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Make a pop-up Christmas card

Make a beautiful pop-up Christmas card to decorate your home or give to someone special! Here’s what to do…

Instructions

  1. Download our template and print it out double-sided onto a piece of paper.
  2. Lay the paper fireplace-side down on a flat surface.
  3. Fold the paper in half along along the thick line.
  4. Keeping the paper folded, cut along the dotted lines.
  5. Push the cut tab inwards. When you open up the page, the cut tab should pop up.
  6. Fold the paper in half again, with the cut tab popped out, to create top and bottom folds.
  7. Colour in and decorate the page however you would like.
  8. Use a glue stick around the edge of the page to stick it into the centre of a piece of folded card.
  9. Give your card to someone special!
A pop-up Christmas card showing Santa's legs coming down through a chimney
Pop-up Christmas card showing Santa's legs coming down a chimney

Christmas at the Museum

Christmas at the Museum

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Discover the festive family fun and twinkling winter wonderland we have in store for you. All activities are included in your admission and kids go free.

An adult and a child in the interactive Santa sleigh

Fun activities for the whole family to enjoy from home, from making Christmas decorations to watching winter story videos, playing online games with our collections and downloading transport-themed printables.

Routemaster engineering drawing showing several cross sections

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