Second son’s Science project for the second quarter was to make a pop-up picture of the life cycle of a frog.  His teacher also encouraged his students to opt for the caterpillar if they find it easier.  My son though might have found the frog cuter.  He opted for this kind of amphibian as his subject.
Being used to story-telling almost every night, my boy was inspired to make a book instead and not a simple chart. And as we frequent to malls too, we would always visit bookstores.  We would spend some time reading or browsing children books; thus my kids appreciate literature more than anything else.
pop-up book on frog life cycle
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For second son’s pop-up life cycle project, he preferred to make his own storybook. Â And he named the main character Dodie the frog.
SCHOOL PROJECTS/ pop-up book on frog life cycle
The story started with the mommy frog’s laid eggs.  What my 10-year old boy used to keep the printed eggs from popping up?  He printed it on a board paper in best quality ink to make it “come to life”.  And to make the picture pop up, he cut a small piece of paper about 2 inches in height and 1/2 inch for the width.  He folded it into three forming a Z shape.  He taped the other end of the folded paper to the background and the other end to the cut-out egg print.
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The second stage of Dodie the frog’s life cycle — the tadpole phase.  To make his story engaging, he described in his story how a tadpole would look like during its development phase.
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This is the part that IÂ like the best. Â He first printed a photo of a tree as a background. Â Then he printed the same photo, this time though cutting off the little leaves behind and leaving the bigger leaves. Â He positioned the cut-out leaves at the exact place of the same leaves just like on the background.
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“Wow! a 3D photo,” was my initial reaction.  He made use of the similar images and gave emphasis to the leaves to make them pop up.
Third phase: froglet stage.  This time, the second son used a picture of a river as his background.  He pasted his cut-out tadpole to blend with the river.  Again, in all his cut-out photos, he made use of his pre-cut Z-shaped board paper to make the pictures pop up!
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When we visited the bookstore one Sunday, we looked for some fruit or flower scrapbook materials.  We found these tiny plastic flower buttons and imagined them to look good in second son’s pop-up book.
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The last or fourth phase of Dodie the frog —Â a full-grown frog. Â And because frogs live on both land and water, the second son opted to Google grassy lawns as background. Â He told me that he would want to emphasize that his Dodie the frog loves to play on manicured green lawns.
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Even the back cover complemented the front cover.
SCHOOL PROJECTS/ pop-up book on frog life cycle
You might be wondering what my ten-year-old boy used for this pop-up book? Â Before it was covered with computer print outs and designed with scrapbook materials, this book was a desk calendar.
SCHOOL PROJECTS/ pop-up book on frog life cycle
School project-making is something that truly helps one brings out his creative ability. Â Through his projects, a student could express his personality. Â His teachers, on one hand, could use these projects to access how students imagine and interpret ideas. Â Â For a mother like me, school project-making is another blessed time to spend with her boy. Â Together, we learn from and appreciate each other.
* (December 2013) I compiled and shared some of the school projects made by my boys in order to help other students with their research.  It has always been this momi’s intention to offer help the best way she can.
your sons has the most interesting school project! this should be a delight to make with my boy, too. i hope they’d have more activities and projects like this in school once he attends Grade School next school year 🙂
Wow! Your son will be in big school Na this school year. Grade school will definitely be fun for him plus surely more projects din.
LOL….at least this is bringing some kind of excitement to learning about frogs. Looks like lots of fun
I love that you repurposed something that way. What a creative and fun project to work on!
Such a creative and fun project really. And i also enjoyed the repurposing part 🙂
What a cool book. I love how your son made this book.
I really like pop-up books – and they go back a lot further in history than I would have thought.
Wow, I’m very impressed – an A+ all around, for effort and creativity! I love the whole 3D effect!
Wow he did an awesome job! I am impressed and what a fun school project too
That’s brilliant! You can see that he spent a lot of time and effort on that. Well done to him!
This project is amazing! It is such a great book.
What a delightful educational project this is. I love how things are more interactive for kids these days, not so in my day.
I like buying pop-up books. My son is so excited every time I read him using a pop-up book.
Very artistic kid and a writer in progress! Very well thought of project. I assume a 100% grade for the book!
We werent told if he got a 100% mark but he passed the subject with flying colors. Thank you for finding my son artistic and even commending his writing skills. 🙂
What a creative and intelligent child. It’s hard to believe someone with years of experience didn’t make it. Proud moment here, Momma. And I love the frog’s name!
The pop up book looks like entertaining and educational fun. It is great that it teaches the frogs life cycle.
That’s an awesome book. It’s good to have books like this to keep them interested in reading. It makes it more fun and exciting especially since kids are fond of the visual arts!
That is incredible! Let me know when I can buy one of these books!! I LOVE it!!
Looks like a fun book to read together. I think the leaves page looks so neat!
Fun to read for this mother, too.
What a fun way to learn. I know that my boys would love this pop up book!
Any kid I know loves pop up books. even i love pop up books. Ihihi
My kids are really big hands on learners and so this would be perfect for them! Love the idea of something like this having pop ups.
Haha. Yes it is fun doing pop up books. Surely your kids would enjoy as well.
Such an awesome project. It turned out amazingly.
Thank you.
That pop up book is way better than any school project that I ever did. Your son did a fabulous job. I don’t know what his teachers think, but I give him and A plus!
Haha. Thanks for the A plus grade. I hope he got a high grade for that one.
Now, that’s what i call creative! It’s great to see kids doing something constructive with their time and resources. Kudos to you!
Thank you.
That was a desk calendar? Wow! He did an amazing job!
Thank you. Yes, a desk calendar. 🙂
That was a calendar? Wow! He did an amazing job!
This makes reading about animals fun! What a great book.
Thank you.
This makes reading about animals so much fun! What a great book!!!
Pop up books are so creative but easy to do. It is fun to do also that’s why I love doing it in my childhood.
Hi,
Sounds good. . But I am unable to view pics.. hv u pulled out. This cud be really helpful for my kids project on life cycle..hw can I view this..pls fo reply.
i checked the post and the photos are viewable. Hope you could view them now. and thank you for dropping by.
No ,still unable to view