{"title":"How to Make a Pop-Up Heart Card","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/card-making/how-to-make-a-pop-up-heart-card","category":{"slug":"card-making","name":"Card Making"},"creator":{"name":"Art for Kids Hub","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5XMF3Inoi8R9nSI8ChOsdQ","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5loSCjOkIA"},"tldr":"Make a pop-up heart card with paper, scissors and a glue stick. A spiral heart springs out when it opens. Easy Valentine's Day craft for kids.","quickAnswer":"Make a pop-up heart card with paper, scissors and a glue stick. An easy project. You need 6 things, including red construction paper, glue stick and scissors. The 10 steps start with fold the Red Construction Paper in Half for the Heart Card, trace a Larger Heart Around the Template Against the Fold, cut Out the Heart Card Without Cutting the Fold, trace and Cut Two White Hearts for the Card Lining and glue the White Hearts Inside the Red Heart Card.","totalDurationSeconds":555,"videoDurationSeconds":555,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":null,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":null,"estimatedCost":null,"yield":null},"tools":["scissors","black marker","heart template"],"materials":["red construction paper","white construction paper or printer paper","glue stick"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Fold the Red Construction Paper in Half for the Heart Card","text":"Take a sheet of red construction paper and fold it in half so the short edges meet. Run your hand along the fold to press a sharp crease. This folded edge becomes the hinge of your heart card, so it needs to be crisp. Have your heart template ready nearby. If you have not made one yet, cut a heart about 3 1/2 inches wide from scrap paper now."},{"number":2,"title":"Trace a Larger Heart Around the Template Against the Fold","text":"Set the template on the folded paper with one side of the heart touching the folded edge. Keep it near the bottom, but leave room around it. Trace around the template with a marker, staying a little way out from its edge, so you draw a bigger heart than the template. The part of your line that meets the fold stays open. Do not draw over the fold."},{"number":3,"title":"Cut Out the Heart Card Without Cutting the Fold","text":"Cut along the line through both layers of paper. Cut on the inside of the marker line so no black shows on the finished card. Stop where the line meets the fold and leave that edge whole. When you open it up you have a heart-shaped card that opens like a book. You could write in it now and stop here, but the pop-up is the fun part."},{"number":4,"title":"Trace and Cut Two White Hearts for the Card Lining","text":"Fold a half sheet of white paper in half. Place the template in the middle of it this time, away from the fold, and trace close around it. Cut out the heart through both layers. Because the heart did not touch the fold, you end up with two separate white hearts that match. These line the inside of your card."},{"number":5,"title":"Glue the White Hearts Inside the Red Heart Card","text":"Open the red card flat. Rub glue stick over the back of each white heart and press one onto each inside half of the card. Center them so a red border shows all the way around. Smooth them down from the middle out to push out any bubbles. The white lining makes the red spiral stand out once it is in place."},{"number":6,"title":"Trace and Cut Two Red Hearts From the Folded Scrap Paper","text":"Go back to your red scrap paper. Fold it if it is not folded already, and trace the template once more in the middle, away from the fold. Cut it out through both layers. You now have two red hearts the same size. Keep them stacked together. They are cut as a pair in the next step, and that is what makes the pop-up work."},{"number":7,"title":"Cut a Spiral Into the Stacked Red Hearts for the Pop-Up","text":"Pinch the two red hearts together and start cutting in from one side. Follow the shape of the heart around and around, moving inward each time, like peeling an apple in one long strip. Keep each ring about a finger wide. When you reach the middle, stop and leave a small heart in the center. Take it slowly so you do not cut a ring off. The spiral has to stay in one piece."},{"number":8,"title":"Glue the Two Centre Hearts of the Spiral Together","text":"Lay the spiral down so the two layers line up again. Gently peel back one layer at the middle so you can reach the small center heart. Put a little glue stick on it and press the two center hearts together. Only the middle gets glued. The rest of the spiral stays loose, so it can stretch out when the card opens."},{"number":9,"title":"Glue the Outer Spiral Ring Inside the Heart Card","text":"Set the spiral heart inside the card, on top of one white heart. Put glue only on the two top bumps of the outer ring and part way down the outside edge. Keep the glue off the next ring in. Close the card over it, check the spiral is lined up with the card, and press down hard so the glue grabs."},{"number":10,"title":"Glue the Other Side of the Spiral and Open the Pop-Up Heart Card","text":"Flip the card over and open the other side. Glue the top two bumps of the outer ring on this side, the same as before. Close the card and press down hard all over. Now open it slowly. The spiral stretches into rings of hearts that stand up off the card. The first opening may stick a little, so ease it apart. After that it opens easily."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-11-04T17:48:10.253Z","published":"2026-11-04T17:48:02.145Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}