Pop-Up Cake Card SVG

What’s in the file

Open the card and a cake stands up to meet you. The template has two parts. The first is a tall green card base that folds across the middle, with two pairs of slits cut through the fold. When the card is closed and pressed, those slits make two little steps that push forward as the card opens. Six separate pennant flags in yellow, red and blue are drawn in a row along its top edge, ready to glue on.

The second part is the cake and its trimmings, to glue onto the steps: a blue bottom tier and a red top tier, each with yellow icing dripping over the edge, three charcoal candles with yellow flames, a yellow panel that reads MAKE A WISH in navy capitals, three stars in red, blue and yellow, and two green dots.

About the folds

Every fold on the base, the middle crease and the edges of the steps, is a row of short dashed cuts. They let the paper fold cleanly without a scoring tool, although each fold is a little weaker than a scored line. This template has not been folded and tested by us, so cut it first from scrap card and check how the steps open before using your good paper.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 31 pieces and 15 cut-outs. The card base is the big piece, and the cake, candles, label and confetti make up the rest. Most of the cut-outs belong to the dashed folds. It passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Green in grass green: the card base
• Blue in cobalt blue: the bottom tier, two pennants and one star
• Red in cherry red: the top tier, two pennants and one star
• Yellow in golden yellow: the icing, flames, two pennants, the label panel and one star
• Charcoal in near-black: the three candles
• Lettering in deep navy blue: MAKE A WISH

Assembling the card

1. Cut the base from sturdy card, 80 to 110 lb.
2. Fold the base in half along the center dashes, then push the two steps forward through the fold and crease them.
3. Open the card. The two steps pop out to the same depth, so the cake can be glued across the front of both.
4. Glue the label beneath the cake and scatter the stars and dots on the floor of the card.
5. Glue the base inside a plain folded card, keeping glue off the steps, so the slits are hidden on the outside.

Sizes

Under 4.5 inches the fold dashes and the label lettering get too small.

Ideas

Swap MAKE A WISH for a handwritten name, or cut the cake in pastels for a first birthday using our guide to changing SVG colors. For a quick version, print the cake on card and use Print Then Cut for that part only.

Pairs well with

The Box Card is another three-dimensional card in this set, and the Candle Set decorates the envelope.