Springy Ladybird Card

Springy Ladybird Card

Posted 2013-02-10 by Jane Streetfollow
This is a fun and easy greeting card to make. When you open the card, ladybirds on card springs pop out.

Time: 10 minutes
Age: 5-10's
Level: Medium

Materials
  • Piece of white A4 card folded into greeting card
  • Red card or thick construction paper
  • Green card or thick construction paper
  • Black felt tip pen
  • Glue

  • Cheap materials


    Method
  • Cut a leaf shape from the green card to fit onto the front of the greeting card

  • Green leaf to stick to front of card


  • Cut 3 long strips from the green card (about 10cm x 2cm works well) and fold these into concertinas to make the springs.

  • Green card springs


  • Cut 3 small oval shapes from the red card to make mini ladybirds for the inside
  • Cut 1 large oval shape from the red card to fit onto the leaf

  • Ladybirds ready for spots


  • Using the black felt top pen, draw a ladybird head and spots onto all of the red oval shapes

  • Ladybirds ready for sticking


  • Stick the large ladybird onto the green leaf and stick this onto the front of the greeting card
  • Glue a small ladybird onto the ends of each of the three green card springs

  • Get gluing

    Front of card finished


  • Glue the ends of the green card ladybird springs onto the inside of the card


  • Inside of card finished and ready to write your greeting


  • When the glue is dry, fold the springs carefully so that the greetings card closes flat
  • The ladybirds will pop out when the card is opened

  • You could try different animals or shapes. How about bright bumblebees or butterflies - or even hearts for Valentines Day?

    Please share a picture of your springy card creation in the comments forum.

    Categories
    #card
    #birthday
    #ladybird
    #papercraft
    #pop_up
    #mother 's_Day
    #valentines_day
    #greeting_card
    #5_to_10s
    #over_10s
    #medium

    %mykidcraft
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    Over_10s
    Cheap
    Medium
    Recycled
    Paint
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