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Squishy Circuits User Page This site is where we will post news and updates about the University of St. Thomas Squishy Circuits project.

We invite you to post pictures of your squishy circuit creations, as well as suggestions, questions, and comments.

12/20/2025

This season, we’re grateful for all the curious minds, creative hands, and bright ideas that bring learning to life.
May your holidays be filled with joy, creativity, and a little bit of squishy fun!

03/31/2025

With Squishy Circuits, we use two types of play dough and all kinds of different components to help kids learn science and engineering basics. But how does it all work? Revisit a previous blog to learn about protons, electrons, and neutrons—and how they work together to create energy that we know as electricity. Find the link in the comments.

03/25/2025

Spring is in the air, and we’re ready for it! Get set to watch your knowledge of circuitry bloom with our Flower Project. 🌼

Start by building a stem with green dough and then attach a couple of leaves. Make a disc for the center of your flower and wrap a thin strip of insulating dough around it. Then wrap a strip of colored dough around the insulating dough and attach 6 petals of the same color to complete the head of your flower. Attach it to the stem and insert LED bulbs at the center.

Connect the wires from your battery pack and watch your flower light up! Follow along at the link in the comments.

03/19/2025

Discover what all the BUZZ is about with Squishy’s Bee Project.

Form the body of your bee with yellow dough, then add eyes and a couple of stripes. Use insulating dough to make a pair of wings. Next, build a flower for your little pollinator—form 6 petals with orange dough (or another color of your choice) and attach them around a center of white dough. Attach your components and wires and listen as your little bee does its thing. Buzz buzz! 🐝

Watch our tutorial video to learn more. Find the link in the comments.

03/13/2025

With Squishy Circuits, young scientists and engineers discover the fundamentals of circuitry through play. And each of our kits provides an opportunity for your child to invent, create, and explore:

• Dough Kit: includes insulating dough along with conductive dough in a variety of colors
• Lite Kit: includes conductive dough and 3 colors of LED lights
• Standard Kit: includes everything you need to get started, including insulating and conductive dough, LEDs, a buzzer, and a battery pack
• Deluxe Kit: includes both types of dough, sculpting tools, a switch, a motor with fan, buzzers, deluxe battery pack, and 40 LEDs

Order these and other kits at the link in the comments.

03/11/2025

Squishy Circuits uses sculpting dough and electrical components to teach kids about science and engineering concepts through play. But how does it work? And how does play dough conduct electricity? We’re glad you asked.

Click the link in the comments, and let’s explore.

02/26/2025

Slither your way toward STEM learning with our Squishy Circuits Snake Project. 🐍

Roll out green conductive dough to create your snake’s body, and attach a thin disc of insulating dough to the top. Form a triangular shape with green dough to use as your snake’s head. Slice the triangle in half and add a thin layer of insulating dough between the two pieces. Connect the head to the body, create sockets for your snake’s eyes, and drop in small yellow balls of dough. Then, add pupils to these yellow eyes with black dough.

Use insulating dough to create stripes all along your snake’s body and add stripes of yellow dough in between. Insert an LED bulb for your snake’s tongue, attach the wires from your battery pack, and watch your creation come to life!

Watch the step-by-step instructions for this project at the link in the comments.

02/19/2025

With creativity in mind, we designed Squishy Circuits to teach kids the basics of science, technology, and engineering through play—because children often learn better when they’re having fun. Revisit our blog to find out how one classroom used Squishy Circuits to not only learn but to better understand how and what they were learning.

Find the link in the comments.

02/12/2025

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we thought now would be the perfect time to revisit our Rose Project. Use red conductive dough to create 7 small, circular discs—and then carefully wrap them around one another to create your flower.

With green dough, make four leaves and attach two to the base of your rose. Attach the other two to the base of your fan. Attach the wires from your battery pack to your rose and an extra red dough ball, as seen in the guide at the link in the comments.

And then watch your fan spin, blowing Valentine’s Day kisses through the air! 💖🌹💋

02/05/2025

This project is roaring with fun when you create and illuminate your own Squishy Circuits dinosaur. 🦕

Use our blue conductive dough to form the body and feet of your dino. Add a thin strip of insulating dough down the dinosaur’s back, and place two rolled-out strips of blue dough along either edge of the insulating dough.

Add eyes to your dinosaur and attach a row of LEDs down your dino’s back. Attach the wires from your battery pack and breathe life—and light—into your creation.

Watch how it’s done at the link in the comments.

01/31/2025

The science behind electrical concepts and circuitry can sometimes seem confusing. But we created Squishy Circuits to help explain electricity in a way that’s easier to understand—and fun at the same time. On our blog, find out how polarity works to bring your Squishy Circuits projects to life. Find the link in the comments.

01/29/2025

The days are slowly getting longer, so let’s celebrate that little bit of additional daylight by building the Squishy Circuits Sun Project! 🌞

Use yellow conductive dough to make a disc. Then, cut that disc into two halves and place a strip of insulating dough between them. Add a couple of LED bulbs for eyes, some triangular dough shapes for rays, and a thin strip of black dough for your sun’s smile. Connect the components and watch your creation light up!

Follow along with the instructions found at the link in the comments.

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