How to Make a Pop Up Halloween Card

Create your own Pop Up Halloween Card!

I came up with this design when I was in middle school to display my favorite athletes. It can be used for almost any holiday or event you can think of!

Watch this video instead of the written tutorial, or use it to see the steps performed while following along!

Cardstock

Rubber Cement

Craft Knife

Ruler

The template is an Illustrator PDF, so feel free to modify it to your needs. In this instructables post, I don't use the template to make my card, but trace it to get the shapes that I need.

I cut the main portion of the card out of black cardstock. It measured 3" x 9"

I cut out the image of the house from the template and taped it to some black cardstock. Then I traced it carefully with the craft knife with as much detail as I could. After the house was cut out, I added some windows.

With a small piece of yellow cardstock, I cut a shape slightly smaller than the house and glued it behind so it looked as if the light was shining through the windows.

I folded the card base in half and then used it to trace out a piece of green that size. I then trimmed the piece down to 3" x 4"

On one side of the card base, I folded up a 1/4" lip.

I then folded a crease in between the middle crease of the card and the crease for the lip.

The card will end up looking like the third picture after.

I glued the green piece flush to the top of the side with the folds in it. Then before the glue dried, I worked the crease into the green so that it moved properly

I glued the house flush to the crease for the lip

I cut 2, 11" strips out of black cardstock. One was 1/2" wide and the other was a 1/4".

I folded the 1/2" strip in half and glued it together.

I cut a 1/4" slit in the center of the crease for the lip and then I cut a 1/2" slit in the center of the middle crease

I glued the 1/4" strip (the track) inside on the center of the non creased side. I only glued the end of the strip so that the house can slide halfway up the card.

On the 1/2" strip, (the pull tab) I folded up a 1/2" tab and glued it right above the lip crease.

I realized I forgot to add my moon! I traced one out of white cardstock using the template and glued it behind the house.

I put the pull tab through the slit in the middle crease and then put the track through the slit in the lip. I then trimmed the track, folded it on to the back of the card and glued it in place.

That's it! Pulling on the tab at the top will pull the house up into 3D!

Make some more and give them to your family and friends!