How to Make a Simple Christmas Tree Pop Up Card
Easy to Follow Instructions for Making a Novelty Card With Kids
Dec 17, 2008
This Christmas tree novelty card only requires two pieces of cardboard with easy cuts and a simple fold. Once made it can be decorated to become a stunning Christmas tabletop show piece.
Robert Sabuda has accompanied this template with very simple, well illustrated instructions. It is a beginners guide to making the most basic and simple Christmas tree. There are no frustrating fiddly bits and complications. There is no intricate cutting, weaving or origami like folding. The simple formed shape, once combined with embellishments, and adorned with metallic ribbon and glitter or sequins, becomes a statement the recipient will be proud to display throughout the Christmas Season
Materials for a Christmas Tree Pop Up Card
- Two thick pieces of card board or construction card or hand made paper
- Scraps of coloured paper or card
- Glue stick, a hot glue gun, craft glue in a tracer bottle
- Sequins, glitter, glitter glue and other embellishments of your choice
- Metallic ribbon
- White paint and a very fine brush or a white paint pen
- A pencil
- Pair of scissors
- A paper clip or empty ball point pen with which to score lines
- Cutting board
Prepare for Making the Novelty Tree
Download the template for both the tree and the backing card upon which the tree sits. Make sure to read the instructions in their entirety before you begin. Once you understand how the pieces fit together and how the flaps will pop out, cut the two cards to the correct size. Use a tracing box to transfer the lines to the piece of coloured card being sure that the lines match exactly. Cut the edges of the tree as shown in the photographs on the website. Follow the instructions until the tree is made.
Use a stencil to write a word such as Christmas below the tree (Have a Happy …..can be on the front of the card)
Decorate the Christmas Tree
- Paint glue on the cut lines of the lower edges of the tree. If this trail of glue is thick, it will look like snow, which will become bright and sparkly once the card is covered with glitter. Pour off the excess glitter once it has covered the glue.
- Sequins and beads can become decorations for the tree, and a simple foil star can be placed on top of the tree. It will bend in half when the card is shut.To create attractive presents, cut four small squares placing them beneath the tree as shown in the illustration to create a three dimensional effect. Make the present look as if it has been tied with ribbon. Glue strips in place with a bow in the centre. Use a biro to hold the bows in place until the glue dries.
- A pot for the tree can be cut from coloured paper.
- Use a high contrast coloured paint when spacing out a word beneath the tree.
This is an ideal card to make with young children. It is easy to create and yet with a small amount of effort fantastic results can be achieved. Unless children ask for more challenge, stay with simple designs such as this funny reindeer card, for a while before moving on to more complex card designs. By concentrating on enhancing simple designs with ornate embellishments, students gain a sense of accomplishment. They will learn to think in an abstract way about design.
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