Learn how to make a fortune teller, one of the coolest origami folding projects ever. These origami fortune tellers go by many different names, some call them cootie catchers (we like to call them that), paper talkers and other names.
Whatever you call them, we agree they’re pretty fun – watch the step-by-step tutorial and create your own. But why stop there? Turn your Cootie Catcher into a puppet (we have tons of printable templates waiting for you and instructions on how to decorate it when you fold it with origami paper.
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In school, where they were actually fortune tellers, we used to make boot catchers because we used them to write the names of boys and girls (usually classmates) and then, at Using this DIY paper toy, let’s decide our fate. It was so much fun, and while we love sharing some fun cootie-catching animal designs with you, the “basic” fortune-telling game is still our favorite.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make paper fortune tellers (origami paper is best, but you can cut a square piece of paper for the same purpose), along with ideas for making them truly unique. – decorate it to be a shark, bear or even a tiger – the fun never stops with origami fortune tellers!
Do you like origami? We have lots of fun and easy origami for kids and beginners.
How to make a fortune teller?
What do you need
- a piece of square paper / origami paper
- If you are making a puppet, you will also need scissors, colored paper, glue…
Step-by-step folding instructions
Start with a square sheet of paper / a sheet of origami paper. You can use plain paper for a plain paper fortune teller – you can also use construction paper for the chirping puppets. That works well.
Start folding. To make a long rectangle, first fold the origami paper in half. Make the fold clean. Hunger.
Continue by folding the origami paper in half again, this time on the other side. Make a nice fold. Hunger. You should see a “bump” on your square sheet of paper.
Tip: You can also make diagonal folds – this will make the last step easier. We usually skip this because it makes the puppets grabbing the tokens look cooler.
Turn the paper over, the colored side or the drawing side of the fortune teller should face the table.
Start folding by bringing one of the corners to the center of the paper.
Do the same for the other 3 corners. Fold everything towards the middle. Bend well.
When you fold all the corners towards the middle, you get a square shape again.
Flip the paper.
Start folding again – bring the corners to the middle.
Do the same for the other 3 corners.
Fold it in half. “Close” – when you fold it in half, the “triangles” should be on the inside and the “squares” should be on the outside (see photo below).
There are “openings” on one side of the rectangle. Push your fingers into these openings and shake them around a bit, as you continue to wiggle your butt plug will begin to form.
Congratulations! You have learned to be a fortune teller! Now let’s get to the fun part and make some original puppets.
Get the Printable Fortune Teller Chart
Make fortune tellers wherever you are – print our origami diagram here: Fortune Teller Origami Diagram
Access all printable templates
Cootie Catcher Design Ideas – Create fun puppets in no time
We offer most of these coconut clips as printable PDF files, so all you have to do is print, cut and bend.
Alternatively, you can use plain origami paper (or square-cut printed paper) and create all sorts of fun creations – the tiger, peacock and hedgehog are a few of our favorites, so give them a try!
Shark
It’s totally raw and one of our favorites.
Get the shark cat hunter here
forest animal coconut hunter
Many forest creatures are waiting for you.
tiger fortune tellers
Create one using orange origami paper or use our cute printable tiger paper toy template (black and white and color versions are ready for you).
Get the Tiger Catcher model -> catch tiger cat
Peacock frog hunter
Peacocks are incredibly entertaining due to their wonderful feathered tails. Make one out of blue origami paper and paper strips, or print out our fun design.
Get the peacock pattern here: Peacock frog hunter
mouse design idea
To fold a fortune teller, use gray construction or origami paper, cut out two large gray circles and two small pink circles for the ears. Add a few details and you have a mouse!
Or use our mouse model -> mousetrap
magical unicorn
Are you ready for a little magic? Make a unicorn!
Get our printable template here: Unicorn Wolf Catcher
Horse dog catcher
The horse has the same level of cuteness as the unicorn. You can definitely do this with plain paper too!
Get the printable: Horse dog catcher
Catch the Cootie Pig
squeaky squeaky! Turn a sheet of pink origami paper into a cute fortune-telling puppet!
Get the printable: Catch the Cootie Pig
Dinosaur Raawr!
Get our template here: Dinosaur Cootie Catcher
grumpy fun
Or get our printable version: cootie crab hunter
Chicken
Get the model: chicken catcher
Turkey
Turkey Cootie Catcher
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How to Make a Fortune Teller (Printable Diagram Included) + Cootie Catcher Design Ideas
Learn how to make a fortune teller, one of the coolest origami folding projects ever. These origami fortune tellers go by many different names, some call them cootie catchers (we like to call them that), paper talkers as well as other names.
Whatever you call them, we can agree that they’re pretty fun – follow the step-by-step tutorial and create your own. But why stop there? Turn your cootie catcher into a puppet (we have tons of printable templates waiting for you as well as instructions on how to decorate when folding with origami paper.
*this post contains affiliate links*
We used to make cootie catchers at school, where they were indeed the fortune tellers, as we used them to write the names of boys and girls (usually classmates) and then, with Using this DIY paper toy, let’s decide our fate. It was definitely fun and while we love sharing fun cootie catcher animal designs with you, the “basic” fortune telling game is still our favorite.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a paper fortune teller (origami paper is best, although you can cut a square piece of paper that will serve the same purpose), along with ideas for making them truly unique. – decorate it to become a shark, a bear, even a tiger – the fun never stops with origami fortune tellers!
Do you like origami? We have a ton of other fun and easy origami for kids and beginners.
How to Make a Fortune Teller
What do you need
a piece of square paper / origami paper
if you’re making a cootie-catcher puppet, you’ll also need scissors, colored paper, glue…
Step-by-step folding instructions
Start with a square paper / a sheet of origami paper. For a plain paper fortune teller, you can use plain paper – for cootie-catcher puppets, you can also use construction paper. That works well.
Start folding. First fold the piece of origami paper in half to make a long rectangle. Make the crease neat. Unfold.
Continue by folding the origami paper in half again, this time on the other side. Make a nice fold. Unfold. You should see a “cross” on your square paper.
Tip: You can also make diagonal folds – this will make the last step easier. We usually skip this because it makes the cootie-catching puppets look cooler.
Turn the paper over, the colored side or the side with the fortune teller design should face the table.
Start folding, bring one of the corners to the center of the paper.
Do the same with the other 3 corners. Fold them all towards the middle. Fold well.
Once you fold all the corners towards the center, you will get a square shape again.
Flip the paper.
Start folding again – bring the corners to the middle.
Do the same with the other 3 corners.
Fold in half. “Close it” – the “triangles” should be on the inside and the “squares” should be on the outside once you fold it in half (see photo below).
One side of the rectangle has “openings”. Push your fingers into these openings and wiggle it around a bit, as you continue to wiggle your cootie catcher will begin to form.
Congratulations! You have learned how to be a fortune teller! Now let’s get to the fun part and make some original puppets.
Take The Fortune Teller Printable Diagram
Make fortune tellers wherever you are – print our origami diagram here: Fortune Teller Origami Diagram
Access all printable templates
Cootie Catcher Design Ideas – Create fun puppets in no time
We offer many of these coconut catchers as printable PDFs, so all you have to do is print, cut and fold them.
Alternatively, you can also use plain origami paper (or square-cut printed paper) and create all sorts of fun creations – the tiger, peacock and hedgehog are one of our favourites, so give them a try!
Shark
Totally raw and one of our favorites.
Grab the shark cootie catcher freebie here
Forest Animal Coconut Catcher
A whole bunch of woodland creatures are waiting for you.
Tiger fortune tellers
Create one using orange origami paper or use our adorable printable tiger paper toy template (black and white and color versions are ready for you).
Get Tiger Catcher Model -> Tiger cootie catcher
Peacock Cootie Catcher
Peacocks are incredibly fun because of their wonderful feathery tails. Make one with blue origami paper and paper strips or print out our fun design.
Get the peacock pattern here: Peacock Cootie Catcher
Mouse design idea
Use gray construction or origami paper to fold a fortune teller, cut out two large gray circles and two smaller pink ones for ears. Add a few details and you have a mouse!
Or use our mouse model -> mouse catcher
magic unicorn
Ready for a little magic? Make a unicorn!
Grab our printable template here: Unicorn Cootie Catcher
Horse Cootie Catcher
The horse has the same level of cuteness as the unicorn. You can most definitely do this with plain paper too!
Take the printable: Horse Cootie Catcher
Catch Cootie Pig
Squeak squeak! Turn a sheet of pink origami paper into a cute fortune-telling puppet!
Take the printable: Catch Cootie Pig
Dinosaur Raawr!
Grab our model here: Dinosaur Cootie Catcher
grumpy fun
Or get our printable version: Cootie Crab Catcher
Chicken
Take the model: Chicken catcher
Turkey
Turkey Cootie Catcher
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How to Make a Fortune Teller (Printable Diagram Included) + Cootie Catcher Design Ideas
Learn how to make a fortune teller, one of the coolest origami folding projects ever. These origami fortune tellers go by many different names, some call them cootie catchers (we like to call them that), paper talkers as well as other names.
Whatever you call them, we can agree that they’re pretty fun – follow the step-by-step tutorial and create your own. But why stop there? Turn your cootie catcher into a puppet (we have tons of printable templates waiting for you as well as instructions on how to decorate when folding with origami paper.
*this post contains affiliate links*
We used to make cootie catchers at school, where they were indeed the fortune tellers, as we used them to write the names of boys and girls (usually classmates) and then, with Using this DIY paper toy, let’s decide our fate. It was definitely fun and while we love sharing fun cootie catcher animal designs with you, the “basic” fortune telling game is still our favorite.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a paper fortune teller (origami paper is best, although you can cut a square piece of paper that will serve the same purpose), along with ideas for making them truly unique. – decorate it to become a shark, a bear, even a tiger – the fun never stops with origami fortune tellers!
Do you like origami? We have a ton of other fun and easy origami for kids and beginners.
How to Make a Fortune Teller
What do you need
a piece of square paper / origami paper
if you’re making a cootie-catcher puppet, you’ll also need scissors, colored paper, glue…
Step-by-step folding instructions
Start with a square paper / a sheet of origami paper. For a plain paper fortune teller, you can use plain paper – for cootie-catcher puppets, you can also use construction paper. That works well.
Start folding. First fold the piece of origami paper in half to make a long rectangle. Make the crease neat. Unfold.
Continue by folding the origami paper in half again, this time on the other side. Make a nice fold. Unfold. You should see a “cross” on your square paper.
Tip: You can also make diagonal folds – this will make the last step easier. We usually skip this because it makes the cootie-catching puppets look cooler.
Turn the paper over, the colored side or the side with the fortune teller design should face the table.
Start folding, bring one of the corners to the center of the paper.
Do the same with the other 3 corners. Fold them all towards the middle. Fold well.
Once you fold all the corners towards the center, you will get a square shape again.
Flip the paper.
Start folding again – bring the corners to the middle.
Do the same with the other 3 corners.
Fold in half. “Close it” – the “triangles” should be on the inside and the “squares” should be on the outside once you fold it in half (see photo below).
One side of the rectangle has “openings”. Push your fingers into these openings and wiggle it around a bit, as you continue to wiggle your cootie catcher will begin to form.
Congratulations! You have learned how to be a fortune teller! Now let’s get to the fun part and make some original puppets.
Take The Fortune Teller Printable Diagram
Make fortune tellers wherever you are – print our origami diagram here: Fortune Teller Origami Diagram
Access all printable templates
Cootie Catcher Design Ideas – Create fun puppets in no time
We offer many of these coconut catchers as printable PDFs, so all you have to do is print, cut and fold them.
Alternatively, you can also use plain origami paper (or square-cut printed paper) and create all sorts of fun creations – the tiger, peacock and hedgehog are one of our favourites, so give them a try!
Shark
Totally raw and one of our favorites.
Grab the shark cootie catcher freebie here
Forest Animal Coconut Catcher
A whole bunch of woodland creatures are waiting for you.
Tiger fortune tellers
Create one using orange origami paper or use our adorable printable tiger paper toy template (black and white and color versions are ready for you).
Get Tiger Catcher Model -> Tiger cootie catcher
Peacock Cootie Catcher
Peacocks are incredibly fun because of their wonderful feathery tails. Make one with blue origami paper and paper strips or print out our fun design.
Get the peacock pattern here: Peacock Cootie Catcher
Mouse design idea
Use gray construction or origami paper to fold a fortune teller, cut out two large gray circles and two smaller pink ones for ears. Add a few details and you have a mouse!
Or use our mouse model -> mouse catcher
magic unicorn
Ready for a little magic? Make a unicorn!
Grab our printable template here: Unicorn Cootie Catcher
Horse Cootie Catcher
The horse has the same level of cuteness as the unicorn. You can most definitely do this with plain paper too!
Take the printable: Horse Cootie Catcher
Catch Cootie Pig
Squeak squeak! Turn a sheet of pink origami paper into a cute fortune-telling puppet!
Take the printable: Catch Cootie Pig
Dinosaur Raawr!
Grab our model here: Dinosaur Cootie Catcher
grumpy fun
Or get our printable version: Cootie Crab Catcher
Chicken
Take the model: Chicken catcher
Turkey
Turkey Cootie Catcher
Unlock VIP Printables – Become a Member
Become an Easy Peasy and Fun Membership and access our exclusive crafting patterns and educational printables. With brand new resources added every week, you’ll never run out of fun things to do with your kids (whether as a parent or as a teacher).
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