How To Fold An Origami Paper Crane (Orizuru)

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Anyone can fold a simple origami crane out of paper. Fold one thousand and you can make a wish! Add a thread and you have a lovely Christmas tree ornament.

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How To Fold An Origami Paper Crane (Orizuru)

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After
folding a thousand cranes, someone's gonna wish they didn't have arthritis!
By CENSO 1209769457 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8765264~~
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Crane folding
I was fine folding along with you until midpoint and your hand covered up the folding techniques.
By Patartsy 1197243779 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7251091~~
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- Sorry about that...
  I hope the subtitles will help you figure it out. If not, instructions can be found in many places on the Internet, as the crane is perhaps one of the most common origami figures.
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isnt that Japanese legend in a book?
i forgot what the book is called, but its about a girl who gets lukemia and still ends up making 1000 cranes. i think her wish was to live, but i dont remember what happened, i read it a LONG time ago.
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- Yes, it's a true story.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_Sasaki
  
  The crane folding tradition was made famous in the West by the children's book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr. This book was based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki.
  
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- thank you
  i didnt know it was a true story, that's awesome
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I'd better start folding
to get my wish!
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- jennifer....
  wuts the rush?? going to catch a train??
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- Get everyone you know...
  and have a folding party!
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nice
love it
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nice
hey this is nice i made a little one out of a sticky note it this is cool ima make them in different sizes thanks a lot
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great work dude
very well done
post few more origami models
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great work dude
very well done
post few more origami models
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crane
to falcoflier:i also read that story long time ago and its a true sroty.as i can remember she was ill(cancer because of radiation.u.s.a bombed hiroshima and nagasaki WW2)she started making cranes but she couldnt manage it.she died after 7xx i can't remember the exact number.
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Phew, fairly difficult to follow
Mostly because of the way most of the time it's hard to see because your hand was blocking the sight, but in the end i managed to figure it out! Still, video instructions are way better than picture instructions! Thanks for the walkthrough vid!
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- Sorry about that
  This was one of my first videos, maybe if I was making it now I would try a different camera angle.
  
  The great thing is there are a whole lot of other videos on this same subject at Metacafe, so people can check out one of them if mine is unclear :D
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