A finished Crane with Legs in 3D, drawn by the folding engine

How to fold a Crane with Legs

Difficulty: Hard
Steps: 24 steps
Paper: One square sheet
When finished: Flap wings

Same as the crane up to the neck. Then cut the remaining point down the middle with scissors to make two legs, and spread them a little from the base. The scissors are used only once.

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Steps to fold a Crane with Legs (24 steps)

Step 1Start with the white side up and turn the paper so a corner points toward you.
Step 2Fold the top corner down to the bottom corner to make a triangle.
Step 3Fold the right corner over to the left corner to make a smaller triangle.
Step 4Open the pocket of the top flap and squash it flat into a square.
Step 5Turn the paper over.
Step 6Open and squash this flap the same way. This is the square base.
Step 7With the open end down, fold the lower left edge to the center line, then unfold.
Step 8Fold the lower right edge to the center line, then unfold.
Step 9Fold the top triangle down along the line joining the ends of those creases, then unfold.
Step 10Lift the bottom corner of the top layer and bring the sides in to the center, flattening into a diamond (petal fold).
Step 11Turn the paper over.
Step 12Petal-fold this side the same way. This is the bird base.
Step 13With the split end down, fold the left edge of the top layer to the center line.
Step 14Fold the right edge to the center line too.
Step 15Turn the paper over.
Step 16On this side too, fold the left edge to the center line.
Step 17Fold the right edge the same way.
Step 18Open the base of the left point and fold it up inside (inside reverse fold). This is the neck.
Step 19Cut the remaining point down the middle, from the tip to just before its base. These are the legs.
Step 20Make the head with a small inside reverse fold at the tip of the neck.
Step 21Open the front wing by folding it down from its root, at the base of the small center triangle.
Step 22Open the back wing from its root the same way.
Step 23Push the outer leg a little to the back from its base.
Step 24Bring the inner leg a little forward. The crane with legs is finished.
Finished