Goal: Music box with rechargeable power source

Projects General Guidance
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I want to make a music box as a gift so I want it to be neat and rechargeable easily and not to be tied to a wall all the time. This would be my first project with arduino. I found this project that has a lot of the things I would like to use. So I'd use Arduino Uno, Micro Metal Gearmotor 100:1, some small speaker, reed switch and I'd like to use DFPlayer Mini instead of MP3 Player Shield.

The biggest problem is power. I've seen some possibilities with Lipo batteries but they are a bit confusing so I'm asking here for help. What I have found as the most attractive solution is SparkFun LiPower Shield but it is a bit pricey for me.

I know the best way would be to try it for myself and experiment with it, but since I live in Serbia, a lot of stuff isn't that easily accessible so I'll have to order it from abroad and that takes time and money so I wanted to inform first of what do I need for sure.

So I'd appreciate help with what do I need, what's the best way to do it and if there are better, easier or cheaper ways to do this from the way I planned it. Thanks. :slight_smile:

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Since you have a DFPlayer music shield, can you get a DFRobot LiPo charger?

(there are several on the page along with batteries)
(Or is that two different companies?)

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I don't actually have DFPlayer Mini still, but I found where I can get it in my country and it's not expensive and as far as I can see, I can do with it what I need. I do plan to order some stuff from international websites so if that charger would be the best option, I could probably get it, but it's not available as it is in my country.