How to Make Pop-Up Cards & Crafts

Transcript Now that we have all of our pieces, we’re going to assemble the bird card. We’ve got the wing, we have our wheel, and we also have the bird with the V-fold in the middle. And here are our tabs, and I was even able to add another tab that’s part of the tail, …

Transcript And, I’m going to teach you, now, how to make V-folds in layers on top of one another. So, we’re going to take a piece of cardstock. Fold it in half for a base page. Match the edges as close as possible and crease it down the middle. Unfold it and set it aside. …

Transcript Now I’m going to teach you how to make a Papa bird. First, take a piece of card stock; I’ve cut mine in half to create a base page. We’re also going to fold it in half. Match your edges and your corners; crease it down the edge; unfold it and set it aside. …

Transcript I’m now going to show you how to make a pop-up wreath. Take a piece of card stock. I’ve cut mine in half to create a base page. We’re also now going to fold it in half to match the edges in the corners and crease it really well. Unfold it, and set it …

Transcript Now I am going to show you how to make a pop-up city out of layers. Take a piece of cardstock and fold it in half. What we are going to end up doing is cut the layers of the city out of the base page. Keep it folded, and we are going to …

Transcript I am now going to show you how to make a pop-up kitten. Take a piece of card stock and fold it half. Match the edges in the corner and crease it. Unfold it and set it to the side. Now take another piece of card stock. We’re going to match the corners again, …

Transcript Complex pop-ups really are inspired by what kind of movement you’re looking for. If you want someone’s arm to come out, how are you gonna make that happen? If you want a spaceship to go across the page it’s usually a matter of movement or anatomy. Instead of just having a whole body pop-up, …

Transcript So for those of you who are just starting out with pop-ups, don’t get discouraged. It can be easy to be discouraged, but try something easy first. Try a v-fold. Once you get the v-fold, try a layer. And once you get that, start building from there. And then you’ll find that once things …

Transcript So if you’re looking for pop-up templates and things that you can download and print at home, there are a couple of websites. One I would recommend is matthewreinhart.com. We have some really great do it yourself pop-ups and there’s step-by-step tutorials. Another one is robertsabuda.com. He also has really wonderful templates that you …

Transcript Hi. My name is Jess Tice-Gilbert and I’m a paper engineer. I work with Matthew Reinhart in Manhattan and I also teach at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. I literally fell into pop-ups by accident. I took a class in college and fell in love with it. I’ve been making pop-ups ever since. There is …

Transcript For making popups you’re gonna need a couple things. You’re gonna need card stock. It is heavier than copier paper. Copier paper’s really not gonna pop up. It’s not gonna really do anything for you. You need card stock roughly 110 pounds. Next, you need a ruler or a triangle. The great thing about …

Transcript Today, we’re going to learn about V-folds, which is one of the basic principles of pop-ups. So, you’re going to take a piece of card stock for your base page. Then we’re going to fold it in half. You’re going to crease it really well. Match the edges as well you can. Unfold it …

Transcript I’m going to teach you now about V folds on top of V folds. So take a piece of card stock, fold it in half for your base page, match the corners and edges as well as you can and crease it. And unfold it. Next we’re going to take a 90 degree V …

Transcript Alright so now I’m going to teach you how to make layers. This is also another basic principal in pop-ups. Take a piece of card stock and fold it in half to make your base page. Line up the edges and corners as neatly as possible and as close as you can. Increase the …

Transcript So now we’re going to learn how to make unequal layers, which is building off of the layer video from previous. So this is a layer. So an unequal layer is going to have one side that’s longer than the other side. Take a piece of card stock and measure out a long rectangle. …

Transcript We are going to learn about layers on top of layers. We’re going to take a piece of cardstock and we’re going to mark a smaller rectangle to cut out. Take your scissors and cut out your smaller rectangle. So now we’ve got a rectangle that’s going to be a layer on top of …

Transcript Now we’re going to show you how to put V-folds on top of layers. Now we’re going to take another piece of card stock and cut out slightly a slightly big rectangle to make our layer. I’m going to fold it down the center, crease it, and trim the edges if they don’t quite …

Transcript And, now I’m going to teach you how to make a rotator. Take your piece of card stock and make a base page. Fold it in half. Match the edges. Crease down the middle and set it aside. Now we’re going to take another sheet of card stock and cut out a large rectangle. …

Transcript Now, I’m going to teach you how to make a V-fold lifter. So, take a piece of card stock for a base page. We’re going to fold it in half. And match your edges and corners as closely as possible. Crease the edge, unfold it and set your base page to the side. Next, …

Transcript Woman: I’m going to teach you now how to make a box. Take a piece of card stock for your base page and fold it in half. Match up the edges in the corners as closely as possible and crease the edge down and set it aside. To make a box, you’re going to …

Transcript I’m now going to show you how to make pull tabs. Take a piece of card stock; I’ve cut mine in half and we’re going to fold it in half for the base page. Match the edges and the corners together and crease it really well. Now for a pull tab it actually goes …

Transcript And now, I’m going to show you how to secure the pull tab. So, you’re going to open up the base page and you can see that the pull tab is all over the place. And that’s not what we want. We want a very smooth channel. So, I’m going to flip it over …

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to make a basic popup face. So take a piece of card stock, fold it in half. Match the edges and the corners as closely as possible. Crease the middle of the base page and unfold it. So now we have our base page. Fold it back …

Transcript And now I’m going to teach you how to make a pop-up rainbow. I’ve taken half of a piece of card stock, and we’re going to fold it in half. Match up your edges as close as possible, and crease the middle. And set it aside. You’re going to take another sheet of card …

Transcript And now I am going to teach you how to make a pop-up butterfly. Take a piece of card stock. I have cut this one in half for the base page. Fold it in half and match the edges and corners. Crease it and set it aside. For the butterfly piece, we are going …

Instructions Step 1: Cut your card stock Cut a standard piece of card stock in half and fold it in half from right to left, lengthwise. Step 2: Cut your heart card stock Take another sheet of card stock, fold it in half, and trace and cut a heart shape. Step 3: Make a V-fold …

Transcript And now I’m going to show you how to make a birthday cake with candles. Take a piece of cardstock. I’ve cut mine in half. We’re going to fold it in half. Match the edges and the corners and crease the middle. Take another sheet of paper and cut out a rectangle. A fairly …

Instructions Step 1: Cut and fold card stock Cut and fold a sheet of card stock in half for your base page. Step 2: Create the shape of the house Cut out a long rectangle from another sheet of card stock and fold from right to left, lengthwise. Make another fold creating 4 equal sections. …

Transcript I’m now going to show you how to make a pop up teddy bear. So take a piece of cardstock for the base page. I’ve cut mine in half. And now you’re going to match up the edges and the corners, crease it along the fold, and set it aside. Next, we’re going to …