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I devised this "Cranes of Thanks" project because I love origami, working with children, and the "heroes" that defend our country!  I am teaching youth to fold paper origami cranes which will be placed on a coloring page with a letter on the back to be sent to our soldiers overseas.  This project will continue until we have completed 1,000 Cranes of Thanks!  All of the supplies have generously been funded by DoSomething.org.

Click HERE for some examples of children's coloring pages.
Click HERE for examples of what teens could make.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Teen "Cranes of Thanks"

If you know a group of teens that would like to be involved with Cranes of Thanks, they may enjoy making handmade cards with origami cranes on them or coloring "older" looking coloring pages.

Teens can make handmade cards from a sheet of cardstock folded in half.  Two pieces of origami paper are used, one to fold the origami crane and the other to "frame" the crane.

A letter is written on the inside of the card!

Teens who have experience making origami (or who catch on really quick!) can use a
folded half-sheet of cardstock and a 3x3" sheet of origami paper in their designs.
This is another half-sheet of cardstock with marker designs.  It also features
a white crane with messages of thanks written on the wings.

The design on the front of this card was made with a colored pencil.
This coloring page might appeal to pre-teens - I know it was fun for me to color! =]
Coloring page by JustByJo.

This one reminds me of camouflage and it is fun to do different little
doodles and designs on the inside of each little bubble!
 Coloring page by JustByJo.



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