Paper folding can be therapeutic.  Who knew? 

I wanted to create something to hang above my baby’s changing table… it needs to be safe (won’t hurt her if it falls down), cheap ($0 in the budget for this), and cute (for obvious reasons).

Here is the website I found for paper origami cranes: http://www.monkey.org/~aidan/origami/crane/

I just used some paper I had at the house and made a handful of cranes.  I took a fat needle and threaded some of my old cross stitch thread through the body of the bird, tied a knot on a thumb tack and hung them over the changing table at different heights.

So cute!  If the baby is bored or fussy, I give the birds a little whack and they spin and fly around quickly grabbing her attention.  Enjoy!