Step by step how to make a tessellation

1. By Joe Brousseau Step by step how to make a tessellation

2. First open up the paint program and create a box with lines through it.

3. Now color all the squares in.

4. Now use the selector tool in the top right corner highlight and copy the picture.

5. Now open up Microsoft word and paste the shape.

6. Now click the shape and go to the top right of the screen and click format. On the top left there is a recolor button click it and go down to set transparent color and click in the white space between the shape and box as shown.

7. Now copy and paste the shape next to each other.(note you may have to shrink it a bit to fit them)

8. Now go to the top and click page layout. Then click the shape to the right it should get a box around it and then go to the right of the page and click rotate. Go down to flip horizontally .

9. Now right click each shape go to text wrapping and set it to behind text.

10. Now take the shape on the right and drag it up to the one on the left.

11. Now while holding down the control button click both shapes so they highlight and then right click and copy. Now paste the shape under the original.

12. Lastly hold control and highlight the two shapes again then rotate the shapes by flipping them vertically. And move the shapes together.