how to make platonic solids









flower theme decoration on the surface of a do-it-yourself dodecahedron flat pentagons make a dodecahedron (a platonic solid)

FLOWER POWER DODECAHEDRON
by Brandi W.

Do you see how Brandi makes her dodecahedron? She starts with pairs of pentagons...six pairs.

She could also have made her dodecahedron from 4 groups of three pentagons, or 3 pairs of four pentagons, or even 2 hemispheres made from 6 pentagons each.