How to Make Pop-Up Gifts!

Series Summary

Origami, a form of visual representation defined by the folding of paper, originated in Japan in the 1600s. Since then, this ancient art has become a popular hobby for many around the globe. Crafts like pop-up books and greeting cards have also become popular for hobbyists and fair-goers for generations. It seems humans are truly technical animals, creating objects from paper that take on a life of their own and make great gifts from one heart to another.

In this free video series, expert Karen Weisman will teach you how to make several paper crafts step-by-step. Karen covers making paper balloons for holiday décor, cootie catchers for playground games, bells for Christmas, and super mobiles for any holiday season. And there’s more! Karen also teaches you the art of the origami swan, the paper airplane, and paper dancing and wind spinners. You will even learn how to make the perfect pop-up greeting card, a pair of open hands. Try these out today!

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Karen for Expert Village. Today we'll be making all these fabulous little gifts that can be flat folded and sent through the mail. We'll be making some bell decorations that you can make into a princess or a bride, or even a tree or bell. We'll be making this fabulous star mobile ornament or that can be a card as well as a decoration. We'll be making this terrific spinning wind decorations and these pop up star decorations. We'll be also be making a spinning top of dancing girls, a cooty catchers, paper balloons, some beautiful swans, a pop up card and a paper airplane. All of these things can be folded flat and sent through the mail, okay let's get started."