraid, this animated box just wants you to offer you some Halloween goodies!
Circuit Playground Express Spooky Laughing Box
Sew up a little warmth and seasonal cheer with a string of LEDs or programmable NeoPixels!
Twinkly Earwarmer Headband
Get up and running with programmable LEDs -- no soldering required!
Make It Glow - Your First NeoPixel Project
Decorate your Mermaid Grotto with No Coding Required
WiFi Jellyfish Lantern with WLED
Use the CLUE and its sensors to super charge the Ring:Bit Buggy
Bluetooth CLUE Robot Car using CircuitPython
Do the batty bat with CircuitPython
Flapping Halloween Vampire Bat
Neon-like ornament in the shape of a snowflake
LED Noodle Snowflake
Scroll the time remaining until your next exciting event!
Scrolling Countdown Timer
Cloudy with a chance of sprites
NeoPixel Sprite Weather Display
Enhance your mask or hat with colored light
Light Up your Costume with Noods