Make a pop up picture

Follow these steps to create a pop-up version of this scene from Life on Mars:

Step 1
Start by creating the Martian landscape on some A3 paper (join two sheets of A4 paper together if necessary). Use pencil crayons, chalks or paint. You could either draw a pale background onto black paper or paint the black sky across the top of a white piece of paper.

Step 2
Next, create some rocks and craters by colouring with wax or pencil crayons onto white paper. Try and find different surfaces to lean on so that your colouring creates different textures on the paper. Cut out different shapes and sizes of rocks and craters and stick them onto the background.

Make one crater larger than the others and cut out a small slit in the middle.

Step 3
Draw the creature on card or paper, then cut it out and attach it to a lollipop stick or a strip of card. Finally, insert the stick/strip into the slit of the crater and your pop-up picture is ready!


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