a) Pop-Up Lab

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

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Learn techniques to create a collection of pop-up maquettes that will serve as samples for future projects. Experiment and make mistakes, but also discoveries.

Minimum: one hour per group.

b) Pop-Up Folio

A folio is a piece of paper folded in half, like a greeting card. With quality cardstock as the base and thinner card for the pop-up inside, you have a little environment for the project of your choice.

Minimum: two hours total per group. 

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Examples 

• A face (biography)

• A pyramid (history)

• A volcano (environmental studies)

• A monster (language arts)

• A bar graph (math)

c) Pop-Up Carousel

A pop-up carousel is four collapsable “rooms” that look like a simple book when closed. When open, they form a 360-degree “house.”

Minimum: two sessions of two hours each.

Examples

• A 19th century house 

• A haunted house

• Four rooms in a museum

• The four cardinal directions

• Four imaginary spaces (a dream classroom, bedroom, playground, etc.)

d) Pop-Up Book

What do you get when you glue a bunch of pop-ups together? An accordion! Add a cover, and you’ve got your own pop-up book. The cover paper is sturdy but removable and two-sided.

Minimum: two sessions of two hours each.

Examples

• Animals

• Space

• Natural disasters

• A fairy tale

• My town