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How to make a paper toy flexagon

11/12/2013 9:42:16 AM
By: papersculpture
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This guide will show you how to make a Cyclic Hexatetra Flexagon from a square piece of paper.

Difficulty level: Beginners

Instructions:

Materials:
1 square paper
Scissors
Colored pencils or markers

Bring the top and bottom edges together to fold the paper in half.
Unfold

Fold the top and bottom edges to the center crease you just made

Result
Unfold

Rotate the paper and repeat steps 2 to 4 in the opposite direction
The result will be 16 squares

Bring the bottom edge up to the top edge to fold the paper in half

The folded edge should be at the bottom.
Cut out the 2 middle squares at the bottom fold as shown in the picture.

Unfold the paper
Draw the same picture on the 2 top left squares and the 2 bottom right squares

Draw a different picture on the top right square, the one underneath it, the bottom left square and the one on top of it.

Draw a different picture in the remaining squares

Flip the paper over to the back side and repeat steps 8 to 10 with different pictures

When you have finished drawing on all the squares, fold the top row down

Result

Fold the right row to the left

Fold the bottom row up

Fold the left row to the right

Hold the right and bottom squares between your fingers
Grab the inside of the left top square and push the center point outwards

Result

Grab the top point and twist it down and to the right

Push your finger inside to help the fold go inward

Flatten out the top and your flexagon toy is ready to play with.

To rotate the pictures, grab the bottom left side of the left top flap and pull it upward and at the same time grab the top right side of the bottom right flap and pull it downward.

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