Pop Up Garden

You will need:

Copies of the Pop Up Garden template

Textas or coloured pencils

Glue stick

Scissors

Coloured paper

Thin cardboard (if you don’t have a flat piece of cardboard you could use a

heavy paper, a tissue box, cereal box or even a greeting card)

Any additional craft materials you have at home to decorate such as pom

poms, sequins or stickers

Step 1

Print out a few copies of the garden

template and colour in. We

recommend printing off a few of each

so you have lots of pieces to work with

when you build your garden.

Step 2

Cut out all your pieces.

Produced by Hazelhurst’s Public Programs & Education team, 2020

Step 3

Grab some sheets of coloured paper

and thin cardboard. You will need to

choose one colour for the ground and

one for the sky. We are using green

and blue, but you can use any colours

you like.

Fold your piece of cardboard in half as

well as the piece of coloured paper

you will use for the ground / grass. If

you don’t have a cardboard, you can

use thick paper, cut into a finished

tissue or cereal box, or use a greeting

card as the base for your garden.

Step 4

With your folded coloured piece of paper, cut sections into it. Open your paper

and pop out the cut sections so they stick out. Place glue on the top and bottom

edge of the paper and stick to your cardboard. Use the same colour to cover the

cardboard for the grass and your other colour to cover the top part of the

cardboard for the sky.

Step 5

Time to decorate and build your garden! Bring all your coloured in pieces and

start to arrange them onto your base. When you are happy with where things are

placed, glue them down. For any bigger pieces like the house or fence, we cut a

strip of cardboard and folded the edges to add extra support and help them

stand up nicely.

Step 6

Add any final touches such as a name for your garden, extra decorations you might

have at home or even some of your own drawings. Be as creative as you like!

If you make this at home, share a photo and tag us at @hazelhurstartscentre or

use the hashtag #hazelhurstathome