Patterns from circles cut from coloured paper

 

Single Fold Pattern using two colours

 

You need 6 coloured circles three yellow, and three blue to make each hexagon.

 

Mark the centres and

 

fold in the edge to the centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do this with all the circles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overlap alternating colours so that the corners touch and the edge of the overlapping circle lies on the centre of the first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overlap six to create a hexagon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combine hexagons to create patterns