How to Make Pop Up Cards

Pop up cards are easy to make and there are a variety of pop up card patterns that can be made. If you are creative and wish to try your hand in art and crafts, here are some instructions on how to make different types of pop up cards.

How to Make Easy Pop Up Cards

• Take a colored card and cut it into a rectangular shape.
• Fold the card into half after marking the centre.
• Find the midpoint of the folded side. Mark two points at either sides of this midpoint at 2 cm.
• From these points make cuts of 2 cms each.
• Now, push the cut portion inside the card to form a "step" like structure or flap.
• Prepare a small cutout of the picture that you want to pop up on opening the card. The picture can be an image of a cake, flowers or gifts.
• Stick this cut out on the lower portion of the flap you just formed.
• Decorate the remaining portion of the card.

How to Make Mouth Pop Up Cards

• Take a rectangular card paper and fold it into half.
• Find the center of the folded side and make a cut 5 cm inside the card.
• Two flaps will be formed near the cut, fold them to form two triangles.
• Open the card and lay down to open the pop up in a V shape.
• Lift the triangles and pinch their edges to form a beak-like structure.
• Close the card and fold the triangles properly inside the card.
• Take a rectangular card of same dimensions, but of a different color.
• Stick this card above your previous card. You can view the color of the new card through the mouth you made in the previous card.
• Draw a face of an animal or a bird or your favorite cartoon character around the mouth and decorate the card.

How to Make Photograph Pop Up Card

• Take a photograph that is large enough to prepare a card, else use two photographs with similar background and stick them on a card paper.
• Cut out photos of the objects you want to pop up in front of the background photo you have used. Keep aside these cut outs.
• Now fold the background photograph into half and make four parallel cuts at a distance of three centimeters from each other.
• You can cut a pair of cut deeper than other.
• Fold the cuts and push them inside the card to form flaps or steps as in the simple pop up card.
• Stick the photograph cut outs on these flaps.
• If you have cut a flap deeper, the cut out stuck on that flap will appear ahead than the other cut out.
• The pop up card is ready, decorate the card with a color scheme suitable to the photograph used.
• Example: You can use a background photograph with a scenery and cut outs of animals as objects that will pop up so that it gives the effect of the animals standing in the scenery.

How to Make Heart Pop Up Cards

• Take a rectangular shaped red colored card and the fold the card into half.
• Mark a half heart shape on the outer part of the folded card in a way such that when you open the card, you can see a full heart shape on the outer side of the card.
• Now, fold the card and cut properly through the edges of the heart shape. Do not cut the heart shape completely, leave the edge near the upper part of heart uncut.
• Open the card, and heart will pop up.
• Take a card paper of similar size and different color and use it to cover the red card paper from outside.
• You can glue the photograph of your loved one on the heart and decorate your card.

It is always easy to buy pop up cards from shops for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries and for other festive occasions or to convey your get well soon wishes. However, you add a personal touch to your gifts by making a pop card by yourself. Now, that you know how to make pop up cards, use your creativity and make cute pop up cards that can be gifted to your near and dear ones.