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    How to Make Super Pop-Ups
    How to Make Super Pop-Ups
    How to Make Super Pop-Ups
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    How to Make Super Pop-Ups

    By Joan Irvine and Linda Hendry

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    Everyone likes pop-ups — and they love super pop-ups! These dynamic designs take the charming element of surprise a step farther, with patterns that slide, turn, spring, and snap. More than 30 projects include a dragon that turns into a bird, an albatross, a robot, a catcher's mask, skyscrapers, a castle, and other enchanting models.
    The easy-to-follow directions explain how to transform greeting cards, school assignments, and birthday gifts from two dimensions to three with just a little glue and tape. More than 475 illustrations appear with simple instructions for double cutting, attaching bases and sliding strips, and other practical methods. Great for kids ages 8 and up, these techniques can also be used to create more sophisticated patterns, including stage props and centerpieces. Children, parents, teachers, and paper crafters of all ages will adore this treasury of imaginative and fun-filled projects.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateApr 9, 2013
    ISBN9780486318233
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    How to Make Super Pop-Ups - Joan Irvine

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    Introduction

    It has been very exciting for me over the past few years to see children enjoying making pop-ups. After receiving requests from children and adults for new pop-up ideas, I began watching children work, collecting new ideas, doing research and now I have written How to Make Super Pop-ups.

    What are super pop-ups? If you have seen a pop-up book, you will know that it's full of paper figures that pop out toward you or move across the page. Super pop-ups will do those things and more. With this book, you can create a character that juggles, design a pop-up mask and even make Pinocchio's nose grow. You can also create a robot that makes a noise or a pop-up that snaps on a rubber band.

    Pop-ups go back a long way in history. Pop-ups using cardboard strips made arms and faces move in early Victorian Valentine cards. In 1860, a British company called Dean and Son published pop-up books known as Children's Moveable Books.

    You are carrying on a very long tradition by making your own pop-up greeting cards and books. You can also make a centrepiece or a display for a school project. Some pop-ups in this book can even be used for making masks and props for plays and shows.

    Making super pop-ups is a great way to recycle material you'd usually throw out. Did you know that you can create pop-ups using envelopes, Popsicle sticks and boxes?

    You will be able to use this book without having read How to Make Pop-ups. The basic pop-up techniques that you need from that book are repeated at the end of this book.

    You can begin with a super pop-up idea from any of the sections. Follow the instructions carefully for cutting and folding. Take your time, be patient and you will have wonderful results.

    Materials

    To make your super pop-ups, you will need the following materials.

    Paper For pop-ups that will last, use heavy paper such as construction paper or light Bristol board. Lighter weight paper can be used for pop-ups that don't get much wear and tear. The instructions will tell you when to use Bristol board or cardboard.

    Scissors. A sharp pair of scissors with pointed ends are good for cutting paper. Remember to use all cutting equipment with care.

    Cutting blade An Olfa touch knife or any other kind of craft knife is useful for making a cut in the middle of a page. Ask an adult to help when you need to use a cutting blade.

    Ruler Use a ruler for measurements given in the instructions. A metal ruler will help you make crisp folds and guide your cutting blade.

    Glue With light paper, use a glue stick. With heavy paper, use white glue. Always apply glue sparingly and keep glue clear of all moving parts of your pop-up. When you glue two pieces of paper together, a strip of glue on each side is usually enough.

    Pencil, markers, crayons, coloured pencils, paints Use an erasable pencil for marking measurements and for designing your drawings. Then go over your pencil drawings with colour.

    Brass fasteners These fasteners, which are used for moving circles, are available at stationery or business supply stores. Make sure to use a small size.

    String, rubber bands, fabrics, buttons, ribbons, gift wrap, feathers, pictures from magazines These materials and others can be glued to your pop-ups as decorations.

    Symbols and Definitions

    The following symbols and definitions will be useful to you when you use this book.

    •Flap: a small piece of paper that hangs loose

    •Tab: a small paper insert that can be glued or pulled

    •Slot: an opening that works like a pocket

    •Spring: a folded device that makes an object pop up

    •Sliding strip: a small piece of paper that helps an object to move

    •Mountain fold: an upward fold, shaped like a mountain

    •Valley fold: a downward fold, shaped like a valley

    •Accordion fold: an up-down-up fold or a down-up-down fold, shaped like a fan

    Tips for Folding and Scoring

    To make a straight fold on heavy paper, score the paper first. Scoring means making a crease on your paper along the line to be folded. Lay a metal ruler near the line to be folded. Then carefully run the blunt end of a pair of scissors or a ballpoint pen without ink along the fold line. Some people score their paper by running a fingernail across the fold line. When you fold your paper, remember to press firmly.

    Tips for Cutting

    You will need a sharp pair of scissors for most activities in this book. If you are making a cut in the middle of a page, use a pair of pointed scissors to puncture one of the corners of the cut line before cutting.

    A cutting blade, such as an Olfa touch knife, works best to make a cut in the middle of a page. Be careful when using a cutting blade. Adult supervision is recommended.

    When you use a cutting blade, a metal ruler will help you guide the knife down the side of the ruler. Always put a board or a thick piece of cardboard under your work, so you don't damage your work space.

    Tips for Measuring

    All measurements are given in both metric and imperial systems. When you follow the instructions for making a super pop-up, start with one system and stay with it for the whole activity. Measurements differ slightly from system to system.

    Part One Super Cutting

    Would you like to make a flying bird or perhaps an amazing lizard? In Part One, you'll learn special cutting techniques to make these pop-ups and many more.

    Super cutting involves cutting, folding and pushing shapes through to the other side of your paper. You'll also discover a new cutting technique called double-cutting. Or try a super pop-up idea that uses three layers of paper instead of two.

    In Part One, you'll find many new ways to make creatures and animals. You'll even learn how to make a dragon that will turn into a bird when you flip it upside-down!

    Tips

    •After you fold your paper in half, always cut on the folded edge.

    •After you cut your paper, make firm folds by going over the fold line with your thumb and index finger.

    •It is easier to push your cut shape through to the other side if you hold your paper like a tent.

    •If you close your paper and press firmly, the cut shape will

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