Paper Dice

A die with 1⅝ in edges, made from two strips of three faces each. The dots are black, and the one is a big red dot. The dots on opposite faces add up to 7, just like on a real die.

• Easy
• 1 1⅝ in die
• 8 tabs
• 1 Letter sheet

Make it with your phone cameraLesson code: 3691

On VanGami the template appears over your sheet through your phone camera — no printer needed. Trace it, cut, fold and glue. Below are all the steps in text.

What you’ll need

• Letter sheet — office paper, 80 gsm (20 lb)
• Markers
• Pencil — and eraser
• Ruler — 8–12 in
• Scissors — small
• Glue stick — or PVA glue
• Empty pen — to score the folds
• Glass — phone stand

Steps

Trace

1. Strip 1: outline. Three squares in a row, with three tabs on top and three on the bottom. Using the screen, mark dots at all the corners, then connect them with a ruler.
2. Strip 1: folds. Draw the lines between the squares and by the tabs as dashed lines — don’t cut along them. Tab numbers: on top 1, 2, 3, on the bottom 6, 7, 8.
3. Strip 1: dots. Trace the circles: four, one big one, three — as on the screen.
4. Strip 2: outline. Again three squares in a row, with tabs only on the middle one, on the top and bottom. Dots at the corners, lines with a ruler.
5. Strip 2: folds. Draw the folds as dashed lines and number the tabs 4 and 5.
6. Strip 2: dots. Circles: two, six, five — as on the screen.

Color

7. Color: strip 1. Color the dots black and the big single dot (the one) red. Don’t color the tabs.
8. Color: strip 2. Color all the dots black. Don’t color the tabs.

Cut

9. Cut out: strip 1. Cut out the strip together with the tabs. At the corners between the tabs, cut in from both sides.
10. Cut out: strip 2. Cut out the strip together with the tabs. At the corners between the tabs, cut in from both sides.

Fold

11. Fold both strips. Score all the dashed lines with an empty pen along a ruler. Then fold each line away from you, dots facing out — tabs too.

Glue

12. A U shape and a bracket. Fold strip 1 into a U shape, with all six tabs inward. On strip 2, fold in the lid with two dots and tabs 4 and 5; leave the bottom alone for now.
13. Lid and back wall. Put glue on tabs 1–3 and 4–5. Fit strip 2 on from the back: the lid sits on tabs 1–3, and tabs 4 and 5 go inside the sides. Press from the inside with your finger through the open bottom.
14. Bottom. Turn the die bottom side up. Put glue on tabs 6–8 and close them with the last face — the one with five dots. Squeeze the die and hold for 10 seconds.

Check

15. Roll the die. Shake the die in your hands and roll it onto the table. Play with a friend: take turns rolling — whoever rolls higher gets a point.

Done. The die is done. Play with a friend: take turns rolling — whoever rolls higher gets a point, and the first to ten points wins. Need a second die? Make another one from the same template.

Make it with your phone camera

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