How to Make Haunted House Pop-Up Cards for Halloween

I have a super duper fun Halloween craft for you today.  In this post I’m going to show you how to make a Haunted House Pop-up Card.  People love receiving cards from their loved ones.  But, what they especially love are the homemade cards.  And, this homemade card will be no exception.  Do you know what makes this Haunted House card so special?  It’s the 3-D look of the card.  I will show you how to easily make a 3-D Haunted House Pop-up Card.  Once the Halloween Card is opened it can be displayed nicely with all the other Halloween decorations.  So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Piece of White Paper

Colorful Piece of Paper

Scissors

Black Marker

Colorful Crayons, Markers or Colored Pencils

 

Step 1

Get a piece of paper.

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Step 2

Fold in half.

Like this.

 

Step 3

Cut on the fold on the red lines.

Like this.

 

Step 4

Unfold.  Then put your fingers into slits and fold the inside part in opposite direction.

Like this.

 

Step 5

Fold in the spot on the above image.

Fold here too…

 

Step 6

Pinch the top fold and cut on the red lines.

Like this.

 

Step 7

Fold here like in above picture.

If you fold it down again it will look like this…

And, open…. like this….

 

Step 8

Outline edges in black.

 

Step 9

Draw windows, doors and other details.

 

Step 10

Color it too.

 

Step 11

Draw other details.

 

Step 12

Add background and a sidewalk.

 

Step 13

Paste just the outside edges to a colorful piece of paper.

 

Step 14

You can decorate the outside of the card too.

 

Step 15

Didn’t this Halloween pop-up card turn out amazing?  Anyone receiving it will love it!!  To make the Trick-or-Treat figures seen here simply print them off at How to Make a Trick-or-Treat Paper Toy.  The Trick-or-Treat figures go perfectly with today’s Halloween craft.

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