Fun Cardboard Toy

This is my first Instructable. I will show you how to make a Cardboard toy. I didn't make it up, and I don't know what it's called, but you can turn it inside-out forever, or until it breaks.

Step 1 Gathering materials

What you will need to make this project is:
Cardboard
Scotch tape
Scissors
Something to measure with (I used a measuring tape, but I would recommend a ruler)
Something to color with (Like Colored pencils or markers)
Pen or Pencil (Pencil recommended)

Comments

[The Jamalam]

these are called flexagons, this particular one a hexaflexagon

[peach_fart]

actually its a quadrahexaflexagon.

[robertjames]

actually its called a kaleidocycle

[The Jamalam]

whaaaa?

[mo5]

you got served

[peach_fart]

4 faces hexagon shape and a flexagon, its a quadrahexaflexagon.

[paperairplanecreator]

I love geometry..

[quesoman]

very fun to play with....mine didn't work very well... nice instructable though

[cantthinkof bettername]

Thank you. Feel free to post pictures if you're not embarressed by them.

[NitroRustlerDriver]

Here is a picture of one I made. I drew it in AutoCAD, and hatched the different areas with different patterns. I just printed it on regular printer paper then covered it in clear contact paper. It's a little bit flimsy/flexible, but it works fine. I think if I would have put contact paper on the back as well as the front, it would have been better.

[cantthinkof bettername]

That looks very good. Thank you for sharing.

[rickharris]

It's called a flexagon. ref - wiki

[cantthinkof bettername]

Thanx. I was told that by my old math teacher, but I looked them up and they weren't the same. I guess there must be different kinds.

[peach_fart]

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[cantthinkof bettername]

What is it? I don't know if I can change my name now.

[peach_fart]

just ask eric to change it to "this is better than my last name"

[cantthinkof bettername]

I don't know, my last name is pretty cool

[fancypenguin845]

we made these in art class. i got mine taken away for playing with it during class :)

[Kiteman]

You seem to have uploaded all your images as bitmaps, but with the tmp extension. You need to reload them with the bmp extension so that they show up properly on the screen.

[cantthinkof bettername]

I think it's fixed now Thank you.

[Kiteman]

You're welcome - you might as well remove the tmp files - they're just in the way.

[cantthinkof bettername]

ok

[Kiteman]

Much better.