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Handmade Saint Patrick’s Day pop up card featuring a layered rainbow, green shamrocks, colorful paper dots, and a pot of gold inside an orange-bordered card.
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Saint Patrick's Day Rainbow Pop Up Card

Create a magical Saint Patrick’s Day pop up rainbow card complete with shamrocks and a pot of gold. This fun paper craft uses simple cutting, folding, and gluing to make a cheerful 3D surprise inside your card. Perfect for kids to share a little Irish luck!
Prep Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour

Equipment

  • 1 Pencil.
  • 1 Ruler
  • 1 Scissors
  • Glue
  • 1 Paper Puncher to make decorative circular dots

Materials

  • 1 sheet cardstock interior of card (cream or white recommended)
  • 1 sheet cardstock exterior of card (green or orange recommended)
  • 8 sheets craft papers red, yellow, green, blue, purple, gold, black (to cut out patterns or alternatively use the printable template in color).

Instructions

  • Gather the supplies and print out the free PDF templates. Cut out the elements from the template.
  • Glue the pieces of the rainbow together starting with the largest piece (purple) and followed by blue, green, yellow and red.
    Layered purple, blue, and green paper rainbow pieces glued together for a Saint Patrick’s Day pop up card craft on a white background.
  • Finish glueing the pieces for the rainbow (large to small).
    Colorful layered paper rainbow glued from largest purple arc to smallest red arc for a Saint Patrick’s Day pop up card craft.
  • Cut your cardstock to the appropriate size for the interior of the card so it comfortably fits the rainbow and all of your decorative pieces inside.
  • Using the card template as your guide, carefully cut along the marked lines and fold where indicated on the folded edge of your card.
    White cardstock card with a cut and folded pop-up section prepared inside for a Saint Patrick’s Day rainbow pop up card craft.
  • Gently push the folded section inward so it pops into the center of the card.
  • This is what the card looks like when opened.
    Open white cardstock card showing the folded pop-up platform in the center, ready for decorating with a rainbow and pot of gold craft pieces.
  • Fold the rainbow in half.
    Layered paper rainbow folded in half to create a 3D effect for a Saint Patrick’s Day pop up card craft.
  • Glue the folded rainbow onto the pop-up section inside the card.
    Layered paper rainbow glued onto the pop-up platform inside an open white Saint Patrick’s Day card.
  • Take the gold coins and the black pot.
  • Draw dollar signs on the coins.
  • Next, glue the coins onto the pot.
    Brown paper pot with yellow coins glued on top, creating a pot of gold for a Saint Patrick’s Day pop up rainbow card craft.
  • Glue the pot of gold beside the rainbow.
    Open white pop up card featuring a layered 3D rainbow with a brown pot of gold glued beside it for a Saint Patrick’s Day craft.
  • Glue the shamrock leaves inside the card.
  • Choose a piece of cardstock for the back cover, making sure it is slightly larger than the inside of the card so it creates a neat border around the edges.
    Square piece of orange cardstock selected as the back cover for a Saint Patrick’s Day pop up rainbow card craft.
  • Glue the decorated interior card onto the card cover.
  • Decorate the card with colorful circular punched paper pieces for a bright and festive finishing touch.
    Completed Saint Patrick’s Day pop up card decorated with colorful paper dots, featuring a 3D rainbow, shamrocks, and a pot of gold inside an orange-bordered card.
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