Paper Engineer Matthew Reinhart shares some very nice pop-up card templates that are easy to make and also fun to decorate, like a bouquet of roses and a 3D pop-up heart.

Pop-Up Valentine Card

Pop-Up Bouquet

How about a pop-up box of Valentine chocolates or a beautiful pop-up rose? Paper Engineer Robert Sabuda shows you step-by-step how to create these wonderful pop-ups yourself.

Pop-Up Rose

Pop-Up Valentine Box

The Endless Love pop-up card, created by Paper Engineer Peter Dahmen, is very symbolic and reveals the text “True love never ends” by folding the flaps. And this is the fun part, by using clever folding techniques, this card is a never-ending message of love! View Template…

One of our favorite YouTube channels is the pop-up tutorial channel Crafting Hours. They provide lots and lots of beautiful pop-up card tutorials that are easy to follow and simple to make. Below you’ll find a selection of some of our favorite Valentine pop-up cards. And you should definitely take a look at their YouTube channel. There’s so much to choose from! More video tutorials…

Surprise your loved one with a special handmade Valentine Heart Box, filled with some delicious sweets or chocolates! Just follow this Art Class from paper engineer Matthew Reinhart to learn how. This creative gift is fun to make and to give! More Art Classes…

Reveal your creativity by taking origami magic into your own hands to make original paper gifts for those whom you love! The designs in this book are from simple to intermediate level of folding and will be great for most origami enthusiasts.

Order at Amazon: Origami Romantic Hearts

Paper Flower Note Cards provides all the information you need. With just scissors, craft glue and a few sheets of colorful heavyweight paper, anyone can create stunning floral gift cards, gift toppers and place cards in no time at all!

Order at Amazon: Paper Flower Note Cards

This is a brief selection of products that can be used to decorate Valentine’s Day pop-ups. Creating your own pop-ups is the most fun when you have the right tools to work with. So that’s why we also have made a selection of the most useful products when it comes to working with paper and pop-ups. Continue to the pop-up supplies page…

We hope you’ve enjoyed this Valentine’s Day DIY pop-up special! If you would like to know more about creating pop-ups you can take a look at our How-to pages about making pop-ups, books about paper engineering and more pop-up tutorials and templates. Don’t forget to share this page with your friends and family!

Angel by Robert Sabuda

Wreath by Matthew Reinhart

Advent Card by Ray Marshall

Snowflake by Popupology

Decorate your own paper Pop-Up Christmas Tree. This foldable pop-up holiday tree is 16 inch (40 cm) tall and comes with a set of charming paper ornaments for decoration. Or be creative and make your own beautiful paper ornaments! You’ll find more inspiration on this page.

This pop-up tree will be perfect for a table centerpiece, party decoration or holiday home decor!

Peter Dahmen is a designer and paper artist, specialized in paper engineering and pop-ups. He is a developer of pop-up cards and foldable artworks made from paper and cardboard. On his YouTube channel you’ll find some great tutorials and templates to create your own pop-ups for Christmas!

Make the holidays extra cozy with some fun paper crafting projects! With these books you can create the most wonderful greeting cards, Christmas tree ornaments, table centerpieces or this amazing Paper Christmas Village that is perfect for display!

Paper engineer Matthew Reinhart shows you how to make your own amazing Christmas pop-up creations like this Christmas advent calendar packed with mini pops! Visit and subscribe to his YouTube Channel for more video tutorials and Let’s make it pop!

Have a creative time with this book making your own Origami Christmas Treats for Christmas Trees! There are almost 200 detailed step-by-step colorful diagrams with instructions and photos of examples of completed projects.

With only paper and folding, you can create fabulous holiday decorations for your Christmas tree!

There lots of fun Christmas pop-up and papercraft tutorials to find on YouTube. Decorate your Christmas tree with homemade paper ornaments, make a beautiful pop-up greeting card for someone or make your home cozy for the holidays.

This is a brief selection of products that can be used to decorate Christmas pop-ups. Creating your own pop-ups is the most fun when you have the right tools to work with. So that’s why we also have made a selection of the most useful products when it comes to working with paper and pop-ups. Continue to the pop-up supplies page…

Creating Christmas pop-ups with templates is very entertaining. Most printable pop-up templates come in black & white so you might want to color and decorate your project. You can give your project some color with markers, paint or colored paper but there’s much more that you can do to give your project that extra Christmas touch!

Glitter & glue

Some of the most beautiful winter and Christmas pop-up books we know use glitters. The effect of glitters works best when an object is moving and you’ve guessed it right, thats why a pop-up is perfect to use for glitters! By using holographic glitter on white paper, you can make a pop-up look like it’s frosted or you can add some holographic glitter to snowy landscapes for that extra touch of sparkling snow. Another great usage of glitter is to use the same color glitter as the paper. By adding red glitters to red paper, the pop-up transforms into a festive holiday pop-up! It’s very easy to decorate your pop-ups with glitter by first drawing some glue lines around the cut-outs and sprinkle those with glitters. Let it dry for about an hour and carefully brush off the remaining glitter that you can re-use for your next projects. There’s no need to use strong glue to add glitters so we recommend to use Elmer’s School Glue which dries transparent. Working with glitter can be a bit messy. If you don’t want your desk (and yourself) covered with glitters you can also choose for Glitter Glue, a two-in-one product that is less wasteful and easy to apply.

Decorate

You can choose from a variety of beautiful paper sheets that you can order online but there are many other ways of being creative with what you can use to decorate a Christmas pop-up. You can cut out details or patterns from Christmas wrapping paper and glue that on your pop-up. You can also use ribbon, that folds in-and-out with your pop-ups with ease. And let’s not forget gold and silver(chrome) paper that is perfect for that typical Christmas look! There’s so much more than colored paper to use for your Christmas pop-ups. Just look around in your house for empty packages (gold and silver paper), ribbons, glitters, some Christmas wrapping paper and don’t forget to check out our pop-up supplies guide for everything else you’ll need to create pop-ups. All you need is your imagination and you’re good to go! Just make sure your pop-up don’t gets to bulky.

Christmas Color combinations

The most basic Christmas color combinations are obvious but beautiful. Did you know that the most used combination for DIY projects is the classic combination of candy cane red and white? But there’s so much more to discover and use as a color palette for your Christmas project! In case you’re looking for inspiration to give your Christmas pop-up some color, we’ve created a set of color combinations that fits almost every pop-up theme or design. How about a palette of Santa’s workshop with some gold details? Or a beautiful combination of blues and bright yellow to create an Arctic night? It’s all in our Christmas Color guide!

We hope you’ve enjoyed this Christmas DIY pop-up special! If you would like to know more about creating pop-ups you can take a look at our How-to pages about making pop-ups, books about paper engineering and more pop-up tutorials and templates. Don’t forget to share this page with your friends and family!

Pop-Up Ghost

Pop-Up Witch

Pop-Up Bat

Pop-Up Spider

A creepy Victorian mansion is loaded with spooky fun, inside and out! Enter an eerie world with this cut-and-assemble model, which allows you to see both sides of a haunted house.

Simple instructions ensure that it’ll be easy to put your new house together and let the haunting begin!

Amazon: Cut & Assemble Haunted House

Pop-up book author and paper engineer Matthew Reinhart shows you how to make your own Halloween pop-up cards while he explains the different techniques he uses. These video tutorials are perfect for those who are looking for some great DIY Halloween paper craft projects. Let’s make it pop!

Paper Dandy’s Horrorgami features 20 kirigami (cut-and-fold) designs based around haunted houses and scenes from horror films. Each project features step-by-step instructions and a template that you remove from the book.

Horrorgami makes the perfect Halloween activity so we gave it a try and ordered it to review. Read more…

Above we’ve already seen some fun video tutorials but Matthew Reinhart also offers a bunch of pop-up templates on his website. For Halloween you can find this scary pumpkin pop-up or choose the Frankenstein template to create a cool and surprising Halloween pop-up card!

Pop-Up Pumpkin

Pop-Up Frankenstein

Whether you’re a fan of things that go bump in the night or not, you’ll find these scary creatures too cute to scream at. Paper Monsters deftly combines paper craft with advanced paper engineering so no nightmares with glue, tape or tools ever happen!

Of course, you can also search YouTube for ideas and tutorials for Halloween. There are many to find so there is plenty to choose from! This is just a small selection of some spooky Halloween tutorials that we’ve found for you…

Learn how to fold 10 original origami models that come with full-color diagrams and instructions. Make them multiple times and add or change a few folds to give your model a new touch. Giving life to paper with just a few folds and your own interpretation!

Amazon: Origami for Halloween

Creating your own pop-ups is the most fun when you have the right tools to work with. So that’s why we also have made a selection of of products that can be used to create and decorate your Halloween pop-ups. For more supplies, continue to the pop-up supplies page…

We hope you’ve enjoyed this Halloween DIY pop-up special! If you would like to know more about creating pop-ups you can take a look at our How-to pages about making pop-ups, books about paper engineering and more pop-up tutorials and templates. Don’t forget to share this page with your friends and family!

Bouquet by Matthew Reinhart

Gerbera Daisy by Ray Marshall

Mother’s Day Flower by Robert Sabuda

Rose by Robert Sabuda

This universal Flower Pop-Up card, created by Peter Dahmen, will make a perfect gift for Mother’s Day. With this pop-up template you can create any floral design you want! Download the template and watch the video tutorial for instructions on how to make this pop-up card.

Of course, you can also search YouTube for ideas and tutorials for Mother’s Day. There are many to find so there is plenty to choose from! This is just a small selection of some fun Mother’s Day pop-up tutorials that we’ve found for you…

Paper Sweets combines paper craft with advanced paper engineering so no glue, tape or tools are needed! All 20 pages have unique designs that are pre-cut, scored and deliciously illustrated with yummy sweets. Each delicacy punches out and folds up into a 3D shape with easy-to-follow instructions.

Haven’t decided yet what to make for Mother’s Day? You can do many things with paper so how about a beautiful bouquet of handcrafted paper flowers? The following video tutorials show you how to make all kinds of different flowers. Pick a flower your mom really loves or just make them all to create a beautiful flower arrangement. We know for sure that any mom will love a gift like this!

Creating your own pop-ups is the most fun when you have the right tools to work with. So that’s why we’ve have made a selection of products that can be used to create and decorate your Mother’s Day pop-up cards. For more supplies, continue to the pop-up supplies page…

We hope you’ve enjoyed this DIY Mother’s Day pop-up special! If you would like to know more about creating pop-ups you can take a look at our How-to pages about making pop-ups, books about paper engineering and more pop-up tutorials and templates. Don’t forget to share this page with your friends and family!

Rabbit by Robert Sabuda

Easter Basket by Matthew Reinhart

Pop-up book author and paper engineer Matthew Reinhart shows you how to make your own Easter pop-up cards while he explains the different techniques he uses. His YouTube videos are perfect for anyone who’s looking for some fun do-it-yourself Easter paper craft projects. Let’s make it pop!

Are you looking for some nice Easter decorations to make yourself? Then these cuddly origami paper bunny’s might be perfect!

Whether you’ve done 3D origami before or not, these pre-cut and pre-folded paper models are easy to assemble and will be a true eye-catcher in any home! Order at Amazon: Origami Bunny DIY Kit

For more paper craft inspiration, you should definitely take a look on YouTube. From decorative Easter egg ornaments, origami rabbits to the most beautiful spring flowers, there is something to find for everyone. With these wonderful crafting ideas you’ll have your basket filled with enough treats for an awesome Easter!

Creating your own pop-ups is the most fun when you have the right tools to work with. So that’s why we also have made a selection of of products that can be used to create and decorate your Easter pop-ups. For more supplies, continue to the pop-up supplies page…

Our Community Forum is a great place to share your paper creations with other pop-up fans and paper engineers. Get ideas and inspiration or share useful tips and advice with each other about all things paper!

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We hope you’ve enjoyed this DIY Easter pop-up special! If you would like to know more about creating pop-ups you can take a look at our How-to pages about making pop-ups, books about paper engineering and more pop-up tutorials and templates. Don’t forget to share this page with your friends and family!

How to make a pop-up book

We will have to be patient and until that time we can enjoy some insights about how this book is build. Keith has published a series of interesting tutorials for the more experienced paper engineers about how to engineer techniques like angle folds, building platforms, tabs and sliders. This is not your usual “how to make a birds beak” or “stage that pops out” tutorial. This is a closer and more technical look at how complicated pop-ups are build and how they work.

Don’t forget to subscribe to Keiths YouTube channel and you’ll be updated about his upcoming projects and tutorials. Highly recommended for (beginning) paper engineers!