Rubik's Cube Braille Tiles

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My 9-year-old daughter and I designed and assembled these braille tiles that can be attached to a Rubik's Cube with glue. As someone who works with the blind professionally in an educational environment, I'm always looking for ways to create things that both sighted people and those who are blind can work on together. This is known as Universal Design, which is why I created curb cuts - they help people using wheelchairs but also parents pushing strollers. The braille used here follows Grade 1 and simply spells out the first letter of each color: G = Green, Y = Yellow, O = Orange, W = White (note that W and Red can be confused so T could be substituted), R = Red, B = Blue. I added an orientation line at the bottom of each tile to help braille users know which way is up as the cube rotates. If you look at my picture, I've already mixed it up, so the orientation lines aren't perfectly aligned - try getting them back in order for a bonus! I printed these tiles on my Ultimaker 3 extended using Matterhacker ABS PRO filament. To make ten tiles, I increased the brim to 14mm, moved them close together (5x5), and set the bed temperature to 100c at a layer height of .06mm with 20% infill - but it wasn't needed. The tiles can be snapped off and trimmed once separated.