Pop-Up Card
Supplies
Construction paper (yellow, green, brown, and white)
Scissors
Glue stick
Markers
Instructions
1. Take one piece of 8×10 white paper and fold it in half. Then, using scissors, cut two slits
in the middle.
2. Take a yellow piece of paper and fold it in half. Then, glue the white paper to it, but make
sure you don’t glue down the rectangle pop-up piece. Press a small fold in the white
paper where your pop-up art will live.
3. Take a green piece of paper and draw 4 small apples and 5 leaves, with one leaf bigger
than the rest. Cut them out.
4. Take a brown piece of paper and draw five stems, one bigger than the rest. Cut them
out.
5. Glue the 4 apples, 4 small stems, and 4 small leaves to the cover of the card.
6. Take a piece of red construction paper and draw an apple that would fit on the rectangle
and within the card. Cut out the apple. Stick some googly eyes on the apple and draw a
smiley face.
7. Take the apple and glue it to the rectangle. Write “THANK YOU” in big block letters
above the apple.
8. Let your card dry and fill it out for your teacher!
Supplies
Construction paper (red, yellow, green, pink, white, blue)
Scissors
Glue stick
Glue dots
Markers
Instructions
1. Grab a piece of blue paper and fold it in half. Then, grab a 4×10 piece of white paper and
fold in half. Glue this white paper into the half of the card your child will write on.
2. Take a piece of red construction paper and cut out an apple shape. Then, take a piece
of white construction paper and cut it into a half apple shape. Then glue the half apple
shape to half of the apple and draw a few seeds.
3. Cut two small leaf shapes out of a green piece of paper and glue them to the apple.
4. Take a piece of green paper and cut it in the shape of a ruler. Make ruler markings on
the paper.
5. Cut a yellow piece of paper in the shape of a pencil. Then cut a small white piece of
paper to create the tip of the pencil. Take a pink sheet of paper and cut it into an eraser
shape.
6. Use a black marker to draw a pencil tip and the lines on the pencil.
7. Glue the ruler, apple, and pencil in a fun arrangement on the cover. Write “Thank You”
on the cover of the card, then fill out the inside of the card. Give it to your teacher!
Supplies
Construction paper (green and white)
Scissors
Markers
Glue dots
Green pipe cleaner
Instructions
1. Take three pieces of green construction paper and fold in half. Take another three
pieces of white construction paper and fold in half.
2. Draw half an apple shape along the fold of one paper. Cut out the apple shape. Then,
use this apple shape to trace on the other folded pieces of paper. Cut out the remaining
apple shapes.
3. Alternating the colors, glue the backs of the apple shapes together to create a standing
card, but leave one piece unstuck.
4. Take a green pipe cleaner and create a stem and leaf shape. Create a small line of glue
dots on the unstuck side of the card and stick in the pipe cleaner. Glue the card together.
5. Write your card and take it to your teacher!
