Platonic Solids

5 Platonic solids

A Platonic Solid is a 3D shape where:

  • each face is the same regular polygon
  • the same number of polygons meet at each vertex (corner)

Example: the Cube is a Platonic Solid

Hexahedron or Cube
  • each face is the same-sized square
  • 3 squares run into at each corner

There are merely five platonic solids.

The Platonic Solids

For each solid we accept two printable nets (with and without tabs). You can make models with them!

Impress them on a piece of card, cut them out, tape the edges, and you will take your own ideal solids.

Tetrahedron Tetrahedron
  • 3 triangles meet at each vertex
  • 4 Faces
  • 4 Vertices
  • 6 Edges
  • Tetrahedron Net
  • Tetrahedron Net (with tabs)
  • Spin a Tetrahedron
Cube Cube
  • three squares meet at each vertex
  • 6 Faces
  • 8 Vertices
  • 12 Edges
  • Cube Net
  • Cube Net (with tabs)
  • Spin a Cube
Octahedron Octahedron
  • 4 triangles meet at each vertex
  • 8 Faces
  • half dozen Vertices
  • 12 Edges
  • Octahedron Net
  • Octahedron Net (with tabs)
  • Spin an Octahedron
Dodecahedron Dodecahedron
  • 3 pentagons run into at each vertex
  • 12 Faces
  • xx Vertices
  • xxx Edges
  • Dodecahedron Net
  • Dodecahedron Net (with tabs)
  • Spin a Dodecahedron
Icosahedron Icosahedron
  • 5 triangles run across at each vertex
  • 20 Faces
  • 12 Vertices
  • thirty Edges
  • Icosahedron Net
  • Icosahedron Internet (with tabs)
  • Spin an Icosahedron