The 1,000 Origami Crane Project

There is a very old Japanese legend that says if you make a thousand origami cranes a wish will be granted you and you will receive good luck. In Japan they often will give cranes or even 1,000 cranes as gifts to couples getting married or to newborn children . This insures a long, healthy and prosperous life.

It seems like a fun project and seeing as I love Origami I will do this. Not sure how long it will take me but on this page you can stay updated on my progress. I started the project on April 19, 2010

Update on how long it takes: I takes me about three minutes to do 1 crane and if I focus I can do 20 in an hour. So, the whole project should take about 50 hours of work.

I officially finished this project by making the 1,000th origami crane on June 29th, 2010 I have a youtube video showing me make the last one. This is not a typical video, it is quite funny in that things don't always go as planned even when simply trying to make an origami crane :) The 1,000th Origami Crane video

If you want to do the 1,000 crane project amazon.com has inexpensive kits:

Origami Thousand Cranes Kit #N8380

Kit to make a Thousand Cranes for your wedding or celebration. This kit contains 3 inch square assorted color origami paper and directions for folding your mini cranes. Also included in this Thousand Cranes kit is string and directions on how to hang the cranes into a waterfall of colored cranes to easily display at your celebration! ****Directions are in Japanese, but the diagrams are easy to follow.

Note from Will: The directions are in japanese but easy to follow. If you have trouble you can just view my tutorial with video on how to fold an Origami Crane

April 19, 2010 - I have started out with 20 Cranes - a long ways to go!!

April 21, 2010- 61 Cranes

April 24, 2010 - 124 Cranes

April 27, 2010 - 174

April 30, 2010 -- 199

May 4, 2010 -- 238

May 8, 2010 --272

May 9, 2010 -- 305

May 16, -- 455

May 26, 2010 -- 600

June 10, 2010 --825

June 21, 2010 See the count

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