Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DES MOINES, Iowa — Over 3,000 origami cranes are on display at the Iowa State Fair, honoring the 65th anniversary of Iowa’s sister ...

Birds are wonderful creatures. They have grace and elegance and the freedom to fly anywhere. And then there is origami, the skill of folding paper into something beautiful, an art that originated in ...

My path to creating 1,000 origami cranes began in an unlikely place: a Japanese mystery novel. I read “A Death in Tokyo,” by Keigo Higashino, at the end of August. In this police procedural, a ...

Three Columbus fifth-graders just wrapped up three months of making 1,000 origami cranes in a wish for world peace. Along the way, the Clinton Elementary students picked up some very grown-up lessons ...

For Natalie Sakuma, having her Big Lake Elementary School class of third and fourth graders make origami cranes is more than just a class activity. Sakuma, who had family members sent in internment ...

After hearing of the many security concerns at the Sochi Winter Olympics, students at Chevy Chase Elementary School wanted to send a message of peace. The students decided to make origami cranes, ...

Some Bixby students are stepping up to help the father of a classmate who has cancer. Kevin Riddle was first diagnosed with cancer three years ago. He beat colon cancer, but now he’s fighting ...

My son and I took on what seemed like a simple project: fold one origami crane every day during the pandemic. Together, we discovered over the year how making art helps people bear the unbearable. 100 ...

They say if you fold 1,000 origami cranes out of individual sheets of paper your deepest wishes will be granted. I tried it once – I was a lonely college kid – and I ended up with pink eye. However, a ...