I usually make the origami model before I make a video of it, to avoid hang ups and mistakes, in this case the first one I made came out better, even if I made a couple of mistakes.

The claws were the most difficult part as it was hard to make it out from the diagrams – you’ll notice I didn’t fold them correctly.

An interesting fact I found out about the fiddler crab is that if it looses it’s big claw it will develop the opposite claw.

Paper to use

Preferably a big square paper, the bigger the easier to fold.

Diagrams

Download all the 69 steps in 6 pages.

You can make the same model with a 2:1 ratio paper by doing 2 traditional cranes, but it’s just not the same. I recommend using a bigger and thinner paper than regular A4 like I did, I ripped it a few times.

Warning: the video is 20 minutes long.

Paper to use

You need one square paper for this one, preferably thin. If you can get your hands on special folding paper for this one it would be the best.

Diagrams

Diagrams here.