How to make an Exploding Card
You will need:
1 piece of paper cut
to 4 ¼” x 10” folded in half to make a 4 ¼” x 5” card
1 piece of double
sided paper cut to 6” x 6”
Adhesive
To start, you will
need to take the 6” x 6” paper and fold it in half. Then rotate the paper and
fold in half again.
Next, open up the
paper and fold it corner to corner making a triangle. Rotate the paper and fold
corner to corner again.
Open the paper and
take the center creases and fold inside making the creases meet in the middle
of the paper. This will make a triangle.
Next step is to find
the center crease on the triangle and fold the corner to the crease. Then fold
the other corner to the crease. Turn the paper over and repeat on the remaining
two corners.
Next step is to take
the folded corners and fold them inside. Once this is done to all four corners,
your triangle has changed to the shape of a house. ;)
Take your adhesive and
go along the edges on one side of the house. Turn it over and place the top
corner of the house (what would look like the top of the rooftop) inside of
your card, making sure that the rooftop (I’m now singing “Up on the housetop”)
meets the center of the crease of the card. Take your adhesive and go
along the edges of the side facing upwards. Fold the other side of the card
over the house and make sure it is glued down really well.
The final step is to
open the card and….WOW….it “explodes” and is ready for you to add that special
something to make your card complete.
Great project! Love it!
ReplyDeleteJamie
thanks for the idea. i made one and my inner paper was 6x6 but it did not fit like yours. i think you used 8 1/2 by 8 1/2 inside because once it was folded it went from edge to edge on the 4 1/4 in card. i will try again using a bigger piece. LOVE the idea though, thanks so much!
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