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Dutch Paper Boy and Girl In continuing my series of "It's a Small World Paper Dolls",  I made a Dutch paper boy and girl. The Dutch girl is holding tulips which have a fascinating history. Tulips were originally cultivated in the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey).  They were imported into Holland in the sixteenth century. Carolus Clusius wrote the first major book on tulips in 1592.  They became so popular that his garden was raided and bulbs stolen on a regular basis. In the mid-seventeenth century, tulips were so popular that they created the first economic bubble, known as "Tulip Mania" (tulipomania). As people bought up bulbs they became so expensive that they were used as money until the market in them crashed. Here is the PDF. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYaWwzclRtandZWlU/edit?usp=sharing Here is the .Studio file.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYd2pTSTZWX3dsd3M/edit?usp=sharing

A hidden message card is a fun way to send a greeting. You pull on a tab and the shutters move to reveal a message. This design is very versatile and it can be used to make a pop-up book.   Shutters are closed.    Shutters are open to reveal a message. Here is the PDF. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYY3NJTFg3aWl0OWs/edit?usp=sharing Here is the .Studio file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYU1FLTzdWRUtPalE/edit?usp=sharing  Thread the largest tab through the back as shown above.  Thread the next size tab.  Thread the next smaller tab.  Glue the tabs together as shown  Fold over the edges and apply glue.  Leave one tab out.  Attach the other side of the card.  Completed shutter card.  Inside view. Card is in the open position. You can add a message here by gluing the four small rectangles onto each of the individual sections. As shown below.       An assor...

Double Ferris Wheel   A double paper Ferris wheel!!! I got this idea from my Fifth grade students on the last day of school.  They created animated Ferris wheels using Sketchpad. It was a fun and enriching activity. Here is a video  of one of the Ferris wheels. I love how the student put a stick figure in the scene and added a moving balloon...how clever!      Sketchpad Animated Ferris Wheel My Version of the Double Ferris Wheel Here is the PDF. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYWERCTGlsWS1rbUk/edit?usp=sharing   Here is the .Studio file. I used cardstock and chipboard. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYU1JSdnA4bmx1NGM/edit?usp=sharing Make the center axle by adding the cardstock to both sides and the corresponding yellow pieces.  Insert the tab into the sandwiched layers so that it does not show.   Slide the Center Axle through the center hole as shown. Apply glue and put pressure on each of the little tabs so that the ...