EASY PIANO POP-UP CARD
TOOLS & MATERIALS
- Two letter sized sheets of card stock or heavy paper (white and black)
- One letter sized sheet of heavy paper (any color) as supporting card
- A scalpel knife (aka Xacto knife) with sharp blades for great precision
- A cutting mat
- A scoring tool with blunt tip, e.g. ball point pen tip, which no longer works
- A straight ruler
- Glue (white glue or rubber cement)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Download the pattern HERE and print pattern on the right side of white card stock.
- Print black keys, or use template to trace on to black paper. Score fold lines across all five keys. Cut out black keys.
- Assemble black keys. Fold each piece into an open box. Spread glue on the tab and glue box together.
- Push box toward tab, collapsing it. (This ensures that the black key will fold flat in the card.) Weight and allow to dry.
- Refer to cut and fold diagram, below, for white keys. The white keys form a simple box pop up.
- Cut along blue lines. Score red (valley) and green (mountain) fold lines. Push and pinch to create folds. Pre-pinch each fold in the proper direction and then push from the back to get the folds to collapse.
- Glue black keys to white card, matching guidelines.
- Flatten the white card. Smooth the black keys flat, too. Put a book on the card and let dry.
- Glue the wall main card and support card
- Decorate the cards
WATCH THE TUTORIAL PIANO POP-UP CARD
(another version)
