Origami Crane Instructions

November 04, 2021

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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.