I love the new paper I bought in NYC for my cranes. It's so bright with so many different colorful patterns. It's super thin though, which makes it a bit harder for me to fold cranes. There's a happy medium with paper. It cannot be thick like card stock. I do have some paper that is quite thick that requires me to double fold (folding in one direction and then back in the opposite direction). But it also can't be too thin because then it's also less likely to stay folded when I'm trying to make subsequent folds. Just one of the little tips I can bring to the table after folding over 600 paper cranes!