How Do You Make a Nuclear Origami Paper Crane?
Origami is the art of folding paper into various designs and shapes. The exact origins of origami are not known but it is thought that it may have been invented in China and then refined by Japan (N. Robinson, 2008). Paper cranes are associated with campaigns against nuclear weapons, such as the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). According to ICAN, every year around the world people fold paper cranes in memory of the people who died in 1945 when atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. Fold the paper in half corner to corner in both directions and unfold to make creases running diagonally from corner to corner. Fold the paper in half (making a rectangle), and unfold. Fold the paper in half the other way and unfold to make a crease running the opposite direction. You should now have 4 creases: one going from corner to corner in each direction, one in the middle horizontally and one in the middle of the paper vertically. Fold the paper corner to c
