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How to Make a Math Pop Up Book

Pop-up books are filled with secret surprises. Open a page and an image pops out, as if it was a three-dimensional object tucked into the book. What it actually is, is a cleverly cut piece of paper that is strategically fastened to the pages, and when the pages are pulled open, the image pops out at the reader. A math pop-up book can be created one page at a time, and inserted into a three-ring book binder. This will allow you to make new pages to add to the book.

Things You'll Need

Three-ring photo album Construction paper Colored pens Scissors Sticky tape Glue

Instructions

- 1
  Visit the photo album section of a discount store. There you should find three-ring photo album books. Choose one filled with blank magnetic photo pages, with peel-back pages where photos are inserted. Purchase a book to use for the pop-up math book.
- 2
  Remove the pages from the book and set aside. You will re-add the pages, one at a time, as a new page is completed.
- 3
  Take one page and remove the plastic. Throw the plastic away. You will now begin creating your first page for the book.
- 4
  Decide on a math problem for the page. For illustration purposes, we will use 1 + 2 = 3.
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  Cut a piece of heavy construction paper to cover one side of the page. Draw a door on the construction paper and cut along the edges so that the door will fold open and closed.
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  Glue the construction paper onto one side of the photo page. Do not glue the door area. You want the door to be able to open and close.
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  Draw an illustration of the math problem: 1 + 2, on the outside of the construction paper
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  Cut out a piece of paper that is as wide as the door, and half as tall. Then fold it in half. We will call this paper A.
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  Open the door. Use tape to attach one end of paper A to the inside of the door, in the middle. Tape the other end of paper A to the center of the doorway, on the page. When the door closes, the paper should fold shut, and not be seen from the outside of the page.
- 10
  Draw a large "3" on a separate piece of construction paper. It should be slightly smaller than the door. Cut out the 3.
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  Fold the 3 in half, vertically. Glue the back of the folded 3 onto paper A. When the door shuts, the 3 should be hidden. When the door opens the 3 will pop out.

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