Dodecahedron Calendar

Published by patrick honner on

Here’s a fun use for a dodecahedron:  folding it up to make a yearly calendar!

https://texample.net/tikz/examples/foldable-dodecahedron-with-calendar/

Just download the PDF, print, cut, fold, and glue!  Access to a large-scale plotter might be nice, as the 8.5 x 11 version folds into something that’s pretty small.

It’s too bad there aren’t eight days in a week, otherwise we could put the octahedron to use, too!


patrick honner

Math teacher in Brooklyn, New York

2 Comments

Robert L. Tuva (@rltuva) · October 2, 2011 at 6:18 am

Nice! Wouldn’t a cube do well for a weekly timetable? Sunday doesn’t need to own a face.

Satish · March 16, 2024 at 1:15 am

A dodecahedron with symbol of sunsigns on each face with a little positive description of characteristics would be a gr8 idea . I think

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