How to fold a
paper crane
Step 1
Fold in half diagonally.
Step 2
Fold in half diagonally again.
Step 3
Spread the pocket out from the inside and fold to make a small square.
Step 4
Turn over.
Step 5
Do the same as in step 4.
Step 6
Here's the tricky
part (which, technically could be skipped till Step 9).
Fold left and right corners towards the center line along the red valley
line, and then fold top corner on the blue valley line. Note the folds
are only to create a crease.
Step 7
The figure should look like this.
Step 8
Now, open the the pocket by pulling the bottom corner up, and fold inwards along the crease. (some creases will be inverted)
Step 9
The figure should look like this. Be careful to score the edges and corners cleanly. Turn over and do the same (Step 6, 7, 8).
Step 10
Now you have the Base. You've come half way, and the rest is downhill baby!
Step 11
Making sure you
have the right side up, valley fold on the dotted lines using the top
layer only.
Step 12
The figure should
look like this. Turn over.
Step 13
Do the same as step
11. Getting hard? You're almost there.
Step 14
Reverse fold at
dotted lines to form the head.
Step 15
Slightly open the
side and bring the head part up like this...
Step 16
Bring up at this point and press down.
Do the same same
to form the tail on the other side.
Step 17
Reverse fold at
dotted lines to form the beak. You can select the length of the beak.
Step 18
Bend the wings out
into proper position. You can blow in from the bottom.
Step 19
The finished
crane.