Pop-Up Lab

Experiment like a scientist and an artist--paper engineers are both!

I guide participants through the creation of a series of pop-ups. The structures start off easy and increase in difficulty. The pace is adapted to the abilities of the group. 

The next step is to illustrate the pop-ups, add some text, and display them or give them away. Or, keep them as samples for future projects. Experiment, make mistakes and discoveries. 

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Ages: 4 to 104

Past project: Our First Pop-Ups

Other Examples: 

• A mouth (a person, an animal)

• A circle (a soccer ball, a planet)

• A house (a treehouse, a haunted house)

• A boat (a pirate ship, a flower pot)

• A v-fold (a rocket, a butterfly)

Pop-Up Folio

A folio is a piece of paper folded in half, like a greeting card. With heavy card stock as the base and thinner card for the pop-up inside, you have a little home for the project of your choice. Write  directly on the folio or on a piece of paper in a pocket glued to the cover.

This project includes some basic paper engineering techniques but focuses on one main pop-up.

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Ages: 6 to 106

Past projects: Popping Up in History Class, Pop-Up Riddles, Halloween Pop-Up

Other Examples:

• A face (biography)

• A pyramid (history)

• A volcano (environmental studies)

• A book and reader (language arts)

• A bar graph (math)

Pop-Up Book

This workshop starts off with an introduction to pop-ups and the basic techniques ("The Pop-Up Lab").  Participants compose the text and I help them decide which pop-ups are best suited to their story. Then they assemble the pop-ups (usually between five and seven). I demonstrate how to create the cover and, if there's a  lot of text, a pocket for folded sheets of text.

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Ages: 6 to 106

Past projects: Animals and Emotions, Environmental Studies

Other Examples:

• Animals

• Space

• Abstract shapes

• A fairy tale

• Places I'd like to visit

Pop-Up Carousel  NEW!

This workshop also starts off with an introduction to pop-ups and the basic techniques ("The Pop-Up Lab").

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A pop-up carousel is four collapsible “rooms” that look like a simple book when closed. When open, they form a 360-degree “house.” The four sections can contain pop-ups and movable elements, such as a door, a picture or a clock. The text can be written or printed and glued directly on the carousel or a booklet can be housed in a pocket on the back cover.

Ages: 10 to 110

Examples

• A 19th century house 

• A dream house

• Math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

• The elements (earth, air, fire, water)

• The four seasons