LED Name Badge Kit (100 Pack)

Create a fun light up name badge in minutes with this simple science project!

Ever wondered how businesses and hotels achieve those stunning “floating” Exit signs? Now you can create your own eye-catching name badge with a similar effect! Using a piece of acrylic, an LED, a battery, and a safety pin, you can easily craft a personalized, illuminated badge. Simply etch your name or design onto the acrylic, insert the battery and LED, and watch your badge come to life with a brilliant glow.

Our kit includes everything you need to make your custom light-up name badge—just bring your own dry erase marker for the etching. With a selection of LED colors to choose from, you’ll have a stylish and unique badge that’s sure to turn heads!

Brown Dog Gadgets is another by educators for educators which is AMAZING!  The products are created by STEM Educators for STEM Educators.  STEM is their focus.  However, we feel they should say STEAM because many of their sets incorporate the arts.  Their kits and projects are designed to unlock creativity in all students.

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Create Unique Glowing Designs with the LED Acrylic Name Badge Kit

This simple activity teaches kids about optics and circuitry through an engaging art activity. You start with a blank piece of acrylic and etch your name or design on it using an (included) safety pin. Once finished add in an LED to make your project light up! This process is typically called “edge lit acrylic” and you can often find it being used for fancy Exit or shop display signs.

Parts included to make 100 LED Name Badges:
  • Acrylic Blank Name Badges
  • LEDs
  • Batteries
  • Safety Pins
  • Stickers

You will need to provide your own dry erase markers, or something similar, to complete this project. All kits are shipped with special blue LEDs. We’ve found that blue has the most vibrant appearance under all lighting conditions.

Warning: Kit includes small parts and batteries. These are a choking hazard. Not intended for children under the age of 10.

I love that they allow full access to all of their resources via their online Project Database.  All the resources are 100% Open Source and free to use! Printable directions and a step by step video can be found on our online Project Database.

If you have access to your own laser cutter or CNC router our design files are available for download. Use your machines to etch in your digital files and designs.

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