It’s mid-January – did you get a new calendar yet? Well, look no further! We’ve found a clever idea for a DIY calendar you can make with paper, glue and scissors: the dodecahedral calendar. Cute and compact, the calendar features one month of the year on each of its 12 faces. Follow the steps below for a geometric calendar of your own.
1. Download the calendar template here. Make sure you print the template out on legal size paper–regular letter size paper may be too small.
2. Cut out the template, but only on the solid lines. You will have what looks like two five-petal flowers attached in the middle.
3. Fold along each dotted line.
4. Apply glue to each folded tab and paste the tab underneath the “petal” next to it.
5. While pasting, you should start to see the dodecahedron taking shape.
6. After you glue down each tab, you will have created a 3-dimensional dodecahedron calendar!
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January 19th, 2006 @ 7:28 pm
Absolutely wonderful!!
January 28th, 2006 @ 12:31 pm
Every mathematician should build one!!!
January 30th, 2006 @ 7:05 am
Make your own dodecahedral calendar
The SimpleHuman blog’s got crafty instructions for making a 12-sided (that’s dodecahedral to you buster) 2006 calendar with some paper, scissors and glue. Great little desk toy that doesn’t require you flip pages to check dates. 3-D Calendar [SimpleHum…
January 30th, 2006 @ 9:06 am
How can I read the contents of the this site?
Thanks
January 30th, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
Very nice, here’s mine, took me about 10 min to make!
http://flickr.com/photos/dmkanter/93252433/
January 30th, 2006 @ 3:18 pm
Simply beautiful!
January 30th, 2006 @ 6:06 pm
3-D Calendar
Beyond cool… Link: simplehuman | blog: 3-D Calendar.
January 30th, 2006 @ 6:10 pm
3-D Calendar
Do you still need a calendar for 2006. Well, you’re in luck! Get 1 point extra credit for making one of these by Wednesday and bringing it to class to show me! Beyond cool… Link: simplehuman | blog: 3-D
January 31st, 2006 @ 5:32 am
Beautifull! Fenomenal! .. and cute
September 30th, 2006 @ 5:05 am
You can do the same with your own pictures here :
http://www.artabus.com/calendar.php
August 18th, 2008 @ 10:37 am
I would love to try to make one of these. Unfortunately my arts and crafts skills are less than average. I would never forget my appointments if I had something like this though.
October 9th, 2009 @ 11:21 am
Very nice, here's mine, took me about 10 min to make!
http://flickr.com/photos/dmkanter/93252433/
November 18th, 2009 @ 11:55 am
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December 18th, 2009 @ 12:12 am
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May 8th, 2010 @ 5:11 am
Great idea. I try this at home.
June 18th, 2010 @ 2:20 am
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