When you assemble the individual cubes, you can create many different stories or haptically (with the cubes in your hand) examine their relationships and generate completely new ideas.
A crafting instructions and templates can be found at the link provided.
Each side of the cube can represent an idea, an object, an action or something else. There are no specifications what the cube pages need to contain. Story Cubes can be folded in two different ways. One can illustrate each side of the cube and thus represent a total of twelve illustrations. This can reveal different perspectives and create new connections and associations.