Heart Pop Up Card Craft for Kids

Looking for a sweet but simple Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day card idea to make with school age kids? Then this heart pop up card craft is perfect!

Made with just paper, glue and scissors, this card makes a great addition to our collection of Tween Paper Crafts, and it is perfect  to make with children in the later elementary/primary grades.

DIY Pop Up Heart Card

Heart Pop Up Card Craft for Kids

You will need:

  • Cardstock
  • Colourful craft paper
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Heart Stencil (such as this one from Amazon) or a series of three heart templates that increase in size

To make:

Heart Pop Up Card

1. Take a 10 x 5 inch/24 x 12 cm white (or any light-coloured) cardstock paper and fold it in half.

Valentine Pop Up Card

2. Using the stencil, trace a half heart shape on the fold of the paper, leaving a 1/2 inch/1 cm gap on the outside of the shape.

DIY Heart Pop Up Card

3. Cut along the line drawn. Do not cut the gap.

DIY Valentine Pop Up Card

4. Unfold the paper.

Heart Pop Up Card DIY

5. Press the heart inwards. This forms the pop up area of the card.

Valentine Pop Up Card DIY

6. Cut out two smaller hearts from coloured craft paper.

Valentine Pop Up Card Craft for Kids

7. Glue the larger coloured heart onto the pop up heart.

Kids Heart Pop Up Card Craft

8. Then glue the smaller heart inside the larger heart shape.

Heart Pop Up Card Craft for Kids

9. Cut a piece of card stock to size to form the outside of the card. Fold in half.

Kids DIY Heart Pop Up Card Craft

10. Glue the prepared pop up into the card. Add your message.

DIY Pop Up Heart Card Craft

More heart craft ideas for kids:

How to make an origami heart Heart Paper Lantern