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What is a Magic Card?
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The magic card or "never ending card" is a nice folding
in the shape of a card, which you can open again and again.
There are four different shapes during a cycle.
It is easy to make. |
How to Make it top
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Divide the rectangle 20cm x 10cm into 12 smaller rectangles.
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Cut the rectangle in four equal pieces.
Go over the red lines with an empty pen.
So you can fold the paper at the lines more easily later. |
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Form two rectangles into a U.
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Fasten a U-piece on one rectangle with a paper clip as
shown. |
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Fasten the same U-piece on the second rectangle in the
same way. |
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Fasten the second U-piece below.
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Replace the paper clips with glue.
Be careful: Put glue only on the (virtual) corner squares. |
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The magic card is finished.
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Sequence of
Foldings top
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Open the card at the double lines.
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Öffne die Karte jeweils
an den Doppellinien.
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There are eight surfaces.
This is important to know for when you write on them. |
One Piece Magic
Card top
Fernando Diaz Ziehl from Mexiko sent me the following
template.
>Print out the template.
>Cut out the template, cut also along the black lines
inside.
>Fold as described.
You get the H shaped figure from above. If you like,
you can also glue.
Comments top
About twenty years ago I got this card which advertised
for the products of a famous cosmetic company.
Last year I made a web page in German. I didn't feel
right about it as I didn't know whether the magic card was protected by
a copyright.
I called this folding a H-flexagon.
Gerd Schenk sent me an email with a link to the video
called "Memory Cross and Andy" this month (February 2009). This led
me to the web site http://www.memorycross.com.
Now I know the magic card is obviously free of a copyright.
Gerd Schenk found another link to the German web site
http://www.faltwerk.de/ showing three-dimensional versions.
I also found the name magic card, which is more
appropriate for this folding.
In the meantime (March 2010) I got to know the name Never
Ending Card, and thus I found the way to many sites.
Magic Card
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English
Andy
Memory Cross
Peter Dahmen
Endless
Love
German
Bastel-Elfe
Neverending
Card - Endloskarte
Luise Gand (Video bei Youtube)
Klappkarte/Endloskarte
- kreativer Unterricht - Bastelanleitung
Peter Dahmen
Endlose
Liebe
Sabrina Batzel
Anleitung
Endloskarte
Thank you Gail
from Oregon Coast for supporting me in my translation.
Feedback: Email address on my main page
This
page is also available in German.
URL of
my Homepage:
https://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/
©
2009 Jürgen Köller
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