Pop up Card tutorial - Make any Picture into a Pop Up Card

Pop Up Card Tutorial

In this tutorial I will share how to make a quick Pop up card using any picture.This card is for my daughters friend who is learning Karate.I already had a card made some time back with an interactive Panda  jiggling around on the front of the card and I needed to quickly make the inside of the card.

Kinetic Card Tutorial

On pulling the tab the panda slides and jiggles around.

Kinetic Card Tutorial

Kids love anything that moves on a card .The kinetic mechanism is fairly simple and here is the interactive mechanism hidden behind the corrugated green card. The panda and the pull tab are connected with a split pin[shown as red dot].Next time I make this type of mechanism will take step wise photos and post a detailed tutorial.

Pop Up Card Tutorial

For the inside of the card I made a quick and simple picture pop up card.This is the most common type of pop up mechanism you will find in childrens' pop up books and its amazingly simple to make once you get a knack of the pop up mechanism.
How to make a picture Pop up card.
What you need to make this type of Pop up card

• Picture on thick paper more than 140 g
• Scale: to measure and make horizontal lines
• Cutting mat or your kitchen cutting board[what I used till I got a cutting mat]
• Xacto knife or surgical blade which ever is available to you

Choose a picture [should not be very thin paper something around 140 g or more is ok].I have used Kungfu Panda wallpapers on A4 sized Photo-paper.
Score the central crease partial length only- as shown by the red line. You can use a pen whose ink has run out to score the lines.I stopped the score line at the mountain as I am going to pop the panda at the mountain.

Pop Up Card Tutorial

Decide at what distance you want your picture to pop out from the background. I made our Panda pop out at 1 cm.So here measuring 1 cm and drawing horizontal creases at 1cm distance.

Pop Up Card Tutorial

Cut the outline of your picture.On this photo you can see the horizontal creases at 1cm distance.Next use your knife and cut the side outlines of the panda to the bottom.

Pop Up Card Tutorial

Mark your lower crease.The Panda outline needs to be cut till the lower crease which will be at 1 cm distance from the central crease of your card.I have used a 1 cm pop up distance , you can choose whatever takes your fancy depending on your image.It should just be the same at top and bottom[ shown in blue].

Pop Up Card Tutorial

Fold at your creases as shown and your picture is now a pop up card![Folds are valley fold,mountain fold and again valley fold as shown].

Pop Up Card Tutorial

I made a step on the lower half of the card also pop up by the same mechanism.
Stick your pop up card picture on the card base making sure not to get any glue on the popping up parts and your card is complete.Have fun!