Paper dice maker

How to play

1. Print on cardstock or thin card. Cut along the solid lines with scissors or a craft knife and a ruler.
2. Score each dashed fold line with a ruler and a blunt tool, then fold it so the printed side faces outward.
3. Glue the grey tabs inside the cube one at a time, press each seam flat and let the glue dry before you roll.
4. Story dice: roll them all and make up a short story that uses every picture word you rolled.
5. Question dice: roll one die and answer the question on the face you land on, or ask a classmate to answer it.

Tips

• Use cardstock or a thin cereal box card. Printer paper folds easily but tends to flop.
• A glue stick is clean and quick. Glue one tab at a time so the paper stays flat while it dries.
• Score every fold with a ruler before you bend it; the crease is what keeps the cube square.
• Test fairness by rolling a die 60 times and counting each face. A fair die lands on each face about ten times.

Where it comes from

Cube nets fold into dice, and on a standard die opposite faces add up to seven. Custom faces turn the same cube into story dice, question dice or activity dice for classrooms.

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