I’ve written about flexagons before — if you aren’t familiar with flexagons, they are flat “books” made from folded paper that are then unfolded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces. From my post, you can download a PDF on how to make them. They can be tricky to construct and tricky for the recipient to unfold-refold them.
I ran across another similar structure, the infinity card which also folds and refolds but is far easier to design and construct. The video below shows how to make them. You can download Marilyn Scott Waters’ design to make your own at the bottom of this page. Waters also has a website with lots of free downloads of paper toys you can make.
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thanks for another GREAT post. I went to her site and downloaded the cards, printed on nice stock, now to try it myself. your blog is always fun. I check it every day!!
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Great little video. Thanks for posting it. I look forward to making this infinity card.
-mkb
This is great! Susie and I, at Bookmaking With Kids, have no trouble teaching kids to make flexagons, but this is far easier. Now we’ll have to ponder whether any kind of text makes sense on the various faces of this structure.
So glad you referenced Waters’s site. She has a juggernaut full of cut-out-and-assemble toys. Very inventive (and very generous) paper artist. As always, this was a wonderful post. Thank you , Green Chair.