Easter Clicker

About the Easter Clicker

An Easter clicker: a chick, a bunny, a lamb or a painted Easter egg peeping out of a cracked eggshell or a grassy pot. Press its head and it clicks, because it’s the keycap on a real MX-style keyboard switch hidden in the pot.

What you can change

• Character: chick, bunny, lamb and easter egg.
• Face: their own, happy, excited and sleepy, and 4 more.
• Pot: A cracked eggshell, A grassy rim and keyring tab and plain pot.
• All 11 colours are yours to pick.
• Adjust head width, pot height, how many and head fit on the switch.
• Turn on or off: keyring loop on the rim.

Size

About 57 × 49 × 53 mm (width × depth × height), one piece at the starting settings.

What you download

An STL for any slicer, and a 3MF with each colour as its own part, ready for an AMS or a filament change.

Printing it

About 23 g of PLA and about 1 hour 30 minutes to print, one piece at the starting settings (15% infill, 2 walls, 0.2 mm layers, on a Bambu Lab A1). Your slicer gives the exact figures for your printer and settings.

You need an MX-style keyboard switch for each character; it clips into the pot from above. The pot prints standing up with no supports. The head prints standing on its bottom edge, with supports on the build plate only, for the hollow inside and the stem that pushes onto the switch.

Ideas for using it

• An Easter basket filler that isn’t chocolate.
• Prizes for an Easter egg hunt.
• A spring decoration for a desk or windowsill.
• Class gifts at the end of the spring term.

Read: How to make a 3D printed fidget clicker with a keyboard switch

Questions

What size is it?

About 57 × 49 × 53 mm (width × depth × height), one piece at the starting settings. Every size is a setting, so make it as big or small as you need.

Do I need a multi-colour printer?

No. Print it in one colour, or in colours with a filament change: the Colours line under the 3D view says at which height to change. With an AMS or another multi-colour printer, the 3MF prints it in one go.

Which printers and slicers does it work with?

Any FDM printer. The STL opens in every slicer; the 3MF keeps the colours as separate parts in Bambu Studio, Orca Slicer, PrusaSlicer and Cura. Pick your printer in the designer to check it fits the plate.

Can I sell what I make?

On Pro and Ultimate you can sell the prints you make, for example on Etsy or at craft fairs. On Free and Maker, print it for yourself or give it as a gift. The STL and 3MF files themselves are never for sharing or selling.