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Learn how to make a fortune teller for kids in just minutes. It’s easy.

Last updated: March 27, 2021

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• How to Make a Fortune Teller for Kids
• How to Play

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• How to Make a Fortune Teller for Kids
• How to Play

An almost-free kids craft that will keep them busy is a paper fortune teller or “cootie catcher.” I loved them as a child, and they are back on my radar because the kids’ menu at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong folds up into a paper fortune teller and has since my tween daughter was born. I have spent a really ridiculous amount of time asking it random questions over the years.

Most impressively, on a recent trip it did predict what color Star Ferry, a popular Hong Kong with kids activity, we rode across Victoria Harbour later that day. Star Ferries are green and white but there is a multi-colored boat called Night Star, one of two more colorful boats in the fleet. It’s not often that you ride on the colorful boats.

How to Make a Fortune Teller for Kids

Here is a quick tutorial on making a paper fortune teller for kids. All you need is an 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper and scissors. If you don’t have scissors, you can fold and rip the excess paper off as neatly as possible.

On the 10th step, number each fold. Underneath each number, write a possible outcome. Ours are:

1. No! 2. Go for it! 3. Beats me 4. Maybe 5. Yes! 6. Why not? 7. Absolutely not 8. It’s possible

Fold to completion.

When you slip your fingers into the fortune teller to puff it up, you’ll see four top flaps. Write four things on each top flap, such as animal names.

How to Play

1. Ask the fortune teller a question. It must be a yes or no type of question such as, “Will I ride the colorful Star Ferry today?”2. Pick a corner, such as “bird.”3. Spell out B-I-R-D while opening the fortune teller once as you say each letter. Open horizontally for the first letter, vertically for the second, and repeat until the entire word is spelled out.4. After the last letter, keep the paper fortune teller open.5. Pick a number that is showing. 6. Lift up the flap and read the fortune underneath. (Alternatively, you can open and close the fortune teller as you count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 to correspond with whatever showing number was chosen. Then, have the player pick a showing number so that you can lift the flap and read them their outcome.

That’s it. Really, paper fortune tellers only take a few minutes to make.

Enjoy!

Katie Dillon

Katie Dillon is the founder of La Jolla Mom, a trusted travel resource for exploring San Diego—both with kids and without—and for luxury hotel stays worldwide. A professional travel advisor and former expat in Hong Kong and London, she’s uniquely qualified to review hotels with the discerning eye that comes from years of living in a Four Seasons. A San Diego local for over three decades, she’s active in the tourism community, a certified San Diego destination specialist, and a longtime member of attractions like the San Diego Zoo and LEGOLAND California. Her readers benefit from exclusive hotel privileges, verified theme park ticket discounts, and booking tools that simplify planning. Author’s facebook link Author’s Instagram link Author’s Pinterest link Author’s YouTube link Author’s Linkedin link Author’s twitter/x link

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1. Mary Ann Bradford

   I really love this so much because I want to know how to make an fortune teller out of paper.

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