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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.
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Kids Crafts
Servings: 1 Rainbow Card
Author: Alli

Equipment

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.
    DIY rainbow pop up card
  • Cut out each of the semi-circle pieces from the template or from your own colored pieces of paper.
    paper rainbow template
  • Start gluing the pieces of the rainbow together
    making rainbow template making
  • Finish gluing the pieces for the rainbow (large to small).
    paper rainbow template
  • 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.
    white pop up card
  • Draw the two vertical lines on the closed side of the card, and coming off the middle fold according to the template.
    cut white pop up card template
  • Cut and fold the closed side of the card according to the “card template”
    bend white card
  • Push the folded part inwards the card.
    pop up card base
  • Gather all the paper decorations from the template.
    paper rainbow shapes
  • Glue the pot of gold on the pop socket.
    rainbow card with pot of gold
  • Then, glue the rainbow on the back part of the card at some point above the pot of gold.
    pop up rainbow and pot of gold card
  • Cut out the colorful circles from the template or use a hole punch on some colorful paper.
    rainbow confetti
  • 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.
    mounted rainbow card on cardstock

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