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FOLDING A CRANE

Only the front-side of the paper is coloured.

origami crane

                                                    Step 1:
                                                    This is the front of the paper. Turn the paper.

                                                    Step 2:
                                                    Make mountain- and valley-folds over the 4 lines.
                                                    Unfold each fold after you made one.

                                                    Step 3:
                                                    First, make valley-folds over the 2 lines below, on the right.
                                                    Then, make 2 mountain-folds in the middle.
                                                    And then, make 2 valley-folds on top, on the left.
                                                    Now you get a basic-shape.

                                                    Step 4:
                                                    Make these 2 folds on the upper two layers of the model.
                                                    Unfold them after you made them.

                                                  Step 5:
                                                    Pull the end at the big arrow up by making a valley-fold
                                                    over the black line. Then, flatten the 2 pieces on the
                                                    left and right over the lines you made in step 4.


                                                    Step 6:
                                                    Repeat step 4 to 5 for the back of the model.


                                                    Step 7:
                                                    Make valley-folds over these two black lines.

                                                    Step 8:
                                                    Repeat step 7 for the other side of the model.


                                                    Step 9:
                                                    Make an inside-reverse-fold over the short black line on
                                                    the right. You can make this fold a bit easier by first
                                                    making a prefold over the short black line and then making
                                                    the inside-reverse-fold.

                                                    Step 10:
                                                    Make an inside-reverse-fold over the short black line
                                                    on the left.

                                                    Step 11:
                                                    Fold the head down by making an inside-reverse-fold
                                                    over the short black line on the left.

                                                    Step 12:
                                                    Flatten the piece in the middle (at the big arrow)
                                                    Push the wings a bit down.

                                                   The crane is ready :-)

                                                    This is a traditional origami-model, it's not my own design






origami crane