Daily Idea #69: Fortune Tellers

Fortune tellers (or cootie catchers) were all the rage when I was a child. They are fun to make either from a pre-made form or on your own. It’s like having a magic 8 ball but you control the outcome with a choose your own adventure origami.

The exterior has colors from which to choose. A person asks a question and then picks a color. The form is opened and closed counting with each letter of that color. Then a number is picked from the inside and the form is again opened and closed with each count of that number. A final number is picked and the flap is opened in accordance with that number and the fortune is read inside the flap.

Here is a link from www.skiptomylou.com to print out a pre-made fortune teller with instructions on how to fold it.