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100 Paper Cranes (Origami Crane Tut Incl.)

Simple, and cute

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/100-paper-cranes-origami-crane-tut-incl • Posted by Krystyl O.

my jar currently only has 140 cranes, I'll post more pics when I have hit the 1k mark :)

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

0 h 05

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

my jar currently only has 140 cranes, I'll post more pics when I have hit the 1k mark :)

Instructions

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    Take one SQUARE piece of paper (White works, but please, don't use card-stock, as it's too hard to fold)

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    Fold the paper every which way (Horizontal, vertical, diagonal,) until the paper is creased as in the picture.

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    ok, this part is a bit tricky, basically you are folding the paper, to make a triangle. (if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask ) Squish this diamond/Square flat.

  4. then, you fold the diamond flaps into the center of the diamond, meeting at the center crease

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    flip it over and do it on the other side ...

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    you will notice a tiny triangle at the top of the now skinny diamond, crease this backwards and forwards, reinforcing the crease.

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    then, unfold the last two folds you made, (reverting the diamond to it's full shape, with new creases.)

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    this is yet another tricky part - - now you lift the flap (from the open, bottom part of the diamond ) sorry for the bad pic - you are essentially opening the diamond up, make sure the tiny triangle we talked about earlier isn't opening...

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    now you are going to want to fold these creases down flat. (I have a feeling a lot of people are going to have questions about this part ~.0 - I don't know how better to describe it?) do #8 & #9 to both sides.

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    you are going to fold the flaps in, yet again, (you will do this a total of 4 times, your diamond is going to be VERY skinny now)

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    your crane should look like this now. (bear with me, almost done!!!)

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    you are going to now bend the skinny 'Tails' of the diamond, upwards, this is just to make a crease, so you can do it a few times, and then fold back down.

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    to make the head, (yet another tricky part) you have to bend the crease, up inside the 'Shoulders' you can now hopefully see head, and wings. then bend the 'Beak' downwards.

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    do the same for the tail (without making a head), then pull the wings downwards, YOU'RE DONE! (onmly 999 more to go, if you are making 1000)