Make a scary spider pop-up card using construction paper. This is a great Halloween card or an invitation to a Halloween party.

Estimated Time: 40 minutes
Supplies Needed:
  • Two pieces of construction paper (use 2 different colors, like black and orange)
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Markers or crayons

Instructions

1.

Fold two rectangular pieces of construction paper in half. One piece will be the outside of the card, and one piece will be the inside.

Two folded pieces of paper.
2.

Cut a straight line perpendicular to the fold in the middle of one of the pieces of paper.

Cutting the folded paper card.
3.

Fold down the paper on each side of the cut you just made.

Folding the paper card.Folding the paper card.
4.

Cut a short, straight line on the top fold (do not cut all the way to the edge of the paper).

Cutting the paper card.
5.

Fold down the paper on each side of the cut you just made.

Folding the paper card.Folding the paper card.
6.

Unfold the folds and open up the card. Carefully pop the spider’s mouth and eyes so that they bulge towards the inside of the card.

'Popping' the folded parts of the card.
7.

Draw half a spider around the mouth and eyes (draw the head/body and four long legs).

Drawing half the spider on the paper card.
8.

Glue the other piece of folded construction paper to the back of your card.

Cut along the half-spider drawing you made in the previous step.

Gluing and cutting the paper cards together.
9.

Fold the card up. Now cut the other half of the spider out.

Folding and cutting the paper spider.Folding and cutting the paper spider.
10.

Open up your card and decorate your spider if you’d like – you can give it hairy skin, stripes, and eyeballs (drawn on the underlayer). You might even want to glue on long fangs (make sure that the fangs fit inside the card when you fold the card up).

Write a message on your scary spider pop-up card!

The nearly finished spider pop-up card.The finished spider pop-up card.