1001 Cranes (22 page)

7.
Lift the
upper left
flap and fold in the direction of the arrow. Crease along the line
a-b
.

8.
Lift the paper at point
d
(in the diagram above) and fold down the triangle
b-d-c
. Crease along the line
b-c
.

Undo
the three folds you just made (Steps 6, 7, and 8). Your paper will have the crease lines shown to the left.

9.
Lift just the top layer of the paper at point
a
. Think of this as opening a frog’s mouth. Open it up and back to line
b-c
. Crease the line
b-c inside
the frog’s mouth.

Press on points
b
and
c
to
reverse
the folds along lines
a-b
and
a-c
. The trick is to get the paper to lie flat in the long diamond shape shown on the right. At first it will seem impossible. Have patience.

10–13.
Turn the paper over.
Repeat
Steps 6 to 9 on this side. When you have finished, your paper will look like the diamond to the right with two “legs” at the bottom.

14
&
15.
Taper the diamond at its legs by folding the
top
layer of each side in the direction of the arrows along lines
a-f
and
a-e
so that they meet at the center line.

16
&
17.
Turn the paper over.
Repeat
Steps 14 and 15 on this side to complete the tapering of the two legs.

18.
The figure to the left has two skinny legs. Lift the
upper
flap at point
f
(be sure it’s just the upper flap) and fold it over in the direction of the arrow—as if turning the page of a book. This is called a “book fold.”

Turn the entire figure over.

19. Repeat
this “book fold” (Step 18) on this side. Be sure to fold over only the
top
“page.”

20.
The figure to the right looks like a fox with two pointy ears at the top and a pointy nose at the bottom. Open the
upper
layer of the fox’s mouth at point
a
, and crease it along line
g-h
so that the fox’s nose touches the top of the fox’s ears.

21.
Turn the figure over.
Repeat
Step 20 on this side so that all four points touch.

22.
Now for another “book fold.” Lift the
top
layer of the figure to the left (at point
f
) and fold it in the direction of the arrow.

23.
Turn the entire figure over.
Repeat
the “book fold” (Step 22) on this side.

24
&
25.
There are two points,
a
and
b
, below the upper flap. Pull out each one, in the direction of the arrows, as far as the dotted lines. Press down along the base (at points
x
and
y
) to make them stay in place.

26.
Take the end of one of the points and bend it down to make the head of the crane. Using your thumbnail,
reverse
the crease in the head, and
pinch
it to form the beak. The other point becomes the tail.

27.
Open the body by blowing into the hole underneath the crane and then gently pulling out the wings. And there it is!