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How to fold an origami fortune teller

Two rounds of corners-to-centre with a flip in between, then pop it open with your fingers. Write numbers and fortunes under the flaps to play.

You need: 1 square sheet, 15 × 15 cm or larger. Medium, 9 steps, about 5 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crease a diagonal. Fold corner to corner, crease well, then unfold.
  2. Crease the other diagonal. Repeat with the other two corners. The creases cross at the centre.
  3. Corners to the centre. Fold all four corners in so their tips meet at the centre.
  4. Turn it over. Flip the square over so the flaps face down.
  5. Corners to the centre again. Fold the four new corners to the centre one more time.
  6. Crease in half. Fold in half, crease well, then unfold.
  7. Crease the other way. Fold in half the other way, crease, then unfold.
  8. Pop it open. Slide your thumbs and first fingers into the four pockets underneath, then push the corners up and together.
  9. Open and close. Spread your fingers to open it one way, close it, then pull your hands apart to open it the other way.

Ready to play!

Pick a colour, spell it out as you open and close, then read the fortune under the number you land on.

How to play

  1. Colour the four outer squares (or write a colour name on each). Write a number on each of the eight triangles inside, then lift the flaps and write a fortune under each number.
  2. A friend picks a colour. Spell it out, opening the fortune teller one way, then the other, once per letter.
  3. They pick a number they can see inside. Open and close it that many times.
  4. They pick a number once more. Lift that flap and read out their fortune.

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