In the Netherlands we are in the very privileged position that we can order electronic parts cheaply and have them delivered the next day.
The Hacklab’s golden rules for making things with electronics
Advice from the Hacklab instructor to help you make things with electronics (and figure out why the hell it isn’t working).
Paper pinouts for Raspberry Pi Pico
Put these paper pinout cards on a breadboard, push the Pico through and voilá — there’s the pin numbers, easy to see where to connect things.