I made a few of these before my wedding.

I love the idea of origami, but the doing it always confused me. I learned good paper helps.

Anything labeled "origami paper" is fine imo. Diagrams are hard to read at times. It's like doing a puzzle. In high school I made a dragon, and I had to practice making the head alone a few times before I could do it on the actual model. I was going off these literal hand drawn scans from some Vietnamese guy online. I used to do it a lot more, but less so now. Just these cranes at the moment. I'd say medium difficulty is the best I can do. The really advanced stuff is crazy, but I've always wanted to be able to just take a square and make something simple from memory. This crane is all I've got in that regard.

Crazy!! I'm a visual learner, so youtube is a great teacher. I do not understand most of the diagrams 😂🤷‍♀️. Also, me over here trying to do it with a square of construction paper or notebook paper 😑. The crane is THE origami thing to make, so I say #winning 🤝

My dad made them for all my life. What made you set that goal?

Being really depressed. I don't even know what I wanted to wish for but now I have this jar of cranes I need to fill up.

YouTube is great haha, you can see it happen so much easier. Normal paper is just way too thick for most models. I'd totally get a little pack of origami squares and try out a butterfly or something. And ty, I do love these cranes.

I did that many years ago, using a monthly goal system. It’s a great feeling to see them all finished. 👏🫂

That looks fun 😁

I spend 3 years to make a thousand of paper cranes. Then I put them all in a box with all my keepsakes/memento and burned it