Kaleidocycle

You can add whatever design you want to your kaleidocycle- simple geometric designs are best for your first try. You can cut apart the individual sections of the pattern and tape them down to make a pattern that creates a perfectly lined up picture. If you do this, be consistent about which edges are inside and which are outside. Keep A, C, E, G outside and B, D, F, H outside.

Once you are done designing your kaleidocycle, cut it out along the thick black outer edges.

Fold and crease long all of the dotted lines and also the diagonal lines (8 total). Make your folds as straight as possible. Crease both downward and upward.

Start with the two little rectangular tabs & fold them onto the back side of the kaleidocycle. Tape the end of the kaleidocycle together. This will form your first triangular pyramid.

Next take the triangular tabs and push them underneath the colored section with matching symbols. Tape them down. Do this two more times.

At the end close the open end of the kaleidocycle by taping it together. Your kaleidocycle will now look like a chain of triangular pyramids.

Connect the open edges of your kaleidocycle to make it a ring instead of a chain. Make sure you put tape on both sides of the connection. Now you can play with your kaleidocycle and cycle through all of your designs