Origami Projects
The materials you will need to make this origami is only origami paper or scrapbook paper would work best.
To make an origami crane
To make an origami Yoda
To make an origami penguin
To make an origami sailboat
A great idea for a creative and stylish decoration for a bedroom, or sitting room. I call them "Flying Cranes". In Japanese these were referred to as Senbazuru. Credit to this post goes to this blog:
A little info from wikipedia on Senbazuru:
千羽鶴 Senbazuru is a group of one thousand origami paper cranes held together by strings. An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury.
You can buy kits to create Senbazuru, but since I've been trying to be thrifty I decided to just buy 1000 sheets of origami paper and figure it out myself. I think the standard is to hang 40 cranes on 25 strings, but I've been experimenting with different ways to space out the cranes to look nice while I work towards 1000... Here is what I've come up with so far!
Materials you will need:
Here are instructions for making origami cranes, and above is everything you'll need for this project! If you don't have origami paper, you can purchase some at your local shop (or online!) or make your own by cutting a sheet of paper into a perfect square. You could use magazines, wrapping paper, old letters or whatever! Be creative and have fun :) The paper I used was about 2x2" - I think this size is easier to fold than larger sheets and takes up less space when completed.
Step 1: Cut a piece of thread the length you want of cranes, tie a knot at the end and thread through your needle. Then push the needle through the opening at the bottom of the crane.Step 2: Continue pushing the needle through the center of the crane until it is threaded. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each crane added until you have the desired amount for your strand.
Step 3: Lay the threaded cranes on a flat surface and spread apart gently on the string until they are in the position you would like them to be. Once positioned, place a small drop of super glue on the entrance and exit point of each crane and leave to dry. If you want to stack your cranes directly on top of each other like traditional Senbazuru, then skip this step.And that's it! Hang the final piece however you'd like. I taped a few to the underneath of a shelf until I can get more made for some sort of complete piece.
