How to Make a Simple Pop Up

This past weekend we made pop ups.  We had received a pop up card and C was intrigued how the card was made so I decided to show her how to make a simple pop up. As an Elementary Art Teacher my students would always love making any type of pop up art. Keep reading to find out how to make a simple pop up.

Materials Needed:

9x12 construction paper

Construction paper scraps

glue

 scissors

First fold the construction paper in half like this, but keep it folded.

On the fold, create two cuts that are about an inch apart.  You can create more cuts if you want more pop up elements.

Open up the folded paper and reverse fold the part you cut like this.

This is what the pop out part looks like from the side.

Lastly, cut out the shapes or objects that you want to pop out. If you want to add a second piece of paper to the back so there is no holes or if you want it to be a greeting card.

In our finished pop up, C connected two papers together and the caterpillar was popped out with two pop out pieces.

ENJOY MAKING POP UPS!

If you love making pop ups, you'll love this book:

23 Recycled Projects for Earth Day

***Just in case you missed this post from last year....I'm reposting just in time for Earth Day coming up Monday, April 22nd!

I went through all my archives and I sure do have a lot of upcycled/recycled projects and decided to compile a collection of 23 Recycled Projects For Earth Day.  So here they are.  So many ideas....it blows my mind!  Click on the picture or caption to bring you to the idea. Happy Earth Day!

1. Cut Up Cardboard Box Sculpture

2. Styrofoam Monster Sculptures

3. Recycled Styrofoam Sculptures

4. Recycled Marble Run Fun!

5. Plastic Lid Sun Catcher

6. Tin Can Magnetic Robots

7. Pretend Potions

8. Recycled Bottle Flower Sun Catchers

9.  Egg Carton Ants

10. So Easy Kaleidoscope

11. CD Hovercraft

12. Plastic Bottle Water Wall

13. Matboard Collage

14. Simple Sock Puppets 

15.  Painting In Bottles

16. Magazine Sculptures

17. Newspaper and Tissue Paper Ornaments

18. Egg Carton Paintings

19. Paper Tube Castle Sculpture

20. Paper Bag Self Portrait

21. Paper Bag Puffy Heart

22.  Paper Bag Puppets Inspired By Fandango

23.  Paper Bag Monster Masks

***Be sure to check out my 8 Recycled Projects for Earth Day from last year here.

One of my favorite resources for Earth Day Art from MaryAnn F. Kohl:

Our New Spirograph Set!

So last week I ordered Spirograph (yes they finally have the original for sale!). We received it a couple days ago and have been having  a lot of fun with it. It is a little tricky for a 6 year old (it is labeled ages 8 and up), but I think it will be a little easier to use as time goes by. The set comes in a nice carrying case with paper and all you need to begin making "spirograph art". Instead of using pins. they put "sticky tack" in the set and I'm not sure if I like that addition, but it does make it a lot more user friendly for kids. Over all we are very happy with the set and we bought it at Amazon.com. It is definitely a blast from the past and brings back many childhood memories for me....

Here are some of C's first spirograph drawings.  I'm sure that there will be more to come.

Did you have a Spirograph when you were a child?

Chalking on Rocks

We've been away for Spring Break and did quite a bit of chalking thanks to my sister who had an ample supply of it at her house.  We exhausted "chalking" on the driveway and sidewalks, so we decided to create some art on the rocks in her garden.  C thought this was a great idea and I just wanted to share this fun activity that you may want to try. The great thing is that the chalk will wash away as compared to painting on rocks.

HAPPY CHALKING!