Kung Fu Panda 3-D Paper Character Po ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS Time to Complete: Approximately 60 minutes Level: Difficult GETTING STARTED Materials: Metal-edged ruler Butter knife Scissors or X-ACTO knife Cutting mat (optional) Hole punch Multipurpose glue Pencil 3 brads 1. Score all the pieces: Using a ruler as a guide, run the back side of a butter knife firmly along all the dotted lines. 2. Using scissors or an X-ACTO knife and cutting mat, cut out all pieces along the solid lines. Punch holes where indicated on the arm and body. ASSEMBLE THE BODY 3. Fold dotted lines into mountain and valley folds as indicated on all pieces. 4. Glue the top of the right side piece (1) to the top of the front body piece (2). Repeat with left body piece (3). 5. Gluing one tab at a time, attach the front body piece to the right side piece, curving the paper as you work your way down. 6. Complete the right side.
7. Repeat on the left side. 8. Glue the right inner leg piece (4) to the right leg and middle panel of the front body piece. 9. Repeat with left inner leg piece (5). 10. Begin attaching the body back piece (6) by gluing tabs at the feet. 11. Next, glue the back of legs to the tabs on body side pieces. 12. Proceed to glue the lower back in place (up to the dotted line). Leave the upper back open for now.
ASSEMBLE THE RIGHT ARM 13. Fold over the forearm (7) and glue tab A in place. 14. Apply glue to tabs B and C and fold in place. Apply additional glue to tab D and tuck into the palm along with tabs E and F. You may find it helpful to apply pressure to the tabs from the inside of the hand using a pencil or other long, slender object. 15. Complete the forearm by gluing tabs G and H in place. 16. Glue tab I in place to complete the upper arm. Leave top of arm piece open for now. 17. Apply glue to tab J, as well as the sides of the forearm on the white dots. Fold the elbow, and secure in place. ASSEMBLE THE LEFT ARM 18. Fold forearm (8) over and glue tabs A-D in place. You may find it helpful to apply pressure to the tabs from the inside of the hand using a pencil or other long, slender object. 19. Glue tab E in place to complete the forearm.
20. Fold over and glue tab G in place to complete the upper arm. Leave top of arm piece open for now. 21. Bend at the elbow and glue tabs H-J to the inside of the upper arm. ASSEMBLE THE SNOUT 22. Form the front of the snout (9) into a cone shape by pulling the right side of the nose across tab A to dotted line and glue in place. 23. Curl tab B around under the opposite side and glue in place. 24. Tuck in tab C and glue.
ASSEMBLE THE HEAD 25. Curl tab A around and glue under the opposite side of head front (10). 26. Repeat with tab B. 27. Fold the tuft of hair upwards and glue tab C in place. 28. Pull chin tab under adjacent edge and glue in place. Also, glue small tabs to back of face. 29. Insert the snout s tabs into front of face piece and glue in place. 30. On the head back piece (11), fold top ear panels down and glue in place. Make slits in ears so both layers of paper are cut. Tuck ear tabs under adjacent edges to meet dotted lines and glue in place. Repeat with tab in middle of head to create a rounded shape.
FINISHING TOUCHES 31. To attach right arm to body, insert a brad through the holes in the upper arm and the right side of the body, open the brackets and secure. Fold the three remaining arm tabs, glue in place, and close up arm piece. 32. Repeat with left arm. 33. To attach the head to the body, insert a brad through the hole in bottom of head and then through the top of body, open the brackets and secure. Fold the four remaining tabs, glue in place, and close up the back of the head. 34. Apply glue to the three remaining tabs and close up the back of the body. 35. You re done!
H I G KUNG FU PANDA - 3-D PO LEFT INNER LEG (5) F D E LEFT ARM (8) H C G I E B J A B F D C A RIGHT ARM (7) J HEAD BACK (11)
BACK BODY (6) FRONT BODY (2)
A RIGHT SIDE (1) RIGHT INNER LEG (4) LEFT SIDE (3) B C SNOUT (9) A C HEAD FRONT (10) B