Three-dimensional pop-up display and method for making the same

A three-dimensional pop-up display comprising a generally rectangular flat sheet of cardboard having a printable front surface and a back surface and two transverse fold lines thereon for dividing said sheet into an inner and two outer portions which are of essentially equal size, said inner portion including a perpendicular fold line which is essentially perpendicular to said transverse fold lines and which divides said inner portion into two essentially square segments of essentially the same size which are adapted to be folded over upon one another along said perpendicular fold line, a first of said outer portions including a longitudinal cut along an extension of said perpendicular fold line to thereby divide said first outer portion into two separate square segments of about equal size, a first of said separate segments including a third transverse fold line which is essentially parallel to said two transverse fold lines and which extends from said longitudinal cut to an inner portion of said first of said separate segments and a transverse cut connecting said longitudinal cut with said third transverse fold line at an inner portion thereof to thereby define a support member which can be folded outwardly along said third transverse fold line at an angle of about 90.degree., a second of said outer portions including a plurality of lateral fold lines which are generally perpendicular to said transverse fold lines and a plurality of cuts to thereby define shapes for a desired effect, a first of said separate segments adapted to be folded over along a first of said transverse fold lines and adhesively fixed onto one of said segments of said inner portion and the second of said separate segments adapted to be folded over along said first transverse fold lines and adhesively fixed to the front of the second segment of said inner portion, said second outer portion adapted to be folded over along the second of said transverse fold lines into engagement with the back surface of said first separate segment and a back surface of a second segment of said inner portion with portions thereof adhesively fixed thereto to thereby form a relatively flat pack which may be folded over along said perpendicular fold line of said inner portion into a relatively flat closed position so that when said inner portion is folded along said perpendicular fold line to an angle of about 90.degree. the second of said outer portions will provide a plurality of extensions in various horizontal and vertical planes which are self erecting into a pop-up scene when the interior sections are moved from a superimposed to an open position.