Clutching at Straws to Make Mathtastic Mobiles
By Twistie
This is a decahedron himmeli mobile.
Okay, a decahedron is a polyhedron with ten flat faces. A himmeli is a traditional Finnish Christmas ornament, usually made of straw, created to encourage a good harvest.
And I couldn’t have defined either of these concepts yesterday. The reason I can today is that Aunt Peaches has posted a set of instructions for making a decahedron himmeli out of not straw… but drinking straws.
How cool is that?
Me? I’m headed to the dollar store for straws!
