Send someone a pot of gold good luck with these pop-up rainbow cards with free printable templates—a fun paper rainbow card craft for kids of all ages.
Rainbow Pop-Up Card
March 17th marks St. Patrick’s Day, the day Christianity arrived in Ireland. However, it is celebrated around the globe in more than 200 countries, including the United States of America.
The day is celebrated with parades, festivals, feasts, and people wearing green clothing. But we will celebrate this festive day in a different way: We will make St. Patricks’s Day rainbow cards!
Each year, my kids and I make greeting cards for Christmas, Easter, New Year, and all other events that take place throughout the year. We usually take a piece of craft paper, fold it in half, and draw relevant images on it.
For instance, if we’re making a birthday card, we usually draw balloons, cake, and candles on it. Similarly, if we’re making a sympathy card, it includes flowers and doves. And I usually leave a blank interior for the kids so they can write their own message or personal note inside.
But this year, the card I designed for St. Patrick’s Day involves lots of arts and crafts because we’re making a St.Patrick’s Day pop-up rainbow card. Other fun pop-up cards you'll love include Pop-up Flower Card, DIY Pop-up Christmas Cards, and Turkey Pop-up Card.
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Why Make Pop-Up Rainbow Cards?
Greeting cards are always fun to make. The colorful design and vibrant drawings on the face of the cards always give the receiver a sense of happiness and hope.
However, if we make pop-up cards, they take the fun to the next level. Imagine opening a card for a rainbow to pop out! How interactive!
Designing your own cards is great for letting out your kids’ creative spirit. And as I always say, kids love arts and crafts. It’s something they can never get bored of! So, if you get them a bunch of craft supplies, they’ll spend hours making fantastic art.
This way, the kids develop an interest in crafts, learn new skills, and eventually, go from beginners to pros. Besides, crafts are an excellent way for kids to develop fine motor skills, recognize colors, know about different textures, and learn how to use scissors, glue sticks, and other supplies.
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St. Patrick’s Day Pop-Up Rainbow Card
I have come up with a unique card idea this year to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Instead of making simple open and shut cards, I have designed a fun and interactive pop-up rainbow card.
It is a colorful and vibrant card idea, with a rainbow on one side and cute little shamrocks on the other side. And as soon as you open the card, a pot of gold pops up. You can use colorful craft or construction paper to make the rainbow and green paper to trace the shamrocks.
The card I have created has a pop-up pot of gold, but you can switch it with a rainbow, a shamrock, or a St. Patrick’s Day character. Once you get the hang of how to make a pop-up card, you can use your creativity to modify the card in any way you want.
So, celebrate this St. Patrick’s Day and help your kids learn its significance with a beautiful pop-up rainbow card!
Supplies for Rainbow Pop-Up Card
- Cardstock Paper
- Craft Paper
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Glue
How To Make a Pop-up Rainbow Card
Gather the supplies and print out the free pdf templates (below). Cut out each o the elements from either the black and white template or the colored template.
Cut out each of the semi-circle pieces from the template or from your own colored pieces of paper. Do you remember the colors of the rainbow? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
Start gluing the pieces of the rainbow together
Finish gluing the pieces for the rainbow (large to small).
Take a piece of card stock and fold it in half. Trace the outside o card template with the vertical lines on the folded piece of your paper. Cut the outside of the folded card.
Draw the two vertical lines on the closed side of the card, and coming off the middle fold according to the template.
Cut and fold the closed side of the card according to the “card template”
Push the folded part inwards the card.
Gather all the paper decorations from the template.
Glue the pot of gold on the pop socket.
Then, glue the rainbow on the back part of the card at some point above the pot of gold.
Cut out the colorful circles from the template or use a hole punch on some colorful paper.
Glue the shamrocks and the rest of the decorations on your card. We recommend mounting your card to another piece of cardstock. Using the ruler, measure approximately half an inch wider and longer than your decorated card folded. Glue to the extra piece of card stock.
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Pop-up Rainbow Card
Send someone a pot of gold good luck with these pop-up rainbow cards with free printable templates—a fun paper rainbow card craft for kids of all ages.
Materials
Tools
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Scissors
Instructions
Gather the supplies and print out the free pdf templates (below). Cut out each o the elements from either the black and white template or the colored template.
Cut out each of the semi-circle pieces from the template or from your own colored pieces of paper. - Start gluing the pieces of the rainbow together
- Finish gluing the pieces for the rainbow (large to small).
- Take a piece of card stock and fold it in half. Trace the outside of the card template with the vertical lines on the folded piece of your paper. Cut the outside of the folded card.
- Draw the two vertical lines on the closed side of the card, and coming off the middle fold according to the template.
- Cut and fold the closed side of the card according to the “card template”
- Push the folded part inwards the card.
- Gather all the paper decorations from the template.
- Glue the pot of gold on the pop socket.
- Then, glue the rainbow on the back part of the card at some point above the pot of gold.
- Cut out the colorful circles from the template or use a hole punch on some colorful paper.
- Glue the shamrocks and the rest of the decorations on your card. We recommend mounting your card to another piece of cardstock. Using the ruler, measure approximately half an inch wider and longer than your decorated card folded. Glue to the extra piece of card stock.
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