Origami Crane

How to make an origami crane.

Paper

Fold over the dotted line until Side A and Side B meet.

Fold over dotted line like so. Unfold and re-fold it so the flap is on the back. Repeat a couple of times.

Tear the flap off (you can lick or put water along the crease to make this easier), then fold and re-fold the square until you have creases according to the dotted lines.

Using your thumb, push the corners of the triangle towards the center crease. They should easily turn inside out, and the result should be a diamond with three layers.

Fold the edges of the top layer towards the center as shown. Flip over and repeat with the bottom layer. You should now have a skinny diamond.

Now, here comes the hard part: Unfold the inside of the folded flaps and fold the flap up along the horizontal crease. Now, fold the edges toward the center again. Flip over and repeat.

Flip the diamond onto its side. Using your thumb, push one half of the split bottom up. It should easily turn inside out. Repeat with the other half, then repeat a third time at the end of the new triangle of your choice. You now have a head and tail!

Gently push the triangles down to make wings. Congrats, you now have a crane! If you did it correctly, the wings should flap when you pull the tail.