The oldest known origami text, the 1797 Hiden senbazuru origata (The Secret of Folding 1,000 Paper Cranes), introduced 49 crane designs. Today origami is found around the world and used for ...

Read also: Five Benefits Origami Brings to Your Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Health. Basically, if someone gives you a paper crane, it means they are sending positive energy your way, wishing ...

Origami cranes are cool, but do you know what’s cooler? Origami cranes dancing to the beat. That’s the challenge [Basami Sentaku] took on when he created Dancing Paper (YouTube link). Y… ...

Making origami paper cranes is a rewarding hobby. Kidsday reporter Emily Wu, of Candlewood Middle School, Dix Hills, is nearly halfway toward her goal of folding 5,000 paper cranes. Credit: ...

Origami as an art reaches back thousands of years. “Origami is really almost as old as paper,” Ms. Zeichner explained — it means “to fold paper” in Japanese — and paper in sheet form ...

SNOHOMISH — A tantrum in a toy store was Kim Crane’s introduction to the gentle art of Japanese paper folding. When her mother refused to buy her an origami kit, 6-year-old Kim began tearing ...