Pop-Up Pyramid
Intro: Pop-Up Pyramid
How to make a pyramid pop out of a plain piece of paper.
STEP 1: Draw a Square With a Couple of Gaps
STEP 2: Draw a Couple of Lines Next to the Square
STEP 3: Repeat the Square and Line
Rectangles are OK, too.
STEP 4: And Again
A couple more times should do it.
STEP 5: Cut!
Bust out the razor and cut along the lines. Goes much faster if you do all the verticals first, and then do the horizontals.
STEP 6: Pull!
Grab the center square and pull it out. Your plain piece of paper is now a funky bit of pop-up pyramidness.
STEP 7: Get More Elaborate
If you have a serious case of OCD or a laser cutter you can take a simple idea to some ridiculous extremes.
STEP 8: Change Direction
Instead of drawing squares and then lines, try drawing just squares with a 1/4 rotation in each successive square.
In other words, leave a gap on the right and left for the first, the top and bottom for the next, and back and forth and so on.
In other words, leave a gap on the right and left for the first, the top and bottom for the next, and back and forth and so on.
STEP 9: Change Shapes
Here's an example of a circle design with a slight twist to it. It's too subtle to really see here, unfortunately.
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Chisom Obiukwu 9 years ago
hi
Chisom Obiukwu 9 years ago
jk
nikkim 9 years ago
would it turn out okay if you use a rectangle instead or would it turn out differently?
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