An elaborately decorated fortune teller
Credit: Paul Blais | License: My Own Photo-
Difficulty
Moderate
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Exp Required
None
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Price Range
$0, $.01 to $10, and $50 to $200
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Uniqueness
3
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Complexity
Moderate
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Min Number
1
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Age Range
Child, Pre-teen, Teen, Adult, and Senior
- Paper Folding
- Crafts
- Paper
- Entertainment
- Performance
- Moods:
- Spread Cheer
- Do Something Creative
- Make Something Creative
- Play Something Creative
- Do Funny
- Moods
- Cheerful
- Creative
- Flirty
- Funny
- Silly
Description
Make a Paper Fortune Teller – Origami
A fortune teller is also called a cootie catcher, chatterbox, salt cellar, whirlybird, or paku-paku is an origami toy that children absolutely love to play with. It’s very easy to make and children can use their imagination to think of what fortunes to write.
Parts of the fortune teller are labelled with colors or numbers that serve as options for a player to choose from, and on the inside are eight flaps, each concealing a message. The person operating the fortune teller manipulates the device based on the choices made by the player, and finally one of the hidden messages is revealed. These messages may purport to answer questions (hence the name) or they may be activities that the player must perform.
Image Gallery:
Image credit: Sheila Sund
Cootie Catcher
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Paper Fortune Teller – Origami
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Paper Fortune Teller – Origami
Image credit: BREN DID
Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids: Fortune Teller
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How to fold Paper Fortune Tellers
Image credit: Dream a Little Bigger
Move your fingers so that the fortune teller opens horizontally, closes, opens vertically
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Chris Rand
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Additional Details:
Location:
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Price
$0.00
Time of the day
24 Hours, Day, Night, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Duration
5 to 15 hours
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Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, All
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Children
YES
Family
NO
Adults
NO
Indoor
YES
Outdoor
NO
At Home
YES
Optional Resources & Materials
Optional things you can bring to enjoy more
Colored paper
Colored paper usually used for crafts. Available at all craft stores and some department stores.
Tips & Tricks
Use these tips & Tricks provided by our contributors to best enjoy this activity
Pick a theme
Before you create your fortune teller, you will want to think about what theme it will be? What type of questions do you want people to ask you?
Before
Things to do before you get started.
Get together the materials you will need. Paper, Scissors. You may want to get colored paper to add some flare.
Add/Edit Before
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