Dadafu
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Red-Cap Mushroom
14 magnetic tiles · 3 steps
A wide red cap over a short warm cream-colored stalk
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- ×10square tiles
- ×4right triangle tiles
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A mushroom appears after the rain. Put its warm cream stalk in the middle, spread out its red cap, then close the rounded pink top.
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. Make the little cream stalk
Add in this step: 4 square tiles
Join four cream squares into a two-by-two stalk.
Hands-on tip: Keep every tile flat. Join full magnetic edges, working outward from the existing tiles without stacking faces.
Step 1 / 3 2. Spread out the wide red cap
Add in this step: 4 square tiles · 2 right triangle tiles
Place four red squares above the stalk, then add a right triangle at each end.
Hands-on tip: Keep every tile flat. Join full magnetic edges, working outward from the existing tiles without stacking faces.
Step 2 / 3 3. Round off the top
Add in this step: 2 square tiles · 2 right triangle tiles
Add two pink squares above the cap, then close the sloping pink corners to make one continuous rounded cap.
Hands-on tip: Keep every tile flat. Join full magnetic edges, working outward from the existing tiles without stacking faces.
Step 3 / 3
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.
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