How to make a gatefold card
Gatefold Card: try all 2 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
A folded card whose two doors meet in the middle and swing open like gates, from one 20 × 14 cm sheet. Good for thank-you notes, invitations and gifts, with a wide inside to write or glue a picture on.
- You need
- One 20 × 14 cm sheet of coloured paper or thin card, a ruler and a pen. A ribbon or sticker for the closure.
- Start
- Begin with a 20 × 14 cm sheet of coloured paper or thin card, white side up, with a long edge at the top. Use a ruler and a bone folder or the back of a spoon to score the folds.
- Tips
- Fold each end exactly to the middle so the doors meet without a gap or an overlap.
- Score the folds first for a sharp edge on thick card.
Your model is ready
Press both folds flat. The coloured side is the outside. Decorate the doors, then open them to write your message across the inside. A ribbon or a sticker where the doors meet keeps the card shut.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the left end in
Fold the left short edge across to the middle of the sheet and crease the fold firmly. This flap is the left door.
- 2
Fold the right end in
Fold the right short edge across to meet it in the middle. The two doors touch along the centre line.
- ✓
Finish
Press both folds flat. The coloured side is the outside. Decorate the doors, then open them to write your message across the inside. A ribbon or a sticker where the doors meet keeps the card shut.
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