Yasutomo 1000 Origami Paper Crane Kit, 3 X 3 in, Assorted Color, Pack of 1020, Assorted.

Excellent product, I was worried at first whether the product would be damaged or something might be missing as this is imported but to add to my surprise everything was perfect. The paper quality is good, it doesn't tear easily and you get all the contents what's described on the box. Kudos, to seller i was able to get the product way before the estimated date.

This is my 3rd set of 1000 cranes, and I've gotten a different kit each time (just because of what was available at the time.) I like to take a few minutes every day to make a few cranes. I'm not much for meditation or yoga, but I find that the simple mechanical motion of folding cranes helps me relax and focus. I would highly recommend trying it.These sheets are all perfectly square and come in really nice bright colors. I love that the cranes are rather small because, if you're going to have 1000 of them, it's nice if they don't take up too much space. It's also nice that this kit has the colors already sorted for you. In the past 2 kits I've had, the pages all came mixed in so if you wanted the rainbow effect, you had to sort them out, which was a huge hassle.Some of the colors do seem to be on thicker paper, but this has been true of all the kits I've tried. It seems brighter colors tend to feel thicker, so I wonder if it has anything to do with the amount of ink they have to use. These are white on 1 side, but the white is not visible once the crane is made.I also like that this kit comes with the string and beads - it just makes things easier. I saw a previous review that said the extra 20 sheets of paper (you get 1020 sheets in case you make some mistakes) were all orange, but all my colors seem to have 51 sheets (51*20=1020) so there's 1 extra sheet in each color, which is nice. I like to use the extra 20 to make a little travel-size strand that I can hang in my office (or, back in the day, I took a 20-strand to college but left the original 1000 at my parents' house) to remind me of the 1000 without having to transport the whole collection.

I'm visiting Japan later in the year with some of my school students, and we decided we wanted to take 1000 paper cranes to Hiroshima with us. This set is great, though the paper is smaller than I expected (about 2 inches square). The set includes the string, paper and instructions. You separately need to buy beads for the bottom of each string and a long needle with a wide eye to thread the string through.

I am currently making the cranes and some of the colors don't seem to have 51. I counted the papers before making the cranes and some have 50 instead of 51, it didn't really bother me but it would be nice to be given what I expected. The kit did not come with the card that is suppose to be at the top. The colors are very pretty but the only thing would be that it would be nice to have the colors separated, each color sealed off because two of the oranges were way too alike in color it seems like they are the same color and I had to count them all together, other than that this was a great thousand paper crane kit and I cannot wait to see the finished result!!

Great quality paper. All papers were identical in size.Some reviews say there is too much of the same orange, but in my case that was not true. There were 4 different shades of orange. 2 of them are very close in color so I think some customers are having trouble seeing the color difference, but after double and triple checking they are indeed different shades of orange.Overall I am very satisfied with this kit and am excited to get started.