Flexagon Portal - Hexaflexagon Maps

Magic Flexagons

Tips for Folding

Here are some general tips for cutting, folding, pasting, and constructing flexagons.

Flexagon Challenge

If you want to test your flexagon skills, check out the dodecaflexagons. Below is a tetra-dodecaflexagon with fractal faces folded from a hexagonal template.

Triflex with Pattern

Here is a Trihexaflexagon with an interesting color pattern. Fold as for other Trihexaflexagons.

Recommended Links

Check out all of the Ann Schwartz flexagon articles here.

Here are some of the best technical articles on the flexagon available mostly by Dr. McIntosh and also hosted by Dr. McIntosh.

Les Pook not only has a facinating website he also has a great book, I think the only book in print, on flexagons.

Scott Sherman has the best information on how to make a large variety of flexagon beasts anywhere on the web.

Hexaflexagon Maps - 7 sides

For the seven sided Hexaflexagons there are four variations. Two of these variations are folded from the same frieze pattern. This is the first of these kind of patterns and there are many more as the flexagon sides increase. Variation 2 below has a frieze that twists back on itself. Detailed plans for all these variations can be downloaded from the home page.

The following two variations have the same frieze pattern but different face maps and flexing characteristics.

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