Love Local: Summer Edition Virtual Workshop

Gather your family and join Minnesota Center for Book Arts Lead Teaching Artist Madeline Garcia for a virtual workshop! You’ll learn how to make three summer-inspired pop-up cards to send to your loved ones this summer. Fun and accessible to many developmental levels, this workshop is open to all ages. Families can choose to work together or separately to create their cards (some adult help suggested when using Xacto knife).

A note on materials:

To follow along with the workshop, all participants will need to prepare the following tools and materials. For $10, you can have a materials kit shipped to you (you will still need to gather your own tools if you order a materials kit). To allow time for the materials kits to be shipped, the deadline to order materials is June 15th at noon.

Materials needed/Kits include paper cut to the following sizes:

Umbrella Pop-out Card

• 1x 5 ½ x 8 ½ in. card stock paper
• 5x 1 ½ x 4¼ in. construction paper strips of different colored paper
• 1x 1 ½ x 8 1/2 in. sand colored strip (optional)
• 1x ½ x 4 in. strip (optional)

Campfire Pop-out Card

• 1x 5 ½ x 8 ½ in. card stock paper
• 5x 2 ½ x 2 ½ in. strips of yellow/orange paper
• 1x 3 x 3 in. strip of brown paper

Lift-the-flaps Card

• 1x 5 ½ x 8 ½ in. card stock paper
• 1x 4 x 5 ¼ in. different colored paper

Tools needed (gather these even if you order a kit!):

• Bone folder or alternative (popsicle stick, spoon)
• Scissors
• Xacto Knife
• Pencil
• Glue stick or double-sided tape
• Ruler
• Waste sheets for gluing
• Additional scrap paper to decorate your cards