Creating Children's Pop-up Books

Overview

“In this lesson I will build an imposing music house made from a V mechanism with a non-symmetrical angle. Following these V's, I'll start building a tall building that doubles its height when opened, using gratings and a pusher. I will thus complete the page vertically, taking advantage of the fact that it is the central page and offers an angle of 180 degrees.”

In this video lesson Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) addresses the topic: Page 3: House of music 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'll start with page 3 of the book. It's a bit more complicated than the others. but you need to be very precise when assembling the pieces. We'll begin by pasting. giving more rigidity to some. It's super important because we're going to make a V mechanism. where instead of the V being in the center. the angle will be slightly changed so that it fits the entire facade of the house. We don't want the fold in the middle. and this will involve some pushers. What happens with figures that have pushers? Well. they need to be stronger. As I mentioned before. if someone has to li...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (85)
• 6544 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