Strawberry Ice Cream

Before you build with real tiles

• Lay every tile flat and look from above. Join neighboring straight edges in step order, without overlapping or stretching tiles.
• Use any colors in your own kit. Every part is an ordinary square, triangle or cutout magnetic tile.

How to build it, step by step

1. 1. Start with the cone point

   Add in this step: 2 right triangle tiles

   Join two gold right triangles along their middle edge to make the downward point.

   Hands-on tip: Keep every tile flat. Join full magnetic edges, working outward from the existing tiles without stacking faces.

   

2. 2. Widen the top of the cone

   Add in this step: 2 square tiles · 2 right triangle tiles

   Add two squares above the point and a sloping triangle at each side.

   Hands-on tip: Keep every tile flat. Join full magnetic edges, working outward from the existing tiles without stacking faces.

   

3. 3. Add the strawberry scoop

   Add in this step: 6 square tiles · 2 right triangle tiles

   Lay four pink squares over the cone, then add two lighter squares and two sloping corners for a rounded scoop.

   Hands-on tip: Keep every tile flat. Join full magnetic edges, working outward from the existing tiles without stacking faces.

   

A little help for grown-ups

You do not need to plan a lesson. Use these prompts when you reach a tricky step, or when your child wants to try an idea of their own.