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First, get a square piece of paper. Then fold it
diagonally an open it back up.
Next, fold it from the opposite corner to corner
again.
Open it back up.
You can see, it makes an upside-down pyramid.
Flip the paper over. The diagonal folder has now done their job.
The center should poke up. Now fold the paper in
half horizontally. (NOTE: The peak will be folded in. The
next step will not work if this is not done.)
Open it back up again.
Now fold it in half horizontally the other
direction. The horizontal folder has now done their job.
Now pick the paper up by the top edges and squish it
together to make an arrow.
Now lay it down on the table and make sure there are
two flaps on each side and flatten it. The squisher/flattener has
now done their job.
Now you are going to take the top flap and start to
make a kite that lays on top of a square. Point the open side,
(the end you can see above) towards you.
Make sure that the long side of the kite is pointing
towards you and repeat on the other side. You should now have a
kite laying on top of a square.
Now flip the paper over so the square is on top of the
kite. Repeat so you have a kite on top of a kite. The kite
maker has now done their job.
Now you will need to bend the tip of the kite both
directions so you have a crease. The bender has now done their
job.
Now you will need flip the bend back to make the kite
shape again and open up the kite.
Now start to open the top layer.
You will start to see the alligator mouth.
Continue opening.
The sides will start to fold in on themselves and lay
flat.
The alligator opener has completed 1/2 of their
job. Now flip it over and repeat. The alligator opener has
now completed their job.
Now you should see two "fat legs."
These "fat legs" which really aren't legs at
all, need to be skinnier, so we are going to repeat the kite step.
Make sure you only take the top layer and are making the part that opens
smaller.
Repeat on the other side.
Flip it over and repeat. The
leg skinnier has
now completed their job.
Now take the short triangle at the top and fold it
down as far as you can.
Flip it over and repeat. The
winger has now
completed their job.
Now you are going to take your left hand and pinch the
edge of the left wing. With your right hand, you are going to open
up the right side.
Take the long triangle that is pointing down and pull
it up and point it towards the ceiling.
Now close that side in so that you can see both wings
again. That long triangle now points up.
Now you can point about 1 inch of the triangle that
points towards the ceiling down to make the head of the crane.
Now pinch the right side. Open up the left side
so that you can see the long triangle that is pointing down.
You will pull that triangle up now so that it also
points towards the ceiling.
Close it back up again so that you can see the two
long triangles pointing towards the ceiling and can again see the
wings. Lift the wings up. The finisher has now completed
their job.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Finally, you have your
origami paper crane. Way to persevere through a long process.
The hanger
can now do their jobs.
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