Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies Activity Kit

E ncyclopEdia Mythologica

Fairies and Magical Creatures by Matthew

Reinhart & Robert Sabuda

Create your own

ISBN: 978-0-7636-3172-7

pop-up fairy! Meet one of the many fairies created by the world’s pop-up masters! Designed by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda, this sheet offers easy instructions for making a pop-up fairy of your own. You’re invited to decorate the fairy in your own personal style, send it as a card, or even make lots of them to create a fairy colony. To discover many other magical residents of the fairy realm, be sure to look for Fairies and Magical Creatures, the dazzling first book in the Encyclopedia Mythologica series.

Available July 2008

Step 5: Apply a small amount of glue to the back

side of tab A and place the tab over glue spot A on the card. Press firmly and allow to dry.

Step 1: Print out the card and pop-up pieces.

Then color them in with crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Do not color the tabs on the pop-up pieces or the glue spots on the card.

Step 2: Using a ruler as a guide, press the

Step 3: Cut out the card and pop-up pieces along the heavy black outside lines.

Step 4: Fold the card in half along the scored

center fold line. Crease the fold. Then open up the card again. Then fold, crease, and unfold tabs A and B on the pop-up pieces.

B

rounded end of a paper clip along the dotted line down the center of the card. Then do the same along the dotted lines on the popup pieces.

A

Step 6: Apply a small amount of glue to the back

side of tab B. Slide the fairy’s head piece into the body piece as shown, and place tab B over glue spot B on the card. Press firmly and allow to dry.

Note: If you wish, you can make this pop-up larger by enlarging the printouts.

Fly away, fairy! This pop-up design by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda is for you and your friends to enjoy. Feel free to make additional copies and pass them along.

FAIRY CARD

B B

A A

TA B

A

FAIRY POP-UP PIECES

B TA B

HEAD

BODY