Make Your Very Own Flying Origami Crane
Follow these simple steps:
|  |  |  | 1&2. Using a square piece of paper fold away on the dashed line, and forwards on the dot-dashed line. If using a piece of paper colored on one side only, begin with colored side face down.
| 3. Now fold along all three creases at once.
|  |  |  | 4. Fold two edges in, to form a kite-shape on top.
| 5. Do the same thing on the other side.
| 6. Fold the point down and crease above the other two folds. Undo the folds you made in steps 4 and 5.
|  |  |  | 7. Pull the bottom corner (top layer only) up above the top corner. Fold along the creases you made in steps 4 and 5.
| 8. Do the same thing on the other side. The top flaps are the wings and the bottom flaps are the neck and tail.
| 9. Fold one edge on each side as in step 4. This makes the neck and tail thinner.
|  |  |  | 10. Do the same thing on the other side.
| 11. Fold the right top flap over along the centerline to lay on top of the left flap like turning the page of a book. Flip over and repeat on other side.
| 12. Fold up the neck and the tail as far as you can on each side.
|  |  | | 13. Fold the head down.
| 14. Repeat step 11.
| 15. Pull the neck and tail out and down a so they are not vertical.
|  |  |  | 16. Pull the head out and up so it's not parallel to the neck.
| 17. Pull the wings straight out from the body so that the body inflates or you can blow through a hole in the underside.
| Finished!
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