Animal Pop-up Book

Let's draw animals on white paper and create "pop-up" pages in a booklet. Add some information about each one and you have a Nature Study project for animal lovers! Ages 8 and up.

Supplies:

• White paper, 9" x 12"
• Construction paper, any color desired
• Pencil with eraser
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Markers
• Stapler
• Animal photos for references

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of the white paper into four pieces, 4" x 5" each. Trim off the two top corners, as shown below.

2. Cut a piece of construction paper into 2 rectangles, 4.5" x 6" each.

3. Following the directions on the "how to draw a horse" page, draw and color in a horse on one of the pieces of white paper.

4. Using the same method as the horse drawing, draw and color in other animals on the other white sheets.

5. Stack the construction paper pieces together and fold over to make a booklet. Staple along the center.

6. Fold each of the animal drawings in the following way: (Fold the paper forward at the cross lines.)

7. Now fold it back along the red lines.

8. Open up the construction paper booklet to the first page and glue the bottom flap of the horse picture across the 2-page spread. Turn the page and repeat with the other pictures.

9. Create a title for the book and draw it on the cover with markers.

10. You may want to label the animal pages and add some facts about each one.

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