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=Cranes for Sure=

Many people make cranes, a somewhat complicated piece, though anyone could make one with good instructions. I think the best origami piece is the paper crane. It gives people hope, people, like me, who really love this piece that everyone has heard of.

Did you know that the largest number of cranes ever constructed by a single group of people is 1,274,808? That’s a lot of cranes. The group that did this must have really loved cranes, and thought it was the best kind of origami. It takes serious dedication to the crane to make that many cranes. This is a dedication that a girl named Sadako once had as well.

There once was a girl named Sadako who survived the bombing of Hiroshima. Though she survived the actual bomb the radiation it left behind gave her cancer in her blood. Also known as leukemia, this disease killed many people in Hiroshima and the surrounding towns and cities. Sadako’s best friend made her a golden crane and taught her to make them. Soon while she was in the hospital she made cranes around the clock. Soon her ceiling was full of them. She made six hundred before she no longer could. She died soon after and her class made the other four hundred to make the full thousand, she was buried with those cranes. There is now a statue in the peace park in Hiroshima of her, reminding everyone of what war can bring. Children make thousands of cranes every year to lie by her statue. This has made the crane famous.

Everyone has heard of the paper crane, sometimes you even see one around a classroom left by its owner. It is the most known piece of origami. How many other origami pieces can you name, right now? It is also the most universal origami ever, because almost anyone can make one. Other origami is too hard even with the right instruction. You just need either someone who knows how to make one, good written directions, or even a youtube video on how to make the crane.

The crane is the best origami piece ever. There are so many of them in the world you could fill a coal train with them. And people will always want to make more. This is an important stance because you don’t want to be left behind with the non-believers. This is the ceiling in my bedroom.

=My Story=

=== === There is one animal you can make in origami that has a story. The crane has been said to give a wish to the person who makes a thousand of them. I was sitting in Language Arts class one day and I noticed that someone had made a paper crane. This is what started it. I wanted to fold one thousand cranes. A story says that if you make one thousand paper cranes you get a wish. Just one.

I did not start thinking about what I wanted my wish to be until I reached one hundred cranes. I hadn’t been counting the cranes I folded. I had just been stringing them from strings of ten from my bedroom ceiling. I was sitting on my bed reading one day when I decided to count them. I counted ten strings of ten, one hundred. I couldn’t believe that my clumsy hands had made one hundred cranes! I counted again and there were still one hundred up there.

There are now twenty-five strands of ten hanging from my white ceiling making it more exiting. I’m still not sure what my wish will be, maybe for the end of world hunger, or just something simple like to never loose touch with my friends. I guess I’ll just have to think about it some more. Who knows! But for now I’m content to just to make more cranes and watching them swing from my ceiling.

This obsession has somewhat consumed me for the last few months. I have learned that no matter how many people tell you can’t, I’ve been told that a lot, you can if you set your mind to it.

=A Word with a Teacher, a Friend, and a Cousin=

I interviewed my cousin, who taught me origami, about her favorite things about origami, and how she learned it.

Would you call yourself an expert, participant or beginner on this topic? Participant because I know a few origami pieces that I can do really well, but some are still unknown to me.

What do you think the best way to teach origami is? To show the person you are teaching step by step, follow the leader style.

What is your favorite origami to make? Why? My favorite origami would have to be the origami heart, because I think it’s fun to give to other people!

Have there been any funny moments when you have given these hearts? One of my friends once took tape and stuck it to her shirt after writing, “I am loved” in Chinese. Everyone wanted to know what it said all day.

Who did you learn origami from? The Internet, you can find pictures for the steps or even video.

Did you find any tips that you think are useful? Just to follow the steps exactly as you see or hear them, don’t assume that you know what to do.

What is the hardest origami piece you've ever made? The origami rose, it’s very hard because of all the small folds, I ripped my first rose in FOUR different places.

What other uses have you found for origami? I love to leave them in places for people to find or put them on the fronts of cards.

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=Panel of Experts=

To see other great blogs on origami visit:

Free Paper Craft Template http://www.blogtopsites.com/out/36486

Origami Blog http://origamiblog.com/

Origami http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/origami-1/a04901773d2390f1af70dc5abe62320a

Origami Money Flowers http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/origami-money-flowers/88c7e1d43575876e46d87cbcc8af9d23

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