Crane Origami

The crane is one of the tallest bird in the world! It is also one of the most famous origami. It comes from Japan, and is traditional, it a symbol of happiness and health. The legend says that if you fold a thousand paper cranes, your wishes will be granted. Those 1000 cranes garland are a worldwide symbol of peace.

Necessary materials

• A square piece of paper

How to make a paper crane

1. First of all, fold your piece of paper in half twice diagonally, and open it again.
2. Turn over the piece of paper, and fold it vertically and horizontally, and open it again.
3. Now you can fold it into a square by bringing together two opposite corners, and flattening carefuly.
4. Put it down on the table so that the open part is right in front of you.
5. Fold the right side and the left side to the top, along the middle line.
6. Fold the upper corner down.
7. Unfold these last three folds.
8. Now you can pull the upper layer of the origami up, and flatten it to get a diamond on a square.
9. Turn over the origami and start over the last 4 steps.
10. Now you should have just a diamond. Fold the two "legs" at the bottom up, slightly on the side.
11. Unfold these and fold them up again but inside the origami.
12. Fold one of these last two folds in the inside, just a bit to make the head of the crane.
13. Now you can spread the wings, those two big triangles.

Now you are done! You can make a lot more, make a little hole on the back of the crane, and use a string to make a lucky garland!