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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.
This
page is also available in German.
URL of
my Homepage:
https://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/
©
2009 Jürgen Köller
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