Customer Reviews

Easy-to-Make Pop-Ups (Dover Origami Papercraft)

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I was thrilled to find that the Joan Irvine book How to Make Pop-Ups was reprinted in Easy to Make Pop-Ups. As the enrichment teacher in our school district, I had given presentations to many groups on making pop-ups based on the clearly written and illustrated book. I had given the book as a gift to many young people. As a docent at a children's museum, I present mini courses on making pop-up cards and the adults present have always wanted to know where they could get the book I was using. Until now, I had to tell them that it was out of print. Thank you for again making it available. It is my all-time favorite!

Some of these do not work very well. Unless you know what you're doing or have a more detailed book on pop-ups these pop-ups may not work.

A good learning tool. This book isn't fancy with pretty colored pictures or completed projects, but the diagrams are really good and easy to follow. The format is geared for teaching kids, so it's really good for a beginner like me : ) This is one of my better investments for pop up books so far. You can't beat the price and you'll learn a lot.

The illustrations in this book are awful.
While working with the kids, we all had to keep guessing what the illustrations were showing us what to do.

When we finally figured them out... the kids were frustrated and bored.
Which is too bad, because there are some cute pop-ups.

We bought this book to help our daughter with a 4th grade pop-up project. It is full of great ideas and the directions are easy to follow. We had fun making the pop-ups together. I would highly recommend this title -- it's not just for kids, but easily used by crafty kids approximately ages 8 and up.

Just buy it. Place it on your desktop. Get one for your coffee table at home. No kids? Doesn't matter. Bored? Open the cover. It's worth it!