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These Models are easy to make. First, print out copies of this page on card stock. Then cut them out and, using a ballpoint pen, score the interior lines. Fold and tape (use 3M’s Mystic tape on the inside). Last, tape the edges together.

Permission is granted to electronically copy, print and make two hard copies of each of the above models, no larger than 1.5′ in diameter. No other license is either granted or implied.

Pattern drawing of squares and triangles in strips for a model polyhedron

Wooden model of a polyhedron with rhombus and square faces

Pattern drawing of hexagons and squares for a model polyhedron

Paper model of a polyhedron with pentagon and hexagon faces

Pattern drawing of connected pentagons for a model polyhedron

Paper polyhedron model printed with starfish and seashell patterns

Pattern of hexagons and squares joined in a strip for a dome cover
Yellow paper model of a truncated polyhedron

Pattern drawing of squares and pentagons for a model polyhedron
Paper model of a rounded polyhedron made of pentagons and other faces

Pattern of triangles and diamonds sketched for a dome cover
White paper model of a dome-like polyhedron with triangle and pentagon faces

Pattern drawing of a star shape made of triangles for a model dome
Paper model of a polyhedron with star-shaped faces

Pattern drawing of connected diamond shapes for a model dome
White paper model of a rhombic polyhedron

Pattern drawing of a grid of triangles for a geodesic dome layout

Pattern drawing of octagons, hexagons and squares tiled together, a dome fabric cutting layout

Pattern of joined diamond and hexagon shapes in a strip for a dome cover

Pattern drawing of repeating diamond shapes, a dome fabric cutting layout

Pattern drawing of octagons with small triangles tiled together, a dome fabric cutting layout