Jude O'Connell
Croaking Frog Card - Free Craft Instructions for kids
May 6th 2008 13:37
This cute card has a frog with a moving mouth inside.
Materials Required
1. Piece of light A4 Card (I used cream coloured card)
2. Small piece of red paper, approx 10cm x 10cm
3. Colouring tools - I used crayons
4. Sharp pointed object to make pin holes in paper (eg pin or needle)
5. Ruler and pencil
6. Glue or double-sided tape
7. Scissors
[B]Instructions
1. Print out the template below onto a light piece of A4 Card.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Check that all the image is showing. You may have to adjust the right margin a little (using the margin-moving arrow above) for the whole image to be printed.
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
2. Colour in the frog and Pond scene. Then cut the paper in half above the pond scene to create your card and inside image on different pieces Fold the piece of cardboard with the pond scene in half, creating your card.
3. Using a pin, needle or other sharp pointed object, make pin holes in the places on the frog image indicated below (ie. the dot below the chin, where the sides of the mouth meet the outside line, and the bump on the face between the eyes.)
Small lines have been drawn crossing the darker lines to indicate where to place your holes.
4. Pierce holes at the two points on the border around the frog as indicated below.
5. Turn the frog picture over. Using a pencil and ruler draw the cross and diamond created by the pin holes. (see picture below - I have put a small pencil cross over each of the pin holes so you can see their position)
6. Fold the card down the vertical line (This symmetrically folds the frog in half on the other side). Using scissors, cut along the horizontal line you marked cutting from the folded edge into the card to the edge of the diamond. This cut will be approximately 2.5cm long. I have placed a protracter through the cut so you can see where it is in the photo.
7. Fold the card from the cut, with the fold line running along the lines that formed the diamond (see picture below).
8. Open out the card, and using the folded lines as a guide, push through the folded card to form the frogs mouth.
9. Turn the card over.
10. Trim the frog picture to the size of the drawn border. Place it inside your card (with the pond picture) to work out where you will need to paste the red paper that will be behind the mouth of the frog.
11. Paste the red paper onto the inside of your card, (where you determined it should be placed). Use double-sided tape or glue.
12. Use double-sided tape (recommended) or glue to paste the frog into the centre of your card. It is best to do this one side at a time, making sure that the frog is fitted snugly into your card.
13. Open and shut the card to see your frog croak!!
Inside of Finished Croaking Frog Card
Front of finished card
Materials Required
1. Piece of light A4 Card (I used cream coloured card)
2. Small piece of red paper, approx 10cm x 10cm
3. Colouring tools - I used crayons
4. Sharp pointed object to make pin holes in paper (eg pin or needle)
5. Ruler and pencil
6. Glue or double-sided tape
7. Scissors
[B]Instructions
1. Print out the template below onto a light piece of A4 Card.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Check that all the image is showing. You may have to adjust the right margin a little (using the margin-moving arrow above) for the whole image to be printed.
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
Frog Card Template
2. Colour in the frog and Pond scene. Then cut the paper in half above the pond scene to create your card and inside image on different pieces Fold the piece of cardboard with the pond scene in half, creating your card.
3. Using a pin, needle or other sharp pointed object, make pin holes in the places on the frog image indicated below (ie. the dot below the chin, where the sides of the mouth meet the outside line, and the bump on the face between the eyes.)
Small lines have been drawn crossing the darker lines to indicate where to place your holes.
4. Pierce holes at the two points on the border around the frog as indicated below.
5. Turn the frog picture over. Using a pencil and ruler draw the cross and diamond created by the pin holes. (see picture below - I have put a small pencil cross over each of the pin holes so you can see their position)
6. Fold the card down the vertical line (This symmetrically folds the frog in half on the other side). Using scissors, cut along the horizontal line you marked cutting from the folded edge into the card to the edge of the diamond. This cut will be approximately 2.5cm long. I have placed a protracter through the cut so you can see where it is in the photo.
7. Fold the card from the cut, with the fold line running along the lines that formed the diamond (see picture below).
8. Open out the card, and using the folded lines as a guide, push through the folded card to form the frogs mouth.
9. Turn the card over.
10. Trim the frog picture to the size of the drawn border. Place it inside your card (with the pond picture) to work out where you will need to paste the red paper that will be behind the mouth of the frog.
11. Paste the red paper onto the inside of your card, (where you determined it should be placed). Use double-sided tape or glue.
12. Use double-sided tape (recommended) or glue to paste the frog into the centre of your card. It is best to do this one side at a time, making sure that the frog is fitted snugly into your card.
13. Open and shut the card to see your frog croak!!
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