Pop Up Cards

© 2008 This project is dedicated to Gurudev.
For use in Balavihar classrooms (or personal use) only.

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This is a fun project to do, using only stickers, paper and glue. The fish pop-up cards are a nice, quick project to go along with the Panchatantra "Tale of the Three Fish." This would also make a really cool project if you have a Ganesha or OM sticker to use.

Materials

Stickers

Card stock

Scissors

Glue Stick

One colored card stock 5 x 6 (folded) This is the outside paper.

One colored card stock 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 (folded) This is the inside paper.

Directions

1. Place sticker (pop-up image) onto cardstock. Cut out and decorate.

2. With the inside paper (4 3/4 x 5 1/2) make two parallel cuts. (Photo A) Do not cut this completely out. The rectagular shape (bar) remains attached to the paper.

3. Fold this bar forward. Crease. Then fold it backwards. Crease. Open the card and push the bar into the card. (Photo B and C)

4. Glue the sticker (pop-up image) onto the face of the bar.

5. Glue the inside paper onto the outside card - one side at a time. (Photo D) Make sure that you do not glue the cut out area. Otherwise, your image will not pop-up.

Photo A

Photo B

Photo C

Photo D