WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE SIMPLE POP-UPS:

1. Heavy colored paper or card stock for pop-up shapes
2. 8.5" x 11" sheet of card stock folded in center to use as a base on which to attach your pop-up (Finished size 8.5" x 5.5")
3. Pencil and eraser
4. Scissors
5. White glue or double-sided tape
6. Ruler

THESE ITEMS ARE HELPFUL BUT NOT ESSENTIAL:

1. Tracing paper or graph paper
2. Triangle, compass, protractor
3. Scoring tool
4. Cutting mat (This protects the surface you are working on)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Print pattern pieces. Click here to view.
2. Cut flower petal shapes out of red, orange or yellow paper. Cut stem pieces out of green paper.
3. Score "mountain folds." (See definitions below)
4. Fold under tabs on flower petals.
5. Position flowers on base page, centering over the gutter.
6. Glue flower tabs to base page, then glue leaves to bottom of flower and stem to base page.

POP-UP TERMINOLOGY:

cut: Cutting lines are marked with a solid black line.

score: To indent the paper with a dull tool to make it easier to fold. Scoring lines are marked with a broken line.

fold: To crease the paper after it has been scored.
Folds can either be a "mountain" (marked by a dotted red line) or a "valley" (marked by a dotted blue line).

gutter: The center fold on the base page.

kinetic energy: Energy created by movement. The action of opening a card or turning a page is what makes a pop-up come to life.