Andrew`s How To Make A Crane

Hi I`m Andrew. On this website I`m going to tell you and show you how to make an origami crane.

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  1. First get a square piece of paper.
  2. Fold it into a triangle then unfold.
  3. Fold it into a triangle again but this time in the opposite direction. Then  unfold.
  4. Turn the paper over.
  5. Fold the paper side-to-side, then unfold.
  6. Fold the paper top-to-bottom, but don`t unfold.
  7. Put a thumb and finger on either side of  the bottom point of the center triangle.
  8. Now push in toward the center.
  9. Now fold the flap facing you to the left flap.
  10. Now fold the flap facing away from you to the right. It should now be flat.
  11. Put the folded paper so that the open edges are toward you. Fold the left top layer corner from the bottom to the center line. Do the same thing to the top layer on the right side.
  12. Fold the top corner over the two folded sides as shown in the picture.
  13. Unfold the last three folds.
  14. Fold the bottom corner all the way up until it lays and it looks like the picture.
  15. Turn the paper over and repeat steps 11-14.
  16. On the top layer only fold the bottom most outer edges in toward the center crease so it looks like the picture.
  17. Turn the paper over and repeat step 8. Make sure it looks like the picture.
  18. Fold the left and right corners together as shown in the picture.
  19. Do the same thing to the other two as shown in the picture.
  20. Fold bottom point till it meets the top  point.
  21. Repeat step 20 on the reverse side.
  22. Fold the left flap over the right flap. Turn the paper over. Do the same thing to the other side.
  23. Fold both inside points out to whatever angle you wish.
  24. Open the top fifth of either point. Fold it down and into the original flap like in the picture.
  25. Pull the small part you folded in step 24 out a little bit as shown in picture.
  26. Fold the wing like flaps out, until it looks like the picture.  







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