Tulip Card

A 2¼ × 3⅝ in mini card: the tulip is cut out as one piece — two mirror-image halves joined by a fold. Folded, it’s a tulip on both sides and white inside — for your wish.

• Easy
• 1 piece
• 1 fold
• 9 cm tall

Make it with your phone cameraLesson code: 2192

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
• Glass — phone stand

Steps

Trace

1. Outline. Trace both halves with a solid line: two tulips that touch each other at the sides. You’ll cut along this line.
2. Fold line. Where the tulips touch, draw a dashed line: that’s the fold. Don’t cut along it.
3. Draw. On both halves, copy the front petal and the line where the stem meets the flower head. Mark the leaf veins with a single line.

Color

4. Color. Flower heads — pink; petal and the outline of the head — red; stem and leaves — green. Leave the veins white.

Cut

5. Cut out: card. Cut with scissors along the solid line. Don’t cut the dashed line between the halves — that’s the fold. Get into the corners between the leaves and the flower head with the tips of the scissors, from both sides.

Fold

6. Fold in half. Turn the card over so the drawing faces down and fold it in half along the dashed line: half on top of half, edge to edge. Crease the fold with your fingernail — the drawing ends up on the outside on both sides.

Write

7. A wish inside. Open the card and write a wish inside — on the white side, with a pen or a fine-tip marker. There’s room for three or four short lines.
8. Stand it up. Fold the card and open it slightly: slightly open, it stands up on its own. For a gift, tuck it into a bouquet or attach it to a box.

Done. Your card is done. Stand it up slightly open — it stays up on its own. The same sheet is enough for a few more: you can color the tulips in different colors.

Make it with your phone camera

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