Customer Reviews

Origami Extravaganza: Folding Paper, a Book, and a Box

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Simple and easy to understand diagrams make this the perfect origami beginner's book. The addition of an abundance of origami squares in a range of different colors plus a load of two different patterned squares sets an origami novice up for folding for quite a while. I highly recommend this book to the new origami folder.

My grandson Garrett asked for an origami kit for Christmas. As a grammy it is my job to make sure his every wish comes true! I researched to find the best kit I could find for a nine year old boy. This kit was highly recommended and it was a big hit. Now there are little folded up pieces of colored paper everywhere! Everywhere! Everywhere!

This is a great value getting a good origami book (the instructions are good and the book itself is not flimsy) and a lot of paper to get started with. Enjoyed by all ages. Even used this with children with difficulty sitting down and attending to task (ADHD) and it's fun and they surprised me being able to sit still. Great for rainy day or keeping busy when you need to have quiet time.

Family fun!

Overall I would have to say that this kit is OK. It is a good beginners kit. The printed and metallic paper is neat, but this paper is not very user-friendly. I prefer other brands. As for the book, it contains some great ideas, and the diagrams are, for the most part, easy to use. However; there is very little consistency to the written instructions; it seems like they sometimes skip a few steps where there should be more guidance, and add in extra, unnecessary instructions in other places. And a lot of the projects involve scissors, which I personally do not like. Overall, it is a good practice kit for the price for the beginner.

Got this for my son to work with my grandson. The thought was that this help develop the kid's dexterity and offer a fun father/son bonding experience (or something like that). Apparently origami is very difficult, even for a computer whiz. The grandchild did not learn it because his dad didn't get it. "valley folds" "mountain folds" blah. Two months later, I received an anonymous gift - a woot Tee shirt stenciled with folding instructions for four "origami designs" labeled "brain" "cabbage" "boulder" and "abstract sculpture". The end product of each resembled a crumpled wad of origami paper.

We got this book for our 8 year old sons for an upcoming trip. We wanted something that could withstand lots of abuse in their backpacks over long plane and bus rides. This does the trick. The book and oragami paper come in a box so the paperback book and paper are well-protected. The box is square, and about 6 inches by 6 inches. The book has very detailed instructions for about 40 different Oragami creations. They vary from easy to difficult. It also comes with about 150 pieces of oragami paper in a variety of colors and a handful of patterns. I completely recommend it!

Easy for a beginner and tons of paper to practice with. My husband loves it.

the instructions are very difficult to follow... the paper is nice though and it comes with lots of it.

If this is your first attempt at origami, then please keep looking. I bought the book because my 9 year wanted to learn it. I thought it would be fun to try and do with her. BIG MISTAKE! She gave up and cried and I myself got frustrated since nothing came out correctly. The book needs better diagrams. I do think the papers are nice, but we wasted a lot of it. I'm not giving up on learning origami, it's just that this isn't the book to learn it from.

There are plenty of different types of Origami for you to create.

My son absolutely loved this. He dove right in and started making gifts for
our family. This kept him busy, and his creative juices flowing.

Great for the origami beginner. He was 6 when he received this as a Christmas present.

He still asks me for more Origami books. I will have to buy something a bit more challenging for him.

Great gift for a child 6 to 12.