FORTUNE TELLER ORIGAMI HOW TO

Don’t you think so?īut hey, you must be wondering how to make one (if you don’t remember exactly from your school days). Of-course, I want them to believe they are kind, beautiful, healthy, generous…These are the seeds that will grow into trees in their hearts and minds. These messages bring an instant smile to the faces of the kids and I can see in their eyes how they truly want to believe in these. Oh, and there’s another version of the predictions that I’ve made up to convey positive affirmations to Pari and her friends. And, I saw it first hand with that group of homeschooling kids, how they applied themselves to making with utter concentration, while I was demonstrating. I personally find all these instructions very fascinating. And then, at a little advanced stage, they learn to create mountain crease or valley crease or fold inside out (called squash). Children learn to fold horizontally, vertically, diagonally. Plus, it incorporates some great lessons in geometry by way of folding a rectangle into a square, a square into a triangle, or into a diamond. Origami is wonderful for hand-eye coordination, of-course. Who needs those expensive toys, eh? :-) Folding, Creasing, Geometry, Concentration This origami game was an instant hit with the whole bunch – as young as three and as old as twelve. Those who were not comfortable with spelling, played using sound (phonetics).

I also wrote down the predictions for each one as per their choice. Last weekend, we had a homeschool get-together here in Delhi and I made each of them a fortune teller. Pari loves to do this part.īut, to smaller kids – I tell them to just use the sound of the word. So, if it’s “lotus”, the child goes – L-O-T-U-S. You see, when the other person chooses a subject (place or number or flower etc) written on the top four boxes, the one who’s going to do the fortune telling has to move the boxes in and out spelling that subject out. Fun way to tackle spellings (or phonetics)!Īnd then, in the way that it’s played, there’s quite a bit of spelling orientation as well. I think it’s a bit of a storytelling when the child is writing those predictions. What a playful and fun way for children to write using their imagination. The predictions we’ve written on the eight quadrants of the fortune teller range from how the day will unfold to how you’ll feel to what gifts you might receive to what places you might visit! Pari likes to use stickers for the first (top layer) of the fortune teller and it looks beautiful. Reusing old artwork that we otherwise might have discarded over time is my favourite.

I’ve made for her with colourful origami papers, with magazine pages, with her (and mine) artwork. Of-course she wanted me to make one for her and I’ve never stopped making ever since.īesides the fact that the paper fortune teller game can keep children (and adults alike!) busy for hours – at home or during travel, you’ll be surprised to know there are some great learning and creative aspects to it. And during one of those storytelling sessions, I mentioned my memories of the paper fortune teller. Pari loves to hear me narrate my childhood experiences to her. Playing in between classes at school, during recess, and then after school – predicting each other’s fate and most certainly believing in what the fortune teller said, including who liked whom or better still who loved whom! Childhood stories are precious, aren’t they? Playing with origami fortune teller (also called cootie catcher) is one of my fondest childhood memories.

Fortune teller origami