Be a paper mathemagician!

Polygons

Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon

Always start with a piece of A size paper. The actual size you use will determine how big the polygons are.

Rhombus

Now make rhombus shapes in different colours to make patterns like these ...

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Pentagon

Now make pentagons with coloured paper and use them to make a pattern like this ...

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Regular hexagon

Make hexagons with different colours of paper, and put them together to form a patchwork quilt or a football (you will need some pentagons as well).

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Regular octagon

Start by making a square, making sure you don't throw away the strip of paper you cut off .

Now make a pattern using different coloured octagons.

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