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Summary: When making origami crane pin, insert pin before gluing the base. Learn how to fold an origami crane pin in this free paper crafts lesson from an origami expert.
Justina Danison has been doing origami since she was a child. She learned through demonstration from her mother. Her interest kept her flipping through origami books and learning new...read more
"Now before you glue the other petal base. Open it up and take your stick pin and insert it in to that little pocket. So that it's inside this bird base. Now glue this petal base shut. Don't use too much glue just enough to keep the folds together. Now finish the bird fold to make your crane. Fold the edges in. Same thing on this side. Turn your unit over push the pin down to the other side. Fold your edges in same thing on this side. Now turn it right side up and inside reverse fold one of the legs and inside reverse fold the other leg. Fold it up and inside reverse fold to get the head. Now take your stick pin and twist it, whoops it came out. Put it back in! Twist it so that it comes out between the folds of the tail. Hold if right there take your glue put a dab of glue in between the base of the neck and where the pin is. The base of the tail and put some glue right on that hole where the pin is coming out. Maybe put some glue right in between that inside reverse fold where the beak is. Take your pin. Pin it together and pin this together. Close it together and let it dry overnight for until the glue dries."
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