TEssellated Tetrahedron

Tessellate a tetrahedron. Imagine what it could be. I imagine mine to be a cloaked space station. What will your imagine yours to be?

Step 2

Cut out the four pattern pieces by cutting on the black lines around the edge of each pattern piece.

STEP 3

On each pattern piece, fold the three long lines that have both red and green segments in both directions, that is as both mountain folds and valley folds.

Step 4

Next fold all other lines (not folded in Step 3). Fold the green lines as valley folds and the red lines as mountain folds. Be careful to fold the new lines so they only go up to the long lines folded in Step 3, and not beyond. Then fold the segments in the long lines, the green segment as a valley fold and the red segments as mountain folds.

Step 5

Connect Part 1 to Part 2. Do this by gluing Flaps A, B, C, and D on Part 1 to the similarly labelled Flaps on Part 2.

Step 6

Connect Part 3 to the project. Do this by gluing Flaps E, F, G, and H on Part 3 to the similarly labelled flaps on Part 1; and by gluing Flaps J, K, L and M on Part 3 to the similarly labelled flaps on Part 2.

Step 7

Finish the project by connecting Part 4. Do this by gluing Flaps N, O, P, and Q on Part 4 to the similarly labelled flaps on Part 1; then by gluing Flaps V, W, X, and Y on Part 4 to the similarly labelled flaps on Part 3; and finish by gluing Flaps R, S, T, and U on Part 4 to the similarly labelled flaps on Part 2.

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