Origami Cranes

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Howdy y'all.

I decided that I wanted to make my long distance girlfriend something and considering I am good with paper I chose that as a base plan. I then got an idea to make origami roses, one for every day I have known her but they were really hard to make so I chose to make origami cranes. I've known her since February 22nd, 2014 so that makes it 68 days. I started making these yesterday morning and I can finish a crane in five minutes. I plan on making these tonight to try and catch up to 68 then once I am done with those I am going to make one for her everyday for the rest of our lives.

Also, because of the distance (I live in Washington, she lives in New Hampshire, 3,000+ miles) I plan on meeting her in two years when we're both graduated from high school. If I do the math right I should have built by then 750+, maybe more.

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[lisatnp]

Love the idea!
I bet she will too.

[contourcreative]

Ahh..the paper romantic :-)

[ashevilleangler]

Great Idea! It is said that anyone who folds 1000 cranes will be granted a wish. At the very least you will be granted 83 hours of peaceful meditation.

Curt

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Originally Posted by ashevilleangler

Great Idea! It is said that anyone who folds 1000 cranes will be granted a wish. At the very least you will be granted 83 hours of peaceful meditation.

Curt

I've been thinking about making the white ones for her and then 1,000 colored cranes for myself.

Am I insane yet? Nah....

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[croden]

Great idea. Before paper modeling, I did a lot of origami. I still remember some of it actually.

[rickstef]

According to Japanese tradition, white paper and anything that is folded in white paper is usually associated with the bereavement of a loved one.

So, if you are wishing ill on your girl friend, you might want to start back up with colored paper

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Originally Posted by rickstef

According to Japanese tradition, white paper and anything that is folded in white paper is usually associated with the bereavement of a loved one.

So, if you are wishing ill on your girl friend, you might want to start back up with colored paper

Roger that Rick!

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[Don Boose]

Folding paper cranes is always a good idea. It is a long tradition in our family.

Don

[shawnr5]

I have a mobile that I made for my grandmother's 101st birthday 10 years ago with one big crane on top and four strings of 25 cranes hanging below.