Kinetic Light-Up Speaker
Make some noise with a light-up speaker — built by you! Get familiar with electronic components as you build the speaker’s circuit to connect lights and sounds. As the music plays, lights flash and foam balls bounce to the beat. Ready to get movin’ and groovin’ with electronics? (USB power source not included.)
Why it’s awesome
Turn-it-up engineering
Use real electronic components to wire it up and rock out.
Bounce to the beat
Crank the volume to watch lights flash and balls dance to the music.
Wireless tunes
Play music from any device with Bluetooth technology.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Science of sound
Electrical engineering
How speakers work
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“We didn’t originally set out to design a speaker that was as visual as it was vibin’. But during an early test run, we happened to scatter some beads on a speaker cone. It was so fun watching the beads dance around, we knew we had to make that a part of the project — but with colorful foam balls, of course. We added the tubes later . . . after the speaker sent the balls flying all over the place. (Oops.)”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
14
Speaker cones tested
162
Songs played during design and testing
dozens!
Foam balls sacrificed in the name of science
Reviews
4.9
20 reviews
Irina
03/11/2025
It's an amazing project! The quality of the materials is exceptional! Kids use the speaker regularly!
Grandpa
03/11/2025
I gave this to my 14 year old grandson for his birthday and he was very happy with it. He was able to build it in one afternoon and reports that it works as advertised.
Christine
03/01/2025
Our ten-year old granddaughters loved putting this together and making something they could use again and again. They needed minimal help from Grandpa, a retired science teacher, who also thought it was a great project.
Faye
02/24/2025
Super loud speaker, daughter (12) found it easy to put together and enjoyed it immensely
Desland
02/23/2025
Very age appropriate! My 8 and 11 year old couldn’t wait to finish building it! They’ve enjoyed it listening to their favorite songs!
Paul
01/06/2025
My 11 year-old loved it. Enjoyed putting it together and appreciated the ease of use and sound quality. Highly recommended.
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