Pop-Up Pyramid
How to make a pyramid pop out of a plain piece of paper.
Draw a Square With a Couple of Gaps
Draw a Couple of Lines Next to the Square
Repeat the Square and Line
Rectangles are OK, too.
And Again
A couple more times should do it.
Cut!
Bust out the razor and cut along the lines. Goes much faster if you do all the verticals first, and then do the horizontals.
Pull!
Grab the center square and pull it out. Your plain piece of paper is now a funky bit of pop-up pyramidness.
Get More Elaborate
If you have a serious case of OCD or a laser cutter you can take a simple idea to some ridiculous extremes.
Change Direction
Instead of drawing squares and then lines, try drawing just squares with a 1/4 rotation in each successive square.
In other words, leave a gap on the right and left for the first, the top and bottom for the next, and back and forth and so on.
In other words, leave a gap on the right and left for the first, the top and bottom for the next, and back and forth and so on.
Change Shapes
Here's an example of a circle design with a slight twist to it. It's too subtle to really see here, unfortunately.