Burger Stack

Buns, lettuce, patty and cheese are flat layers held one above the other on accordion springs. Press the top and the burger bounces. The top bun has sesame seeds and a smile.

Easy
5 layers
4 accordions
1 Letter sheet

Make it with your phone cameraLesson code: 6423

On VanGami the template appears over your sheet through your phone camera — no printer needed. Trace it, cut, fold and glue. Below are all the steps in text.

What you’ll need

Letter sheet — office paper, 80 gsm (20 lb)
Markers
Pencil — and eraser
Scissors — small
Glue stick — or PVA glue
Glass — phone stand

Steps

Trace

Buns: outlines. Trace the two circles: the top bun and the bottom bun.
Buns: drawing. On the top bun, draw seven sesame seeds, eyes with a highlight, cheeks, and a smile. On both buns, draw a crust line along the edge.
Patty and cheese: outlines. Trace the patty, a circle with an uneven edge, and the square of cheese.
Patty and cheese: drawing. On the patty, draw three slanted grill stripes and dots; on the cheese, four holes.
Lettuce and accordions: outlines. Trace the wavy lettuce leaf and, next to it, four strips, 2 × ¾ in.
Accordions: folds. On each strip, draw four lines, one every ⅜ in, taking turns: a dash-dot line, then a dashed line.
Lettuce: veins. A small circle in the middle and nine veins going from it to the edge.

Color

Color: buns. Both buns — orange; leave the seeds and the highlights in the eyes white. Crust and the outline of the seeds — brown; eyes — black; cheeks — pink.
Color: patty and cheese. Patty — brown; stripes and dots — black. Cheese — yellow; holes — orange.
Color: lettuce. Color the leaf lime green and the veins and the little circle green. The accordion strips stay white.

Cut

Cut out: buns — 2 pcs. Cut out both circles along the solid line. Turn the sheet, not the scissors.
Cut out: patty and cheese — 2 pcs. Cut with scissors along the solid line. Turn the sheet, not the scissors — the cut will come out neater.
Cut out: lettuce and accordions — 5 pcs. Cut out the lettuce along the wavy edge, then the four strips along the straight lines.

Fold

Fold the accordions. Fold each strip accordion-style along the lines: the first fold toward you, the second away from you, and so on, back and forth. You get a spring with five steps.

Glue

Build the filling. Glue the patty to the middle of the lettuce, and the cheese on top of it with a corner toward you: the cheese corners hang over the edge of the patty.
Accordions onto the bun. Spread glue on the bottom step of an accordion and glue it to the bottom bun, ⅝ in from the center. Do the same with the second one on the other side.
Filling onto the accordions. Spread glue on the top steps of both accordions and set the filling on them, cheese side up, its center over the center of the bun.
Two more accordions. Glue the two remaining accordions onto the cheese — the same way, by their bottom steps, ⅝ in from the center.
Top bun. Glue on the top steps. Cover the burger with the top bun, face toward you, and press for 10 seconds.