Making Pop-Ups
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Make a Talking Mouth Pop-Up
From the book The Pocket Paper Engineer

Kerlin's mouth pop-upLessly's mouth pop-up

Fold paper in the short direction

1 Holding a piece of paper
vertically, fold it down in half
(hamburger fold), then reopen.

      Fold paper in the long direction

2  Do not turn paper over.
Fold it in half in the other
direction (hotdog fold) and
keep it folded.

         Make one cut in the paper

3  Make one cut into the fold in the bottom half of the paper.

        Fold back two triangles

4  Fold back two triangles, one up and one down, off the cut. Press down folds.

         Return triangle to flat position

5  Return triangles to flat position.

     Open page wide

6  Open the paper wide.

Fold page in the short direction

7  Then fold the paper in the
same way you rst f
olded it
(hamburger direction).

                             Press pop-up forward

8  Press your thumbs into
centerfold on either side of
pop-up. If it does not lift
automatically, pull it up with
your nger. Close card and
press flat.