How Do You Fold A Paper Crane?
The Origami crane is perfect as a gift or gift tag as a decoration, or as the first step to making a senbazuru. The cranes are delicate, but surprisingly easy to fold, so don’t hesitate to give this craft a try. • Start with a square sheet of paper. The front of your paper (the side you want to show in the end) corresponds to the blue side of the paper in the photo. The hidden back of the paper is white in the photo. • Fold the sheet in half, into a rectangle. Be sure to crease your folds crisply. • Note that the previous crease is perpendicular to this one. Unfold, and fold in half the other way. • Unfold your rectangle. Turn the paper over and fold in half into a triangle. You should see the back of your paper. Unfold and repeat along the other diagonal. • Unfold your paper and turn it back over. You should see the diagonal creases create “valleys” and the perpendicular creases create “mountains”. • Bring the corners together. Allow the valley creases to meet in the middle. • You sho
