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Origami Crane

The Origami Crane a favorite piece of origami for all, me included. The Origami Crane is a slightly challenging piece, but take your time, line up your folds neatly and it will turn out great! Here are step by step instructions to help you succeed.

Many believe if you fold 1000 cranes you will get a wish. Personally, I love to fold them from everything I can! I have been known to fold them from cloth napkins at restaurants, programs at events, and little bits of scrap paper. They are just so fun to make, the Origami Crane a favorite piece of origami for you too?

Start the Crane with the Bird Base. The split section should be pointing down as shown.

Origami Bird Base – written and pictorial tutorial

The Origami Bird Base is the start of various Origami Patterns such as the Crane and the Iris. You will find the written and pictorial pattern for the Origami Bird Base below.

Origami has been one of my hobbies since I was 8 years old. Many Origami Patterns start with an Origami Base: a folded form that starts a piece. This is one such base. You can find more Origami Base Tutorials for here: https://jessieathome.com/category/crafts/origami/origami-base/

Origami Bird Base Tutorial by Jessie At Home

Origami Square Base – written and pictorial tutorial

The Origami Square Base is the start of various Origami Patterns and also the start of the Frog and Bird Bases. You will find the written and pictorial pattern for the Square Base below.

Origami Pig

OINK OINK ! Here’s how to make an Origami Pig

Isn’t this little guy just adorable? My daughter Kyla loves pigs, and she thinks this one is awesome. He is fairly easy to make. Only one side of the paper is seen on this piece, so it doesn’t matter if your paper is colored on both sides or just one. Happy folding!

Origami Cupboard Base

Origami has been one of my hobbies since I was 8 years old. Almost all origami pieces start with one of the origami bases: a folded form that starts a piece. This is one such base. You can find a list of all the bases I have tutorials for here: https://jessieathome.com/origami-bases/

Origami Boat Base – written and pictorial tutorial

The Origami Boat Base is the start of various Origami Patterns and also the start of the Origami Pattern Base. You will find the written and pictorial pattern for the Origami Boat Base below.

Origami Boat Base Tutorial by Jessie At Home

Making Stickers with Xyron

The girls are at it again making some cool stickers from Xyron. See why they think the Xyron Sticker Maker is so fun and easy to use.

The products reviewed in this post were provided by Xyron.

I was recently given some 3″ disposable/recyclable Xyron sticker makers for the girls to review.

We started out by designing the stickers. The girls each drew some of there own, and I also printed them both out some mandalas to color from THIS SITE. The printables are at the end of the post and you do have to sign up to get them, but you won’t get spammed, don’t worry!