How to Build a Pyramid of Cards

Building a pyramid out of playing cards is one of those tasks that proves "simple" isn't always "easy." Stacking cards in the shape of triangles on top of one another is a simple process to understand, but it takes concentration and patience to get it to work right.

Instructions

1. Start with a full deck of playing cards. You may end up using fewer than the full number of cards in the deck to build your pyramid. Or you could use more than one deck to build an even larger one.

2. Take two cards and stand them up on a table so they touch each other, forming a triangle. This alone will be the most difficult step of forming the pyramid, practicing so the cards stand upright without falling over.

3. Repeat the step of forming triangles with cards, placing them side by side each other. Continue until you have about four or five triangles (more or less, depending on how big you want the pyramid to be).

4. Place cards on top of the triangles, so that one card balances on the points of two triangles. This will take one less card than the number of triangles you have (four cards for five triangles).

5. Stack another row of triangles on top of the cards you placed over the first row. There should be one triangle directly on top of one card.

6. Continue the process until you finish with one triangle on top of one card to complete the top of your pyramid.

Tips & Warnings

• You could also fold the cards in half to form the triangles. This can work as practice to work at building a pyramid.