Lego "Slider" Birthday Card

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pulled open

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I put my math skills to use to come up with this 

fun birthday card for a young man that 

enjoys building Lego sets.

I chose not to use bright colors for the bricks

since he doesn't really use bright bricks

much in the sets he builds.

Sorry, I did not take step by step photos of this project.

I did make a diagram to help show you how I made it.

The bricks are 4 1/4" long by 1 5/8" tall.

I used a 3/4" square punch to create the "stud" portions.

A white gel pen and watercolor details to help give the bricks "dimension".

The bottom two bricks are glued to a top opening pocket.

I cut a piece of card stock narrower than the pocket,
leaving a wider bottom edge (a sort of T shape)
to catch the glued top side edge of the pocket
so as not to be pulled out all the way.
Diagram above.
There are sure to be many websites with instructions
if you do an online search.

The top edge of the pull out piece is glued to the back
of the top brick piece, leaving a gap to slide over the "studs"
so it looks like Lego bricks being stacked together :)


The finished card is 4 1/4"  by almost 5 1/2".

This would also make a fun way to give a gift card.

I'm entering my card in the following challenge

http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-217-fun-and-games.html