Recreate Heart Pop Up Card on Paper
Make a heart pop up greeting card using paper, scissors, glue, and markers; cut and fold shapes, assemble layers, and decorate your heartfelt creation.
Step-by-step guide to recreate a heart pop-up card on paper
Step 1
Fold a sheet of construction paper in half to make your card base.
Step 2
Use a ruler and pencil to draw two short horizontal lines on the folded edge about 3 cm apart and 2 cm long.
Step 3
Carefully cut along the pencil lines through the top layer only to make two slits.
Step 4
Open the card a little so you can work inside the fold.
Step 5
Push the cut section inward so it pops into the card and crease the edges to form a pop-up tab.
Step 6
On scrap paper draw a heart shape about the size of the pop-up tab with your pencil.
Step 7
Cut out the heart shape from the scrap paper with scissors.
Step 8
Color and decorate the heart with your colouring materials.
Step 9
Put glue on the front of the pop-up tab.
Step 10
Press the decorated heart onto the glued tab and hold it for a few seconds so it sticks well.
Step 11
Decorate the rest of the card and write a heartfelt message inside.
Step 12
Share your finished creation on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can we substitute for construction paper, a ruler, scissors, or glue if we don't have them?
Use a cereal box or plain printer paper trimmed to card size instead of construction paper, a straight book edge for the ruler, nail scissors or a craft knife with adult help for cutting, and a glue stick or double-sided tape to attach the heart to the pop-up tab.
My pop-up tab won't pop out or the heart keeps falling off—how can I fix that?
Check that you only cut the top layer in step 3, crease the fold sharply when pushing the section inward to form the pop-up tab, and reinforce the heart with extra glue or a small strip of tape behind it.
How can I adapt this activity for younger children or older kids?
For younger children have an adult pre-cut the two 2 cm slits and use a large heart sticker on the pop-up tab, while older kids can measure the 3 cm spacing with a ruler, draw a precise heart on scrap paper, and add layered decorations.
How can we make the pop-up card more creative or personal?
Add multiple pop-up tabs for layered hearts, decorate the heart with mixed media like glitter, fabric scraps, or colouring materials, write a heartfelt message inside as the final step, and photograph it to share on DIY.org.
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Facts about paper crafts and card making for kids
✂️ Fold-first-then-cut tricks make perfectly symmetrical hearts—fold the paper and one cut can create a mirror-image shape.
❤️ The stylized heart symbol has been used to represent love since the Middle Ages (around the 14th century).
🛠️ A simple pop-up uses a tab, a fold, and glue—paper engineering turns flat sheets into moving parts with clever cuts and folds.
📚 Movable books and pop-up mechanisms trace back to medieval volvelles and became playful teaching tools by the 18th–19th centuries.
🖍️ People in the U.S. send about 6.5 billion greeting cards every year, so your handmade card joins a huge sharing tradition!
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