Creating Bird Base for Origami Crane

Series Summary

Origami, a form of visual art defined by the folding of paper, originated in Japan in the 1600s. Since then, this ancient art has become a popular hobby for many around the globe. Origami has been popular in the United States and England since the early 1900s. It has always been regarded as a complicated and delicate art form, but our expert will teach you step-by-step how to fold origami in such a way that it is easily accessible to beginners.

Looking for a fun art project to do alone or with your kids but don't want to spend a lot of money on expensive art supplies or make a mess with markers and paints? Why not try origami? This fun and easy Japanese art is perfect for children because it teaches them to use their fine motor skills and produces something they can be proud of. In this free video series, our expert will show you how to make an origami crane. You will get step by step instructions for folding your origami animal with tips and advice for beginners to origami.

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to teach you the most traditional of transitional. You have seen this everywhere. This is the origami crane. Very simple to do, very easy and I'm just going to show you how it is done. We are going to start down here. I have my special origami paper that I'm going to be using here. What I'm going to do is flip it over on the back here. We are going to start with the bird base. The bird base coming from the fact that is always started the crane. Which I don't know if it was the first but it has to be the first origami ever done. So we are going to smooth this guy out like so. We are going to open it back up, smooth I out. This is going to take me a little bit cause this paper is small and very delicate. There we go. Fold it over like so. There we go. "