Origami: Crane
Fold traditional models step by step, from a dog face to the crane, plus a Santa hat and a Christmas tree, on paper you print yourself in any pattern and color.
Folding tip: Fold on a hard, flat surface, line up corners and edges before you press, then run a fingernail along each crease. Printer paper works, but thinner paper folds more neatly, especially for the crane.
About these models
Most models here are traditional, folded by generations of children and grown-ups, their designers unknown; the Santa hat and the Christmas tree are simple folds drawn for this site. The diagrams are drawn from the folds themselves, in the Yoshizawa-Randlett symbols that origami books share, and the fold lines on the paper come from the same folds.
Sources
- Akira Yoshizawa, Samuel Randlett and Robert Harbin, Yoshizawa–Randlett system of origami diagram symbols, after Randlett, The Art of Origami, 1961. The origami diagrams draw their folds, arrows and turn-over marks in this shared system of symbols.