Snowflake Fold

Snowflake Fold is a game about mirror images for young children. A sheet of paper folds up on a cutting mat, the scissors snip a shape on the fold, and you say what will open out. Half a heart on the fold opens as a whole heart. Then the paper really opens, so you can see each fold making a mirror copy.

Four tables a run. One fold: tap the card you think it will be. The other half: colour the empty side of a butterfly, a rocket or a house until both sides match, then fold it shut to check, and it flaps its wings. Two folds: four cards to choose from, then snip the marks that make the snowflake in the picture. Three folds: real snowflakes with eight sides alike, and a picture to colour upside down as its reflection in the water.

On a phone or tablet, tap the cards, tap or drag on the squares, and tap the marks. A mouse works the same way. On a computer keyboard, keys 1 to 4 pick a card or a crayon, the arrow keys and Space colour and snip, and Enter folds or opens.

There is no clock on a sheet. Three mittens are your tries, and everyone gets the same sheets each day. Calm table has no tries to lose and no end to the day.