Turn ordinary disposables into a supercool icosahedron (pronounced eye-cose-a-HEE-dron), a shape with 20 faces.

The skills it builds: thinking in three dimensions

Materials

• 20 lightweight paper plates

• Stapler

Instructions

1. Fold the plates into triangles as shown.

2. Staple two plates together with three staples.

3. Attach three more plates to make a pentagon, then repeat to make a second pentagon. Set both aside.

4. Staple the 10 remaining plates together into a long chain.

5. Staple the ends of the chain together to form a ring, then staple the two pentagons to the top and bottom of the ring.

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