Origami Crane Instructions
November 04, 2021Origami Crane Instructions
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Watch this video and learn how to make an origami paper crane and submit for a larger installation at Smilow Cancer Hospital.
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- 00:00Hi, I'm Dana Farber.
- 00:01I work for integrative medicine
- 00:03at Smilow Cancer Hospital.
- 00:04I'm the creative expression coordinator.
- 00:07I'm gone. Dolly bop it.
- 00:08I'm a designer and volunteer
- 00:10at integrative medicine,
- 00:11origami cranes have long
- 00:12been a symbol of peace,
- 00:14love, hope and healing.
- 00:16During challenging times,
- 00:17and we invite you to make a crane to add to
- 00:20a larger installation within the hospital.
- 00:22If you want to make your own crane,
- 00:24we've put together a quick instructional
- 00:26video and keep watching till the end of
- 00:28the video to find out where and how.
- 00:30Exactly,
- 00:30you can send your own crates.
- 00:34We're going to make a crane together.
- 00:36You start with a square.
- 00:38This is a 6 by 6.
- 00:39We're using origami paper,
- 00:41but you can use any type of
- 00:43paper that you have at home as
- 00:44long as it's not super thick.
- 00:46You can use wrapping paper.
- 00:47You can use magazine paper.
- 00:50As long as it's a square and not too thick,
- 00:53OK, so we'll walk you through.
- 00:56Make sure that your folds are precise.
- 00:58That will be easier to complete your project,
- 01:02so we're just going to fold the
- 01:03paper in half as our first fold.
- 01:06I'm going to turn it this way and do
- 01:07it because that's what I find easier.
- 01:12And so you have the fold.
- 01:14Then you're going to turn it
- 01:15and do the same fold again.
- 01:16So fold it in half the opposite direction.
- 01:20Making sure that you stay very precise.
- 01:28Now we want to make a fold
- 01:30this way, so we're going to.
- 01:32Make a triangle you triangle.
- 01:35And you can use the fingers.
- 01:36You can use a pen. You can use
- 01:38a bone folder to help you make
- 01:40those lines really, really crisp.
- 01:46And now turn it in the
- 01:48opposite direction. And
- 01:49make another triangle.
- 01:56We have a starburst pattern.
- 02:03Now the next fold we want to
- 02:06invert this side and this side,
- 02:09so we're going to hold this.
- 02:12So that it comes together.
- 02:17Sometimes this one is a little tricky.
- 02:19This is where your first folds
- 02:21are really going to help you.
- 02:23If. Breaking down super Chris.
- 02:27Yeah, so it would look like it goes in
- 02:28and then this thing with the other side.
- 02:44So that your sides now are folded in.
- 02:48And it would look like this.
- 02:51And remember to keep the open
- 02:53side towards you and the
- 02:54folded side away from you.
- 02:57So the next step, just make
- 02:58sure go over your creases
- 02:59and make sure that they're tight.
- 03:00Yes, you're going to pull
- 03:02just one piece of the side up,
- 03:04and you're going to bring it
- 03:05up and over, so not across.
- 03:07Like that you don't want to do that.
- 03:10You want to bring that up.
- 03:12Almost like you're making a kite.
- 03:16You can use that middle fold
- 03:17to guide you. As well, and then the
- 03:22same thing with the other side.
- 03:23Just pull up one piece. And bring
- 03:25it right to that middle guideline.
- 03:30So that it looks like this.
- 03:35And remember the openings will be
- 03:36at the bottom here. Now flip it
- 03:39over and repeat that step again.
- 03:49Cranes are very symmetrical so will
- 03:52be repeating this steps quite often.
- 03:55So now it looks like this.
- 03:58With your openings on the bottom.
- 04:02I'm just taking my time
- 04:04trying to get those folds very precise.
- 04:09Now this top triangle.
- 04:10Here we want to fold that down.
- 04:16That'll be another line that we use,
- 04:19and we can turn it around and fold
- 04:20it in the opposite direction.
- 04:28This next one is called a petal
- 04:30fold and we're going to just pull
- 04:32out one layer from each side.
- 04:34So we're going to pull this one out.
- 04:38And where that line was that we folded it,
- 04:41it will help it to fold straight.
- 04:44Back on itself and then the top,
- 04:48we're going to refold that
- 04:50the opposite direction.
- 04:51So that it looks like this.
- 05:01And then your other side
- 05:02is waiting to be done.
- 05:04So when you're ready,
- 05:05flip it over and do the
- 05:06same thing on the other
- 05:07side. Just pull out that piece.
- 05:12For that middle cold. In
- 05:14the reverse these.
- 05:27So these will be the start of
- 05:29our wings and this bottom part
- 05:31should be facing towards you.
- 05:35And now that fold that we did
- 05:36where we met the middle before
- 05:37we're going to do that again.
- 05:39So just pull up one side
- 05:41and go right to the middle.
- 05:43And fold it.
- 05:48So I'm not folding it half, but I'm using
- 05:50that line in the middle to guide my
- 05:52fold, right correct?
- 05:55And then do it the other side too.
- 05:58Yeah, that middle line is very important.
- 06:07Like mines not tight enough, but.
- 06:11So you have one side done.
- 06:13You'll flip it and do the
- 06:14other side the same way,
- 06:16bringing that to meet that
- 06:19middle guideline. A nice crease.
- 06:23And then the other side.
- 06:38He still has that openings pointing
- 06:40towards you. This you're going
- 06:42to fold up and at an angle.
- 06:47And then the other side up and at an angle.
- 06:55I always turn it around and do
- 06:57the same thing again because
- 06:58I want that crease to be deep,
- 07:00which makes it easier to work with.
- 07:04So now inside the wings I'm going
- 07:07to put my finger in here and pull
- 07:11this up. Around to invert it.
- 07:16Which could be a little tricky,
- 07:17but then it just folds
- 07:19that cruise that we
- 07:20did just is helping me with that as well.
- 07:26Almost folding on itself, isn't it?
- 07:28Because mines not as straight as I'd like it,
- 07:32I'm going to pick this side to be the head.
- 07:34Yes, I'll pull that down a little.
- 07:38And then do the same thing with the
- 07:39other side, which will become the tail.
- 08:04And then if you're mailing these in,
- 08:06you could mail them in just
- 08:08like this without opening them.
- 08:10But if you're ready to see
- 08:11what your crane looks like,
- 08:12you just pull the wings
- 08:13open and you have a crane.
- 08:19That's my favorite part when
- 08:21you just take the wings.
- 08:27Right now.