How to make a Paper Crane

Make sure the paper is square. You can use origami paper or cut a regular piece of paper into a square shape.

Fold the paper in half diagonally both ways to create an X fold.

Open it up and fold the paper in half horizontally and vertically to create a + fold.

Using the creases you just made, fold the paper into a square base by bringing the corners together and flattening it down.

Fold the flaps of the square base into the center line to create kite shapes on both sides.

Fold the top layer of the kite shape down to create a triangle.

Repeat steps 5 and 6 on the other side of the paper to create a symmetrical kite shape.

Now with the creases made in step 5, open it up to the point of the crease made in 6 and fold the flaps in to the middle. Repeat on the other side.

With the diamond shape, create a skinny kite fold by folding the outside corners in the flap into the middle. Repeat on the other side.

With the skinny kite shape, reverse the flaps to make it look like a wolf head with long nose and ears.

Fold the nose flap up to the same height of the ears. Repeat on both sides.

Similar to step 11, inverse the folds.

Pull the flaps that were folded up to match parallel to the base and one end crease and fold down a quarter down to create the head.

Fold down the remaining flaps to create the wings of the crane.

Gently pull from the base of the crane's (opposite legs) to puff it up. Now you have a completed paper crane!