Learn how to make an origami popup book! This book opens up into 4 sections, it could be a mini house with 4 rooms, or a pretty landscape scene!
The final book will measure 5 x 5 cm plus the cover might be wider.
I am not the best at creating ‘pop up’ things to go inside, check out my blog post for more ideas and how to make pop up objects, and also find the crease pattern under the video.
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Download the free crease pattern:
Click to download the origami popup book crease pattern PDF
You will need:
Inside:
· 1 sheet of 20 x 25 cm paper
Download the crease pattern here: coming soon
Cover:
· 1 sheet of 20 x 20 cm paper
· Ribbon or thread
· Glue
The ratio for the inside is 4 by 5. So you could use 30 x 35 cm which would make the book about 8 x 8 cm…. or smaller, 15 x 18.7 cm which would be very small maybe 3.5 x 3.5 cm!
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Here are some ideas and also some info on how you might get pop up objects into your book.
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My sister is homesick for the old family home. I took pictures of the walls and floor in the rooms and arranged them onto the paper before I printed the template. This made a small pop-up book of our house for her and she was very pleased. Thank you for the idea and the help!
It looks great! Thanks for showing the photos 🙂
Hi Chrissy, I’m making this pop-up card thingy for my sisters birthday, can I make this from an A4 paper, and if not, what size should I cut it to?
Hi Ann, yes A4 paper is perfect, you can trim to 20 x 25 cm and there is also a printable template linked in the post if you need it 🙂
Thank you!
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thank you so much! This is the perfect project for my 12 year old daughter who loves miniature homes and toys.
All the best as you continue to create new and fun projects!
I really love this! I just started making folding houses to bring out with my daughter. She plays with them with her little figures. It would be so great if there was a template with the house furniture etc. drawn on it to color!
Hi, i’m a fan of your work. Could you please give me all the papers ratio? Inside to cover ratio, or anything that you know. Thanks
Hi, the measurements and ratio are listed in the post above. The ratio is 4 by 5 🙂
Hello,I am a Japanese netizen, inadvertently see the net， I’m very like your this design，But it is a pity that my English is very poor, I have to through the machine to translate your article, but I can’t find specific tutorial, I really want to do this thing, could you please tell me the specific tutorial video or photos where you explain process, thank you
Hi! Which tutorial? 🙂
Hello, can i ask something? So, must the inside made from rectangle? And, is it a must that the inside is smaller? Can i do it with the same-sized paper? Thank you very much if u answer me.
Hi, yes the inside must start with a rectangle that’s 4 x 5, so 4 equal sections by 5 equal sections. The sheet for the cover is square, so what you could do, is start with 2 sheets of rectangular paper, use one for the inside and make the other one square.
Or, let me know what size paper you have, and I can let you know what sizes you can cut it to, so that it works out.. ?
I love this. Unfortunately on my one the inside pages stick out the front of the cover and I’m not sure what I am doing wrong. ?
I had this happen as well with a couple, I found that it is the paper’s thickness, or you can try to make the fold even more precise. Also if you make the cover a little bigger width ways then it will not be noticeable, hope that helps! At 11:42 in the video you can see where you would make the cover wider. 🙂