Interleaving circles to make patterns

Two Colour Pattern – the Running Star

Take paper circles of two colours . Fold

in half and in half again to get creases at right angles.

These creases will help you to overlap the circles the right amount.

Glue in position like this.

Use eight circles

to create this shape.

You can use this as a template to make up similar shapes. Use two colours.

Then interleave the shapes you have created to create a tessellation.

1) 2)

3) 4)

The final tessellation looks like this