Peekaboo Ghost Card

A purple card from a Letter sheet folded in quarters. A ghost peeks over the top edge, and inside it raises its arms — next to it are a “BOO!” speech bubble and a note for your greeting. On the cover: a moon and stars.

• Easy
• 1 Letter sheet for the base
• 3 tracing blocks
• 6 pieces

Make it with your phone cameraLesson code: 8525

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

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

Steps

Sheet 1

1. Sheet 1: white sheet. The white sheet should be under the camera now. The template has 1 sheets.
2. Ghost: outline. Trace the ghost with a solid line — with raised arms and a wavy hem. You’ll cut along it.
3. Ghost: face. Draw the eyes with highlights, the little mouth and the cheeks with thin lines. The picture on the screen is an example — it doesn’t have to be exact to the millimeter.
4. Small parts: outlines. Trace the moon, two stars and a speech bubble with a tail. That makes four pieces.
5. Small parts: drawing. Draw craters on the moon, and the letters BOO! in the bubble with thick lines.
6. Note: outline. Trace a rectangle with rounded corners — you’ll write your greeting on it.
7. Note: lines. Draw three thin lines to write on.
8. Color: ghost. Color the eyes and mouth black, but leave the highlights uncolored; color the cheeks pink. Go over the edge of the ghost with a black marker.
9. Color: small parts. Color the moon and stars yellow and the craters orange. Color the letters orange, outlined in black; the bubble stays white.

Sheet 2

10. Purple: color the sheet (optional). The sheet is white. You can color it in this color all over before marking it out (that takes longer) — or leave it white: the craft will come out white.
11. Card base. This sheet isn’t traced: it gets folded in quarters — first along line 1, then along line 2. You’ll see how at the “Fold” stage.

Fold

12. Fold the sheet in half. Place the purple sheet in portrait orientation and fold it in half: top edge to bottom edge, corners exactly on corners. Crease the fold with your fingernail.
13. In half again. Keep the fold at the top. Fold again: left edge to right edge, crease, and open it like a book. Inside are the card’s two inner pages, with the fold still at the top.

Cut

14. Cut out: ghost. Cut out the ghost along the solid line. Between the arm and the head, make two cuts that meet.
15. Cut out: moon, stars and speech bubble — 4 pcs. Cut out the moon, two stars and the speech bubble. On the stars, cut from the notch to the tip of each point.
16. Cut out: note. Cut out the note: four straight cuts, with smoothly rounded corners.

Glue

17. Ghost. Turn the ghost over and put glue on only the bottom half — from the arms down. Glue it on the right page: the head and arms peek out 1⅛ in above the fold.
18. Note. Glue the note on the right page under the ghost, right side up. That’s where you’ll write your greeting.
19. Speech bubble. Glue the “BOO!” speech bubble on the left page, with its tail pointing to the ghost.
20. Close the card. Close the card: the left page lies on top of the right one. The ghost peeks out over the top edge, facing you.
21. Moon and stars. Glue the moon and two stars on the cover: the moon on the left, the stars on the right, one higher and one lower.

Done

22. Stand up the card. Open the card and stand it up like a book — the ghost raises its arms above the open pages. Write your greeting on the note.

Done. The card is done. Close it and the ghost peeks over the edge; inside, write your greeting on the note.

Make it with your phone camera

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