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Hi everyone, so today I'll be teaching you how to make a paper crane that can fly.

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So the only materials that you need for it are a blank sheet of paper, some crayons, some pens,

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or some colored pencils, and a pair of scissors. So the very first thing that you want to do is use

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your markers and decorate one of the sides of the piece of paper. I've already done that as

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you can see I made stripes in purple and blue on one side of the paper and I've left the other side

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blank. So once you have done that you are done with your markers and you can put them away as well.

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The very first thing that we have to do now is make our piece of paper into a square. In order

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to do that we're going to line up the short end of the piece of paper with one of the longer ends.

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So all we're going to do is fold it over and match up the edges and make a point at one end.

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And it's very important that all of the creases that we make and all of the folds that we make

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are very exact and very strong. So it's really important that you have a table or a flat surface

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so that you can make these folds very strong. So we folded our piece of paper like this

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and this is the extra part here that we're going to be cutting off. You can either use your scissors

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right now and cut along here or you can make one more fold to help you cut. I'm gonna go ahead and

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fold it. I'll fold it in half right along this line here. So I have this extra flap of paper

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that I just fold it up and this line here will help me cut. So now we're gonna take our scissors

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and just cut along that line. So now we have our piece of paper that's a square and we have an

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extra piece of paper and our scissors that we no longer need. So we're done with that. Okay so we

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have our piece of paper and the very first thing that we did was fold it in half. We're going to

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open it up and we're going to fold it in half the other way. So we have a triangle. Now we're going

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to open it up and we're going to fold it in half this time in order to make it a rectangle.

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Now that you have your rectangle, open it up, turn it, and fold it in half the other

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way to make another rectangle. So by now, you should have folded your piece of paper

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in half four times and made four different creases. Once we've done that, we're going

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to open it up and fold it in half one last time into a triangle. It's very important this time

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that your decoration or the side of the paper that you colored is on the outside, just like I have it

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here. Once you have your triangle, we're going to fold it again to make another triangle. This next

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step is a little bit tricky, so watch carefully. You're going to open it up and the fold that you

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just made, you're going to put one half of your triangle on the table in front of you and the

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other half sticking straight up. You're then going to open it up and squash it down. So this tip here

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will come down here and you have a square or a diamond right here that you made. We're now going

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flip it over and pull up this side of the triangle and do the same thing. This

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tip here will come all the way down and you want to flatten it. So now you have a

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square. You have one end at the top that's completely closed. On each side

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you have two flaps and on the very bottom it's open. You're now going to lay

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the piece of paper in front of you so that the open end is towards you. We're now going to make

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an ice cream cone. In order to do that, we want to have the bottom edges come towards the center.

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So we're going to take the top two flaps that are facing towards you and fold them into center to

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make an ice cream cone. So as you can see, I started with my square. I took the two edges

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and I folded them towards the center line. We're then going to flip the paper over and

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do the exact same thing. Bring these two edges into the center line. We brought these two edges

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towards the center, just like that. And we have an ice cream cone. Now on this line up here that

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you can see, we're just going to fold that triangle down and make a crease. Flip it over

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and do the exact same thing on the other side. Now we're going to unfold all of the folds that

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we just made. So open up this side and open up this side. The next step, we're going to lay the

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piece of paper down and we're going to pull up the very top layer. On the crease that you just

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made here, you're going to make sure it stays closed and you're going to pull it up until you

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reach that crease there. We're then going to flatten it out by pulling it open and on

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the creases you already have, flattening it. So then we have a diamond shape. I'll do that

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one more time. You have your square. You're going to open it up to the crease that we

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just made, pull it all the way up, and then pull the sides in and flatten it.

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We're then going to flip it over and do the exact same thing. Pull it up to the

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crease that we have and bring the sides in. And we have a diamond. We should have

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on the top two flaps, on the side it opens up, and on the bottom we have two

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legs. Now what we're gonna do is we're gonna open up the side and we're gonna

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pull the leg up and we're gonna flip it inside out. It's kind of difficult but

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it's going to make the crane shape. So I'll show you one more time closer. Open

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it and flip it inside out and pull it up at a night or a 45 degree angle and then

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you're going to close it and crease it along the bottom here. We're going to do the same

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exact thing on the other side. Open it, flip it inside out, and then crease it right at

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the bottom. Now you're going to choose one side in order to make the head. We're going

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to open it and fold it down to make the head. So it was flipped up, and you just open it

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fold it down to make the head. Now the very last thing that we need to do is

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position the wings. So hold it at the base of the head and pull the wings

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forward just a little bit and fold them down. This crease doesn't have to be hard.

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This is just a light crease so that the wings go down. Now if you hold the crane

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at the base of the neck and you pull the tail gently, the wings should flap. And

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And there you are, your paper crane.