Introduction

How do you have a great christmas? Follow the nose! Craft this light-up pop-up version of the classic christmas story. You would even say it glows.

Supplies:

TechnoChic Light-Up Pop-Up Card Kit: Rudolph
Clear Tape
Glue Stick
Scissors
Scrap Paper to Protect Table From Glue
(Only if you live outside the USA:) CR2032 or CR2025 Battery

Optional Supplies:

Instructions:

Take out this piece:

Fold back and forth on each vertical score line to make it easier to fold

Cut a pice of copper tape about 1 inch long
Peel off the white backing of the copper tape
Stick to the paper as shown, making sure it doesn't go over the edges of the paper

Flip the piece over

Stick another 1 inch piece to the other side as shown

Put a piece of scrap paper down
Apply glue to half of the outer circle as shown; stop at the fold line

Fold the shape - match the glued part with the circle in the center
Remove any excess adhesive

Push the right edge of the paper so that it folds into a box

It should look like a box from the bottom

Apply glue to the outer half of the shield-like part

Fold it over to align the glued half with the matching half shield

The front should look like this:

A correctly folded nose should be able to flatten to the right...

The left...

and fold flat at the center

Take out the front of the card

Apply glue to the entire back of the nose

Place it in the center fold, aligning the bottom of the nose with the bottom of the card

Close the card and press on the bottom where the nose is

Open the card; check to be sure the nose is completely adhered and centered

- CONSTRUCT THE CIRCUIT -

The first part of the circuit instructions include diagrams with explanations and tips, the second part is a step-by-step building guide with photography.

A Simple Circuit: Battery, Switch, LED

The battery will be placed on the top right corner. The positive side touches the copper tape on the right.

The switch is a break in the copper tape and a patch to bridge the gap when the paper is squeezed.
The LED is placed on the vertical structure inside the nose with the positive side (the longer wire on the LED) on the right. Electricity travels through the LED to the other side of the paper and continues around to the negative side of the battery.

Reinforce it!

The arch enemy of pop up paper circuits is an unwanted break in the copper tape.
Reinforce the easily breakable parts with extra copper tape and clear tape.

Check your work

Remember to install the battery with the positive side up (there's a "+" on the positive side).
Don't forget to fold the small flaps on the switch flap before folding over.

Find the sweet spot

Install the binder clip evenly between the two pieces of copper tape so that both the positive and negative sides of the battery have a good connection.
Seeing a blinking light? Try readjusting the binder clip.

Ok, Back to Reality!

There is a small horizontal line on the right side near the bottom flap
Measure a piece of tape starting from that line to the top of the top flap

Cut to size

Peel about 1/2 inch of the backing off the copper tape
Position the end at the small horizontal line

Peel the backing off slowly while guiding the tape into place

Measure a length of tape that's the width of the card just before the fold

Use the bottom of the small horizontal line as a guide
Be sure to stick the tape just below the line, making sure they DO NOT touch each other (This gap is for the switch)

Cut a small piece to go on the switch flap

Apply as shown

Fold the flaps up and down

Fold the entire flap over

Measure a piece long enough to be parallel to the piece on the nose, and connect to the horizontal piece.
Tape it down

Take out the LED, hold it with the longer wire (the positive side) on the right

Place the LED inside the nose over the center paper so that the longer wire is on the right side and the short wire is on the left
It should rest on the flat edge, with the wires on top of the copper tape piece from the first step

Cut three pieces of tape, about 1 - 1.5 inches long

Bridge the connection between the LED and the vertical piece of copper tape
Be sure that the LED's wire is sandwiched between the copper tape on the red paper and the new piece to make a good connection

Apply two more pieces to ensure a good connection

Reinforce the connections with clear tape as shown

Push the nose to the other side
Measure a piece starting parallel to the copper tape on the nose, long enough to rise above the strip on the right

Stick it in place

Cut three more pieces 1 - 1.5 inches long

Apply all three to bridge the gap between the copper tape on the nose and the vertical piece on the left
Again, make sure that the LED's wire is sandwiched between the copper tape on the red paper and the new piece to ensure a good connection

Reinforce these connections with tape

Measure a piece long enough to travel almost all the way across; stopping just before the vertical strip on the right

Apply as shown

Measure and cut a piece to reinforce the tape as it travels over the center crease

Apply as shown

Reinforce with tape

Measure a piece to travel vertically, stopping just before the fold

Cut and apply as shown

Reinforce with tape

Fold the top right flap to cover the copper tape on the right
Take out the battery

Place the battery positive side up on the flap, with the bottom touching the copper tape on the left

Fold the top flap over the battery

Use the binder clip to secure it in place

Test your circuit by pressing the switch flap down
Congrats! You have completed the circuit!

Didn't light up?

Make sure the electricity has an uninterrupted path from the positive side of the battery to the negative when the switch is closed.
The switch makes a good "bridge" between the gap in the copper tape ( try bridging the gap with a scrap piece of copper tape).
Check that the LED has a good connection to the copper tape, and be sure that the tape is not going over the paper to connect to the other side creating a short circuit.
Be sure the battery is installed with the "+" facing up - if the circuit works with the bottom facing up, the LED is in the wrong way and needs to be installed with the long wire on the right.
... more troubleshooting coming soon!

- HOME STRETCH: ASSEMBLE THE CARD

Put down a scrap piece of paper
Apply glue to the perimeter of the card, including on top of the switch and below the nose
Use a cotton swab to apply glue to the tight places if you have one

Open the dark blue paper
Slowly place it over the nose

Press down on the perimeter of the card to connect with the glue

Turn the card over
Before the glue sets, make sure the border is even and reposition if needed
Remove any unwanted adhesive

Turn the card back over

Apply glue to the outer triangles, stopping at the score lines

Fold the antlers in half with the glue on the outside

Position the antlers inside the triangle, with the flat bottom aligned with the center fold of the card
Make sure that the antlers are not sticking out above the card