12-sided Dice Lampshade

Step 7: Pause and plan

Before covering the pentagons, take a moment to plan. The dice is essentially made up of two flower-like 6-pentagon patterns – one for the top and one for the bottom. Map out the numbers that you want to put on each face taking note that if you want all the numbers to be upright when finished, you need to change your orientation when covering 5 of the pentagons. Thus, 5 pentagons will have a flat edge below the number, 5 pentagons will have a corner below the number and the orientation of the last pentagon (the top one) doesn’t really matter.