The Makey Makey Glove controller is an interactive glove in which it acts as a controller using isolated finger movements to activate various keystrokes on the keyboard. (Thanks to Katie Butzu and Mark Lyons for teaching us about this amazing controller idea!)

What is it for?

Individuals who struggle with delays in fine motor skills as a result of a
neuromuscular condition, genetic condition, injury, etc. often struggle with the
skill of finger opposition or the ability to bring your thumb to each individual finger.
Delays or deficits in this area can impact someone's ability to effectively grasp,
turn, rotate objects and tools.

Grab your supplies and let's go!

Grab your conductive tape from the Craft + Code booster kit and wrap each finger of the glove with tape. 

Make sure to cover a lot of the fingertip to ensure a connection.

Cut off the thumb of the glove for your EARTH connection. The user can hold the EARTH alligator clip, and their whole body will become the EARTH connection. Then they can touch the fingertip connection to the thumb to signal a key press.

Connect an alligator clip to each fingertip and to an arrow key on the Makey Makey.

Plug Makey Makey into your computer or tablet (with a new USB C cable) and play with any game that takes arrow key inputs!

Make music with our piano app, create a second controller and play our new 2 player soccer app, or code your own project idea with Scratch or MakeCode Arcade!

Just touch fingertips to thumb to play!

More Apps to Try

• Make a Sketch
• Adjustable Piano
• Match the Beat
• Fruit Catcher