Creating Children's Pop-up Books

Overview

“In this lesson we will let our imagination fly and we will start to invent our story. First I am going to tell you the origin of the idea on which my project is going to revolve and explain how to find yours. Then I'll get to creating my first characters and locations and I'll show you how to bring these characters to life with turning mechanisms. These can help you a lot to create all kinds of stories for the little ones.”

In this video lesson Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) addresses the topic: Invent: shape your ideas 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Children's Pop-up Books. Learn how to create a pop-up book step by step for the little ones to enjoy, from the initial concept to assembling the pieces.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson. we're making the process of inventing more enjoyable. You'll find plenty of inspiration because people often ask. how do you get inspired? It's all around you. in everything you observe. So I was thinking about what theme to give to our book. to our project. I was clear. as I mentioned before about the character of the book. that they were game books. I want children to interact and adults too. to create a bond with the book. But I would also like it to have a social character. In my case. i often get inspired by the news I see in the newspapers. And I was very struck. apart...”

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Course summary for: Creating Children's Pop-up Books

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (85)
• 6536 students
• 4 units
• 22 lessons (4h 20m)
• 27 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, Children's Literature, Creating with Kids, Editorial Design, Paper Craft