How to Make a Pop-Up Invitation

Spicing up a party invitation can be an easy way to add even more excitement for your upcoming event. Whether it is a kid's birthday party, a holiday celebration or even a wedding, following a few simple steps will add extra flair to the usual two-dimensional invites. Below is an example of a pop-up birthday-party invitation, but these steps can be used for any type party you may be planning.

Things You'll Need

• Piece of construction paper to make the card
• Card decorations, cut out (All the decorations used here are from Google Images.)
• Markers or pen
• Pencil
• Scissors

Instructions

How to Make a Pop- Up Invitation

1. 

   Take your construction paper and fold in half horizontally, along the short axis.

2. 

   Arrange the decorations on the inside of your card. If you are hand drawing, visualize how much space you will need. If you are cutting and pasting to the inside of your card, lay down the images, but do not glue them. Mark with a pencil how close the images are to the horizontal crease.

3. 

   Measure the pop-up image against the horizontal crease in the card where you want the image to be raised. Cut two slits, each 1/2 inch to an inch long, across the horizontal crease making sure to cut through both pages. The distance between the two slits should be smaller than the image that will pop up.

4. 

   Push the construction paper between the slits through to the inside of the card. It will form a step.

5. 

   Glue or draw the background images onto the card.

6. 

   Place glue onto the front of the step. Hold your pop-up image to the step until the glue dries.

Tips & Warnings

• Add two or three pop-up images along the crease. Make some images bigger and some smaller to give it even more dimension.

• Be careful not to get glue anywhere other than on the step or it will be difficult to open the card.