Young Engineers

Close shot of two children side by side from just below their shoulders to just above the tops of their heads. Child on left is holding a circuit playground over each eye with their thumb and index fingers. The back of their hands are facing the camera, covering their cheeks and mouth. Part of this child's face is obscured by the elbow of the child on the right who has their arms in the air and is dangling a circuit playground over each eye. The child's left eye is partially visible. This child is smiling.

There's no better way to get your kid started with electronics than the Adafruit Young Engineers category. These kits, packs, and toys all offer introductions into the world of electronics for aspiring engineers.

A number of Adafruit's beginner kits are also perfect for engineers of all ages. We carry kits like the Drawdio - which turns your pencil into a theremin through conductive tape - and the ever-popular MetroX Classic Kit that, with your help, can get anyone programming METROs at a very young age. Whether you're young, or young at heart, the Adafruit Young Engineers category is perfect for your all your electronics needs!

Circuit Playground

Circuit Playground Classic
$19.95
A Black woman's manicured hand holds a round microcontroller with lit up LEDs.
Circuit Playground Express
$24.95
shot of a Black woman's neon-green manicured hand holding up a Circuit Playground Bluefruit glowing rainbow LEDs.
Circuit Playground Bluefruit - Bluetooth Low Energy
$24.95
Rectangular case for Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit.
Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit
$29.95
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
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
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
Bots! by Kathy Ceceri - Book and Parts Bundle showing many components, motors, LEDs, and more
Bots! by Kathy Ceceri - Book and Parts Bundle
$49.95
Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express book along with a collection of electronic parts included in kit.
Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express Book Bundle
$54.95
Top Down Shot of the Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit Express Starter Kit.
Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit Express Starter Kit
$64.95

Create with Circuit Playground

Your playground for exploring the world of electronics
Introducing Circuit Playground
Create beautiful, expressive light paintings using the Circuit Playground for long exposure photography.
Light Paintbrush with Circuit Playground
Blinky bikey fun!
Circuit Playground Bike Light
Use infrared IR transmission to blast your targets -- all made with Circuit Playground Express!
Circuit Playground Express Laser Tag
Make faster and easier than ever with MakeCode, code.org CSD, CircuitPython or Arduino!
Adafruit Circuit Playground Express
Move your body to play Minecraft!
CircuitPlayground Minecraft Gesture Controller
Circuit Playground Bluefruit: Everything amazing about Circuit Playground, now with the power of Bluetooth!
Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
Turn musical notes into a pretty NeoPixel light show.
Circuit Playground-O-Phonor
Make your own festive (or creatively odd!) snow globe with custom lighting effects and Bluetooth control.
Snow Globe with Circuit Playground Bluefruit

CRICKIT

Top down view of a Adafruit CRICKIT for Circuit Playground Express with a circular board connected.
Adafruit CRICKIT for Circuit Playground Express
$29.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit CRICKIT FeatherWing for any Feather
Adafruit CRICKIT FeatherWing for any Feather
$29.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit CRICKIT for micro:bit connected to a black squared board.
Adafruit CRICKIT for micro:bit
$29.95
Adafruit CRICKIT HAT for Raspberry Pi
$34.95
DC Motor in Micro Servo Body and 0.1" power cable
DC Motor in Micro Servo Body
$3.50
Micro servo with three pin cable
Micro servo
$5.95
Purple Aluminum Chassis for TT Motors - 2WD
$14.95
Mini Round Robot Chassis Kit - 2WD with DC Motors
$19.95
Angled shot of three-layer round robot in black metal with Feather plus motor featherwing connected to motors.
Mini 3-Layer Round Robot Chassis Kit - 2WD with DC Motors
$24.95

Build with CRICKIT

If your project needs to move, here is the guide to assist you.
Make it Move with Crickit
Make an interactive miniature golf course
Mini Golf Course with Circuit Playground and Crickit
Starting out in robotics, get up and running in a single setting with Adafruit Crickit and Circuit Playground Express
Hello World of Robotics with Crickit
Use blinking light to animate spinning faces, all synced up by Crickit!
Stroboscopic Zoetrope
Use NeoPixels on your Crickit Projects in MakeCode and CircuitPython
Make It Glow With Crickit
Create beautiful complex harmonic curves with this drawing robot!
Crickit Harmonic Drawing Machine
Train your cat to press a button and receive a reward
Automatic Cat Treat Dispenser
A customizable music box that starts playing when opened
Music Box with Dancing Adabot
Blinka jumps through a ring of fire, controlled via Bluetooth LE and the Bluefruit LE Connect app!
CircusPython: Jump through Hoops with CircuitPython Bluetooth LE

Things That Glow

NeoPixel FeatherWing - 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards
$14.95
nOOds - Flexible LED Filament - 3V 300mm long - Pink
$7.50
nOOds - Flexible LED Filament - 24V 1.2m long - Blue
$19.95
Coil of lit EL wire in orange
EL wire starter pack - Orange 2.5 meter (8.2 ft)
$19.95
Kit shot of unlit white EL tape, inverter, and batteries.
Electroluminescent (EL) Tape/Strip Starter Pack - 100cm - White
$19.95
Lit square of light blue EL sheet
Electroluminescent (EL) Panel Starter Pack - 10cm x 10cm White
$24.95
Kit component shot with coil of EL, inverter, and accessory hardware.
EL wire welted piping starter pack - Aqua - 5 meters
$27.95
Top view of kit contents for MatrixPortal Starter kit.
Adafruit Matrix Portal Starter Kit - ADABOX 016 Essentials
$69.95
Adafruit 8x8 NeoTrellis Feather M4 Kit Pack
$89.95

Learn to Make Things Glow

Make your design glow
EL Wire Sign
32 NeoPixels atop your Feather
Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing
Tile up some full color interactive buttons!
Adafruit NeoTrellis
An easy-to-use GIF player for RGB LED matrices
Animated GIF Player for Matrix Portal
Make your synth nOOdular
nOOds LED CV Signal Visualizers
Enhance your mask or hat with colored light
Light Up your Costume with Noods

Wearables

Five LED sequins light up in separate colors
Adafruit LED Sequins - Multicolor Pack of 5
$3.95
Purple poslished fingers holding a Adafruit GEMMA v2 - Miniature wearable electronic platform.
Adafruit GEMMA v2 - Miniature wearable electronic platform
$9.95
Adafruit GEMMA M0 - Miniature wearable electronic platform
$9.95
Top down view of a FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible connected to 4 alligator clips and a USB powerin the FLORA.
FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible
$14.95
Angled shot of round GPS module.
Flora Wearable Ultimate GPS Module
$24.95
Angled shot of a Dia de los Muertos skull PCB with red glowing LEDs for eyes.
Day of the Geek Soldering Badge
$8.95
Kit contents for Adafruit Beginner LED Sewing Kit
Adafruit Beginner LED Sewing Kit
$13.95
DIY Light Up Blinky Bow Ties Kit - 10 Pack
$19.95
Overhead shot of PCB of 20 break-off LEDs.
Flora RGB Smart NeoPixel version 3 - Sheet of 20
$24.95
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
A collection of electronic parts included in kit.
FLORA GPS Starter Pack
$89.95

Craft Your Own Wearables

Addressable, chainable, delectable!
Sewable NeoPixels
A tiny television neutralizer
FLORA TV-B-Gone
Super simple wearable sparkle
Candle Flicker Hair Bow
LED ring GPS navigation and timekeeping
FLORA NeoGeo Watch
Wear a constellation with NeoPixels & GEMMA
Space Face LED Galaxy Makeup
Glowing NeoPixel Jewel Eyes
Mystical LED Halloween Hood
Bluetooth controlled winter wonderland
NeoPixel Matrix Snowflake Sweater
E-textiles are easy with peel-and-stick conductive fabric tape!
No-Sew LED Wristband
Let your power shine with magic hair that glows when you sing.
Sound Reactive Rapunzel Hair

Kits

Paper Signals Bundle with Feather, servo and various wires.
Paper Signals Bundle
$24.95
Top view of solar bug kit contents.
Solar Bug Kit 2.0 from Brown Dog Gadgets - 4 Pack
$24.95
Adafruit PyBadge Starter Kit with PCB, lanyard, battery and cable
Adafruit PyBadge Starter Kit
$39.95
Bristlebot - 10 pack
$39.95
Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack showing kit contents, with boards, PCBs, wires and power supplies
Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack
$44.95
Components to a Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack.
Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack
$44.95
Top view of kit contents for AdaBox018 FunHouse
Adafruit FunHouse Starter Kit - IoT Home Automation Exploration
$49.95
Adafruit PyGamer Starter Kit with PCB, enclosure, buttons, and storage bag
Adafruit PyGamer Starter Kit
$59.95
Adafruit NeoTrellis M4 with Enclosure and Buttons Kit Pack
$59.95
Angled shot of powered on and assembled LED glasses.
Adafruit LED Glasses Starter Kit
$59.95
Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit - Experimentation Kit for Metro 328 with lots of components, and booklet
Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit - Experimentation Kit for Metro 328
$84.95
Collection of many electronic hand tools and soldering equipment
Ladyada's Electronics Toolkit
$100.00

Add-Ons

Stylized graphic with US dollar signs and "Adafruit Gift Certificate" in filigree font.
$20 Gift certificate
$20.00
"Make Robot Friend" Jigsaw Puzzle
Make Robot Friend Jigsaw Puzzle
$0.95
Friendly robot AdaBot Lunch Box
AdaBot LunchBox
$9.95
Front cover of "Ladyada's Coloring Book R is for Robots" A friendly robot, AdaBot, holds a blue crayon and a pink crayon.
Ladyada's Coloring book - "R is for Robots"
$9.95
Angled shot of electronics notebook.
Electronics Notebook from Monk Makes
$14.95
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