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VOLVELLE INSTRUCTIONS
Cut on all of the
solid lines
Do nothing on the
placeholder lines.
Score and fold on
all of the dashed
lines.
Elmer’s
Glue
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Use Elmer’s glue on all
TABS.
Use glue stick to laminate
images or decorative
paper.
You will need these parts:
2A
No glue goes in
the shaded area
1B
2B
1A
Please read this before proceeding:
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Decorating your structure directly with drawing, rubber stamps or pochoir is the easiest method,
and most guaranteed to be successful. If you do decide to glue an image onto the structure,
please refer to the last page of these instructions.
 Making sure that the printed side
remains up, slide pieces 1A and 1B
together so neither tab is showing.
Step
1
1A
1B
Step
2
 Carefully turn the pieces over,
making sure you don’t shift
them. They should look like
this...
 Place a yellow sticky note
across the back as shown, to
keep the pieces together while
you illustrate them.
 This is what the parts
should look like when they
are put together.
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 Make your image in the circle area.
 This will be the first image
that you see.
Step
3
 Remove the yellow sticky paper
and set these pieces aside.
 Put pieces 2A and 2B together
as shown so no tab is showing.
 Put a very small line of glue on
the shaded area at the top of
part 2A and press the top of 2B
onto it.
 Too much glue will give
you lots of problems!
 This will be the second image
that you see.
 Make your image in the
inner circle
Step
5
 You can put words or
designs around the outer
edge of the circle
To assemble:
Step
6
 Slide 1A over 2B and
under 2A as shown.
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Step
4
2A
No glue goes in the
shaded area
2B
2A
No glue
goes in
2B
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 Tuck the Tab 1 under
the ring on 2A.
Step
7
 Slide 1B under 1A
and 2B.
Step
9
 To glue the structure into
your book, turn it over and
put a small amount of
Elmer’s glue in the area
indicated by the shaded
spot in the example.
!
 Make sure that you
don’t get glue in the
lower area where
the mechanism
moves around!
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 Using Elmer’s glue,
put a small dot of glue
on Tab 2a, and attach
it to the underside of
2b.
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Step
8
This is the back
side of the
structure!
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If you are going to glue an image on the structure:
Step
1
Step
2
 Size your image to 3½” by
3½” . If your image is
rectangular, you may need
to crop it.
Step
4
Step
5
Step
6
tool. Click and drag the
‘handles’ on the image to
crop it to size.
 Using the laminated Volvelle
Image Positioning Template,
frame your image in the
circle.
 Trace a circle onto the front
of your image in pencil.

Step
3
When you click on the
image, another tool bar
appears. On that tool
bar, this
is the crop
Volvelle Image
Positioning
Template
Return the template to MJ
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Position the circle over the artwork you want to use
Trace the circle with a pencil
Cut the image circle out with scissors
Fold your image in half across the image.
Use a ruler to draw a line along the fold line
Cut on the fold line
 Cut the image circle out,
using scissors.
 Fold the image in half across
the image, making sure the
fold is horizontal.
 Turn the circle over and use
a ruler to draw a line on the
fold line in pencil.
 Use scissors to cut on the
pencil line.
 Use glue stick to laminate
the two pieces onto the two
halves of your structure.
 BE SURE all of your
edges are glued down
COMPLETELY!!!
1B
1A