Dora's Father's Day Pop-Up Card

Let your child express her love for Dad just like Dora does. Make a pop-up card with your little Dora fan, and the card will say it all when Dad unfolds it.

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The best gifts are handmade. Make this craft together and give it as a gift to a parent, grandparent, or your child's classmates.

This craft requires extra parent involvement and a watchful eye, because it may require sharp tools or intricate handiwork.

Share & Care skills are part of social-emotional learning and include: building self-esteem, cooperating, empathizing with others, and identifying feelings.

Read with us skills focus on early literacy and include: listening, comprehension, speech, reading, writing, vocabulary, letters and their sounds, and spelling.

Ages: 4-6

Materials

Tip: Sturdy paper will make for a card that stands up easily.

Directions

Step 1
Cut out the inside and outside card templates. Glue them back to back.
Step 2
Let the card dry and fold it vertically in the middle.
Step 3
Cut out the figures and the greeting banner along their dashed outlines.
Step 4
Fold accordion-style inward along the solid lines and outward along the dashed lines.
Step 5
Glue the figures and the greeting banner at the designated spots on the inside template.

Tip: If the cutting is too intricate for your little one, you can do it ahead.

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