Rainbow Pop Up Card for St Patrick’s Day

Instructions

Step 1:

Gather the supplies and print out the PDF templates.

Cut out the elements from the template. This is what you should have,

Step 2:

Start gluing the pieces of the rainbow together.

Step 3:

Finish gluing the pieces for the rainbow (large to small). It should look like the image below. Of course you can use whichever shades of craft paper you wish.

Step 4:

Prepare your card according to the size of the individual elements (rainbow, shamrocks etc.)

Step 5:

Cut and fold the closed side of the card according to the “card template” found at the bottom of the post.

Step 6:

Push the folded part inwards the card. It will resemble the image below.

Step 7:

Fold the rainbow in half. You can see why we are doing this in the next step.

If you are unsure just follow the images.

Step 8:

This is how the card looks from the inside. As you can see we have a bit that 'pops up'. This is where the rainbow will go.

Step 9:

Glue the folded rainbow on the pop socket to make it 'pop up'

Step 10:

Take the gold coins and the black pot.

Step 11:

Draw dollar signs on the coins. I am in the UK so I may choose to draw Pound signs. If you are in the EU you may draw Euro signs. Just draw whichever currency applies.

Step 12:

Then, glue the coins to the pot as shown.

Step 13:

Glue the gold coins pot near the rainbow. This is to represent a pot of gold under the rainbow.

Step 14:

Glue the shamrock leaves inside the card.

Step 15:

Select a back cover for your card. The color of card you pick does not matter. A turquoise blue might also work well with these colors. You could also go for purple for a vibrant St Patrick's Day card.

Step 16:

Glue the cover to the card.

Step 17:

Decorate the card with colourful circular punched papers. Here again you can decorate with whatever you want.