How to Make a Poinsettia Pop-Up Card

Poinsettia pop-ups add a festive touch to your holiday greeting cards. You can create your own poinsettia, use a photo from a magazine or a printout of a poinsettia for this project. Attach it to your card with an accordion-folded card stock to create the pop-up action.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Start with the basic greeting card. Use a sheet of card stock folded in half and design the outside of your card. If you use a poinsettia design on the outside, use the same design for the pop-up on the inside.

2. Cut a separate piece of card stock that's long and thin. Fold it accordion-style by bending it back and forth over itself. If you use green card stock, the accordion fold can make the stem of your poinsettia.

3. Glue or staple one end of the accordion card stock to the inside the pop-up card.

4. Mount a picture of a poinsettia to a piece of card stock so it isn't so easily torn or bent out of shape. Enhance the 3D effect of your pop-up card by layering several sizes of poinsettia, from largest to smallest.

5. Staple or glue the poinsettia to the end of your accordion-folded card stock.

6. Compress your accordion folds so the poinsettia sits flat inside the card. When the card opens, the accordion fold will release and the poinsettia will pop out in greeting.