How to make a Pyramid- School Project

 Solid Shapes School Project

Solid shapes school project

My 7 year old is learning about solid shapes in school and for her school project she had to take a chart or a 3 D project. Those who have been around my blog for some time will know my daughter always chooses the more difficult option![Remember our 3D model of the Taj Mahal!!]

But I must say it was fun making the 3 D paper cube, cuboid , cone and pyramid.

Solid shapes school project

The washi tape flags with the names of the solid shapes was surprisingly my little one's idea[ and no she didnt see it on pinterest!!!]

Solid shapes school project

I had once before made a Pyramid for a food pyramid school project but hadn't bothered to blog about it as I felt it was so simple.My hubby's aunt is a school teacher and recently she told me how she had struggled to make a food pyramid for her students as there were no easy tutorials on the net on how to make a pyramid. 

So sharing our easy and quick 3 D Pyramid Tutorial

Materials

• Paper -thick chart paper or card stock preferred
• Glue- Fevicol MR is my preferred glue. A glue stick wont work and avoid runny glue.
• Scissors
• Scale 
• Scoring tool - use a blunt knife or a ball point pen which has run out of ink
• Optional -Scoreboard - makes measuring and scoring easy and quick

The easiest pyramid is made from a square of paper! I started of with a 6 x 6 inch card .Scored [means take a ruler and run a blunt pen along]it every 2 inches one side first, turn 90 degree and do the other side. Choose any size of paper and divide it into 3 parts.So its easiest to work with a paper measuring a multiple of 3 eg 6 inch, 9 inch, 12 inch etc !!

When you score the paper into 3 both ways your paper gets marked into 9 squares  as shown in the photo below of the paper pyramid tutorial

Pyramid tutorial

Chop off the corner 4 squares as shown in the photo of the pyramid tutorial

Paper pyramid tutorial

Mark the midpoint of the outer 4 squares as shown in the pyramid pictorial

Paper pyramid tutorial

Score from the marked midpoint  to the base corners of the outer squares as shown.

Paper pyramid tutorial

Once you have scored all 4 outer squares,snip off small triangles from all the flaps as shown.This step helps to glue your 3 D pyramid easily

Paper pyramid tutorial

Fold in all the flaps at the score lines and now you have triangles around the base square of your pyramid.

Paper pyramid tutorial

Next fold up all 4 triangles and you have a 3 D paper pyramid!

Paper pyramid tutorial

The last step which is gluing all the flaps looks the easiest but is actually the trickiest because if you don't have patience to let your glue dry ...your pyramid falls apart! Apply glue on all the flaps of the triangles one by one and hold in place by holding the apex of the pyramid

Paper pyramid tutorial

If you are working with kids its highly likely your pyramid will have lots of glue smears..mask the mess by adhering pattern paper like we did for one of our pyramids! We stuck washi tape on toothpicks and my little one wrote the names of the shapes on the washi tape[ a gift from Priya].The "Prisha" was made by die cutting foam.

Solid shapes school project

I know for the seasoned paper crafter making a pyramid may be an easy task but I am sharing our pyramid tutorial for all the kids , harried moms and hardworking teachers to make school projects a tad easier!!
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