We have our palms check out, ask concerns with Magic 8-Balls, and love to split open fortune cookies hoping it will inform us that something good is on the horizon. For extra-fancy variations, use patterned origami paper rather of plain or use a set of scissors to cut out embellishments like letters, numbers, and stick-on stars.
Remember how to play? First, hold the fortune teller: Insert your thumbs and index fingers into the four square flaps on one side, and move your fingers backward and forward, opening the foreteller’s “mouth” in alternating instructions. Have someone choose a panel from the first four flaps, and open and close the teller once for each letter in that word; repeat two times with the words, letters, or numbers on the inside triangles. Choose one last time; lift the flap, and expose their fortune.
What You’ll Need
Materials
Card stock paper (Colorbok Pastel Smooth Card Stock, 8.5″ by 11″).
Directions.
Fold a square piece of paper in half, then in half again. Open, and smooth flat.
Fold each of the four corners into the center, creating a smaller square.
Fold a square paper in half, then in half again. Open, and smooth flat.
Fold the paper in half and unfold; fold in half the other method and unfold. Write words, letters, or numbers on each of the four flaps and the 8 triangles inside the teller.
Embellish your teller: On the outermost part of the teller, draw or glue colored paper circles. On the next layer, choice numbers to put on each smaller sized triangle. On the last layer, lift each flap to write “fortunes” below.
