Gender Reveal Slider Care Package

This care package was made a while ago for a dear friend who was expecting a baby. She found out that she and her husband were expecting a girl, however, he was deployed when she found she was pregnant.

She wanted to reveal the gender to him in a special way, so she asked me to come up with a care package idea for her.

So I came up with a slider idea. I’ve seen them work on greeting cards, now it was time to make it work on a care package flap.

I used my silhouette cameo to cut out and decorate the words and shapes on the flaps. The slider was the hardest part.

You will need scissors, cardstock, a zip loc bag, and strong double sided tape such as scor tape.

Here’s what I did.

• Cut 8in x 2.5in strip of cardstock
• Using a ziplock bag, cut a stripe that will fit somewhat snugly around the strip of cardstock but still allow room for sliding
• Tape the strip around the cardstock with strong double tape adhesive so now it’s a ring around your strip of cardstock. You now have your slide mechanism.
• Place a piece double stick tape near the left side of the mechanism, adhere your cover piece to the mechanism
• Repeat on the other side, so when you pull your two cover pieces at the same time, they slide out.
• Pull out your cover pieces and decorate them with what you want to be seen when it is revealed.
• Add a ‘top’ top piece to make everything pretty and so there can be a channel where your sliding mechanism can function.

Fingers cross that it works when her husband opens it.

***Update, it did!! One side got a little stuck but he was able to wriggle it through gently.

Here are the supplies I used. Affiliate links are used at no cost to you.

Silhouette Cameo	12 X 12 Cardstock	Multi Liquid Glue	Tombow Stamp Runner
Ziploc Freezer Bag, Gallon Size-28 ct	Sharpie Metallic Permanent Markers, Fine Point, Assorted Colors, 6-Count

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