You might want to go over it several times with a ruler or fingernail to make sure it’s really crisp.
Pull out neck and tail to create the final crane.Īnd hooray, hopefully you should have a crane that looks something like the final step in the diagram!. Push down one tip into the centre fold and squeeze the top inwards to make the crane’s head. Hold the bottom of the paper by pinching it at the bottom in the middle.Then pull the tips out and flatten them. Flip the paper over and go back to step 8 and repeat steps 8 through to 11. Fold paper (just the paper fold created from phase 8) across in direction of arrow along dotted line. Fold up along dotted fold line in direction of arrow. Fold over front side only in direction of arrows. Making sure you’ve got your paper the right way up to match picture, with the slit at the bottom, fold left-hand side to the centre along dotted line. Fold paper up in direction of arrow along dotted line. You should end up with a kite shape as shown in step 7. Turn over the paper and repeat steps 4 and 5 on other side. Push in corners like in step 3 (where the two arrow heads are on the diagram in step 5) towards the centre fold along the crease you created in the last step. Fold and unfold along both dotted lines on the front-facing side only (not on the back, you will get to that bit shortly!). Take the top left corner and bottom right corner as on the diagram (by the small arrow heads) and push paper inside in direction of the long arrows, to the bottom left corner. Fold paper again across dotted diagonal line as shown (and keep folded). 
Fold and unfold the paper in half along the dotted and diagonal lines.
The short arrow head with a line through the paper (in step 14) means push in and fold here, in the direction of the arrow. 
The straight, short arrow with a line through it (so it forms a cross) means repeat here.The black arrow heads mean push in (step 3 and 5).The long single arrows (like in step 2) mean fold and keep folded.The arrows that have a shadow line underneath (like in step 1), mean you need to fold and then unfold, to form a crease.The key below will help you to understand the arrows, which in general show the direction to fold the paper in.So get folding! Crane origami instructions
100 cranes have been raised at WWT Slimbridge, in Gloucestershire and released onto wetlands in Somerset.įun Fact: A cranes’ ‘bugle’ can be heard up to two kilometres away.īack to the origami……follow these simple instructions to get started and soon you’ll be creating your own little bit of magic, transforming an ordinary square of paper into something wonderful. In Japanese fairytales, the crane is said to live for a thousand years and it’s believed if you fold a thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant you happiness and good luck.Ĭranes were once extinct in the UK, but since 2010 WWT has been re-introducing them to the countryside. Have fun making a beautiful origami crane.
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