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| Monster Pop Up card to print out and make, by Nicola L Robinson |
What better way to say Merry Christmas, or I love you or just hello! than with a lovely pop up monster greeting card?! Complete with a pop up mouth with teeth and tongue.
I have designed and made this monster card inspired by my monsters for The Monster Machine, my monster picture book. (Written and illustrated
by Nicola L Robinson (me) and published by Pavilion Children's books.
www.monstermachine.co.uk)
This card is fairly easy to make and requires only very
basic materials. I would recommend young children are assisted by an adult as
there is some cutting and folding which may be a little fiddly for very small
hands.
NOTE - The addition of tongue and teeth is the most tricky part,
if you fancy making a gummy monster, and making a very simple version you can
leave them out!
To make the monster pop up card you will need -
- 2 pieces of A4 lightweight
card or heavy paper for the card body (I used 1 red and 1 white for extra
colour)
- Another piece of A4 of
white lightweight card or heavy paper for the teeth and tongue
- Scissors to cut out the
pieces
- Glue to stick in the teeth
and tongue
- Pens and pencils or
collage materials to colour in the monster
- A printer, to print out
the monster template.
- The 3 monster pieces which you can download below.
How
to make the monster pop up card, in 12 steps... (with photos)
1 -
Download the 3 monster machine monster mouth card template- (Click to download in pdf)
2 - Print
out the pieces, they should all fit centred actual size as they are on A4.
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| The 3 pieces, printed out ready to make... |
3 -
Fold the 'card outside' in half along the dotted line and put to one side.
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| Folding the 'card outside' in half. |
4 -
Fold the 'card inside' in half along the dotted line.
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| Folding the 'card inside' in half. |
5 -
Now we are going to make the pop up mouth! Fold the card back on itself so the monster is on the outside.
i -
First make one straight cut along the line as marked.
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| Cutting along the mouth |
ii -
Then, carefully fold along the two dotted lines, these are going to make the
monster's upper and lower jaws. If you have thick material it might help to
lightly score along the lines first with a metal ruler before folding.
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| Folding along the dotted lines to make the pop up mouth |
iii -
Open the card out and carefully pop out the mouth! You should be able to fold
the card back in half to test the mouth opens and closes.
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| Open the card and see the monster mouth |
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| Folding the card to check the mouth opens and closes |
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| When closed the mouth folds should be folded inside the card, like this. |
6 - Now
for the best bit, colour in the monster! I painted mine with acrylic paint, in
a bright red, gold and green but you can
use anything you like, it is best not to make any collage too heavy and thick particularly
around the mouth (make sure he can still open it!) as you still need to be able
to fold the card. You can also decorate the background, I've added a couple of
little bats. Allow to dry!
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| The painted festive monster! |
7 -
Colour in the monster tongue. Leave to one side to dry. If you haven't printed
the card outside with the monster mouth on coloured paper you might like to
colour in the inside of his mouth too.
8 -
Carefully cut out the teeth and monster tongue, then fold along the dotted
lines.
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| The cut out tongue and teeth , folded along dotted lines. |
To
fold the tongue - Fold in half lengthways along the dotted lines, then fold
along the diagonal dotted lines. Then open out and fold the square end downward a little inside the tongue. (See photo)
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| Folding the tongue |
9 - Open
the monster card, and apply a little glue to the flat end of the monster
tongue, before gluing inside the mouth. Be sure to alight the folds so he can
still open and close his mouth!
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| Inside the mouth! showing the tongue and teeth glued in place. |
10 -
Apply a little glue to the folded tabs on the monster teeth and glue inside the
mouth. You can add as many or as few as you like. Be careful not to stick over
the folds. Allow to dry.
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| And from the front, monster with teeth and tongue, say 'Aaaaah!' |
11 - To
finish the card, we need to stick the outer card to the back of the monster, so
we can see inside his mouth!. Put a little glue around the edges of the card
outside and line up the monster pop up, before sticking firmly. Allow to dry.
12 -
You can write a festive message on your card, or even decorate the outside too.
When
the recipient opens their card, they get a monster surprise! RAWR!!!
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| The finished card! Have a monster Christmas :) |
This
tutorial and accompanying templates are exclusive to The Monster Machine and
strictly for personal use only. The Monster Machine is © Nicola L Robinson 2012
all rights reserved.
