Making Paper Houses: attaching components using Bare Paint

In this basic tutorial we will show you how to use Bare Paint to attach components on paper and draw a simple circuit. When you're finished, you will have a glowing paper house which dims depending on the distance of your hand!

To help you complete this project we've made all the component available to buy in the House Mini-kit. Alternatively you can source them yourself via the links below.

Materials

Bare Paint
Brush
Tracing Paper
Glue
Scissors
Wire Cutters
Wire Strippers

Components

To purchase the Mini-Kit with all the components click here

Mini Photocell 202403 UK: Farnell / US: Jameco
Transistor BC548  UK: Farnell / US: Jameco
1Kohm Resistor UK: Farnell / US: Jameco
470 ohm Resistor UK: Farnell / US: Jameco
2 Bright LED's  UK: Farnell / US: Jameco
50K Trimpot  UK: Farnell / US: Jameco
9V Battery Clip UK:  Farnell / US: Jameco
9V Battery  UK: Farnell / US: Jameco

Download Files

Houses Template

Circuit Diagram

If you have any questions please email them to info@bareconductive.com, and don't forget to submit your own projects to community@bareconductive.com

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