I used a garden cane (bamboo) to attach a few strands of paper cranes and made the cranes out of reused printer paper printed with chioygami from the internet (free downloadables here - http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/2004/list_15_1.html)

Crane Origami pattern here - http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-crane.html

I love it! and it was so simple