House Party Planning

Welcome to the House Party Planning Committee! While the warehouse team is working on a special promo on House pieces, and Jess is working on a Happy Hour special, I'm here to get you prepped to party!

First, let's talk about Houses! House pieces look like a triangle sitting on top of a square or rectangle, just like the house shape a child would draw. We're separating them into two categories- tessellating and non-tessellating.

A tessellating shape can line up with no gaps in between. Think about a brick wall or a tiled floor. These are both tessellations, and a tessellation with only one shape is called a regular tessellation. Some of our house shapes will tessellate into this lovely pattern seen here:

House Plus Design Sheet - Free Download

In order to achieve this design, you must use a House with equal sides and floor, like our 2" House found here.  These Pieces are Square based. 

Some Houses do not have equal measurements, like this the 2-1/8" x 1-1/2" Houses. If a house doesn't have equal measurements of the walls and floor, it won't tessellate without a filler shape. We're calling these non-tessellating houses. Remember it this way: non-tessellating shapes need a guest to go the House party! You'll match the measurement of the sides to your filler shape, NOT the floor; a 2-1/8" x 1-1/2' house will use a 1-1/2" square to tessellate. Remember, your date can't be taller than you! These Pieces are rectangle based. Here's another free design sheet for our non-tessellating shapes:

House Square Design Sheet - Free Download

Some shapes we like to play with just for fun- I like the looks of this third sheet, where the pieces are hexagon-based:

House Hexagon Design Sheet - Free Download

We know that these Houses won't tessellate on their own, so they've each brought a half-diamond to the party! 

I hope this article has helped you with some "house" work, and inspired some new ideas! So, now that you've got your party planned... what will you create?