South Euclid 2D to 3D Camp June 6–10, 2016

Two activities that we focused on were building platonic solids and creating inflatables. The children were provided stacks of paper triangles that Leah and I had laser cut earlier in the week. The first shape they built was a tetrahedron and from there the children were encouraged to create larger more complex shapes. The individual 2D triangles transformed into 3D structures that ranged from geometric to more organic shapes.

If the kids wanted to experiment with more complex platonic nets we provided some net printouts of shapes like an octahedron and an icosahedron.

Using tape, staples and paper allowed the children to quickly move through their designs and easily revise.

The platonic solids was a great introductory activity to show the transition of a flat shape to a 3D structure.