Easter Idea: Accordion Fold Photo Gift Giving Card

I have made this card a bunch of times, and in multiple different ways!  It is something that can be done for birthdays, showers, weddings, you name it!  For weddings I have incorporated recipes for date nights, and their colours.  For birthdays I have included pictures, Bible verses, etc.  I think you could do this for Easter as well, incorporating Scripture, pictures from last year, etc.  Here is how you do it:

Supplies:

Two 6" squares of printed paper (not cardstock) for the covers

Three 8 1/2" squares of cardstock for the pages

Two 4 1/2" squares of cardboard

24" of ribbon

Making the Pages:

The three 8 1/2" squares of cardstock are folded into something similar to a basic origami square base, and are then taped together into a collapsing accordion shape.

Bring one side over to meet the opposite side and fold in half (book fold).  Open and match the two remaining sides and fold in half again.  Turn the paper over so the creases appear as "bumps" rather than valleys, and take one corner and match with the opposite corner, making a diagonal fold.  With the side facing up that has a "mountain" diagonal fold, match the corners of the two remaining full squares and tuck in the two squares that are divided into triangles (by the diagonal folds).

Overlap the three sheets joining the square blocks to form an accordion chain.

Making the Album Covers:

Wrap the 2 cardboard squares with the 6" square patterned paper.  Attach the length of ribbon across the middle of the back of one of the cover pieces (place the mid-point of the ribbon at the midpoint of the 4 1/2" square, the ends of the ribbon extending beyond the sides).  Tape each cover piece to the top and bottom squares of the stack of pages.  The ribbon wraps around the card and ties it shut.

  

It works for me! 




4 Comments »


  1. Sheila says; April 29, 2009 @ 10:34 am

    Looks so neat! I will have to try it!


  2. Julie says; April 29, 2009 @ 2:48 pm

    YAY! I still have the one you gave me hanging on the wall. Now I can make them on my own.


  3. Julia says; March 24, 2010 @ 6:59 am

    I’ve been wanting to do something like this. Thanks for sharing how!


  4. Shonda says; March 24, 2010 @ 9:13 am

    Well, I really should do a project like this especially since I have a child to share pictures for grandparents. Hmmm, I’ll bookmark it!



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