Pop up birthday card

To make a pop up cake you will need:

• A cutting board/mat
• 2 sheets of Cardstock
• X-acto knife
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Steel Ruler
• Eraser

Hint: Add the decorations in step 2 if you want to decorate your cake! There is a video at the bottom of the page that might help you if you have any problems!

1. Mark your card at the half mark so the cake will be exact. Use the measurements that you want, but the longest that you can make the tiers are 5 inches. I suggest that you use the measurements for the girls birthday cake at the bottom if you are going to make 3 tiers. I generally make a 3-tiered cake with the the bottom tier being the biggest to the top tier being the smallest. Use the picture below as an example.
2. Cut along the marks with your X-acto knife. You will want to align your ruler with the marks to make sure that you have straight lines when cutting. Decorate your cake now if you want it to have any designs on it. Also erase all of the lines now too.
3. Add the candles, follow the instructions below
4. Once you have cut all the lines pop out the bottom tier and crease it at the connecting parts. Then fold the card in half. Do this to all of the tiers.

To make the Candles you will need:

• Paint swatches from the store or just paper but these work well
• Ruler
• Paint and small paintbrush if you want the candles to have polka dots or stripes
• Double Sided Tape and glue (regular glue or stick glue)
• Pencil
• X-acto knife and cutting board/mat 

1. Cut out candles that are 1 1/2 inches long by 1/2 inches wide. You may want to decorate them before cutting them out of the desired color.
2. Cut out flames on the top.
3. Attach the flames using glue.
4. Measure behind the cut out cake where your candles will be so that they look even.
5. Put double sided tape on the bottom of the front of the candles.
6. Attach the candles to the cake.

Girl's Birthday Pop Up Card Measurements

To make this girl's birthday pop up use the measurements shown below:

The bottom tier is 3/4 in. off the border of the white cardstock. It is 5 inches long and 2 inches tall. There is a 1/2 in. border between the tiers. 

The middle tier is 4 inches long and 1 3/4 inches tall. There is a 1/2 in. border between the tiers.

The first tier is 3 inches long and 1 1/2 tall.

Follow the instructions above to make the candles and gather the materials you will need.

If you want to learn about how to make the cover for the card click here. If you want to learn how to decorate the inside click here.