A Pop Up Card

Here's a simple way to make a card that has a 3D form when you open it up.(a cube) It will use the technique of reverse the fold like in the accordion book instructions. Once you make one it will be easy. Then you get to do the fun part, figuring out how you can use the cube indifferent ways. Once you see how the card opens and closes you can play with adding cut paper figures or shapes.

Take a look:

81/2x11 cardstock page folded in half, regular weight paper 1/2 size folded in half

cut 2 slices as shown above

open up the page and reverse the fold of the center cut part

fold and open the card

attach smaller paper to cardstock with glue stick

use card vertically- the cubes (I simply cut 2 on this card) this way looked like balconies to me

use card horizontally- the cube looked like a chair so I put a child reading a book