Pattern—Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf Quiet Book Pop-Up Book

Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wold Pop-Up Book

Hurray! After more than a year, the pattern for my felt pop-up book is now available on my ETSY shop. 

This pop-up book was created for children to play and discover the joy of pop-up books — without the parental worry of rips, tears, and crushed pages. However, because there are small objects, magnets, and batteries used in this book, play should be supervised to avoid choking hazards.

Each turn of the page features a pop-up straw house, stick house, and brick house. The doors on each houses opens and shuts. Each page also have additional activities to inspire playtime imagination. Activities such as battery operated camp fire, a clothes line for drying laundry, magnetic fishing rod and fishes, and finding treasures underneath the stepping stones to name a few.

The Cover Page

The cover page features a pocket to store all the puppets, and a ribbon to tie to book close.

The Stick House Page

The stick house pages features a mud puddle, a clothes line, and objects (key, dog bone, and worm) hidden underneath stepping stones. 

The Stick House Page

The brick house page features a pond (zipper pocket), magnetic fishing rod and fishes, a water lily, a flower garden patch with a busy bee.

The Brick House Page

The brick house page features a vegetable garden (carrots, parsnips, and radishes), a basket (button onto the page, and a battery operated camp fire.

A pop-up book like this will take me about  a week to finish. For this reason, I choose to use 100% wool felt. 

If this is your first time making a pop-up book, I recommend using acrylic felt to learn the basic techniques. If you make a mistake, it's okay. Acrylic felts are an inexpensive way to build your first pop-up book prototype. 

The disadvantage of acrylic felt, is that it will "fuzz" over time. Nothing is more disheartening when you see "fuzz" covering a book you've spent countless hours working on. For this reason, if you want a heirloom quality pop-up book, I highly recommend 100% wool felt. Although it is more expensive, it is well worth the investment.

A pop-up house prototype made from acrylic felt