This easy pop up greeting card can be customized for any taste or occasion!
Materials
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- Card Stock (or a piece of card folded in half)
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- White paper (or paper of choice)
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- Colorful patterned paper or use pens to decorate cake layers and make candles
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- Scissors
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- Glue stick
How to
Create 12 candles with flames
- Using patterned paper, cut out candles 1 ½ inches long and 1/2 inch wide.
- Using yellow paper or colored paper, cut small circles with points for flames.
Prep your card
- Using card stock as a guide, cut the white paper down a little to create a nice frame.
Cut out the cake’s tiers or layers
- Fold white paper in half.
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- Make 4 cuts:
2 long cuts (2 ½ inches)
1 medium cut (2 inches)
1 small cut ( 1 ½ inch)
- Make 4 cuts:
- Cut on red lines.
- Divide this cake space into three equal parts along the folded spine.
- Fold them over.
- Unfold the paper and “reverse the crease”.
Assemble and decorate
- If using colorful paper, glue it on one cake layer at a time and press to smooth.
- Glue the white inside edges to the card stock, one side at a time. DO NOT GLUE DOWN THE CAKE LAYERS.
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- Glue candles inside each cake tier or layer.
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- Glue a flame on each candle.
- ENJOY!
