Fortune Cookie

A paper cookie made from a 3½ in circle: inside is a strip with a kind fortune — “Everything will work out for you today.” Two cookies and four fortunes from one sheet.

Easy
1 Letter sheet
2 cookies
4 fortunes

Make it with your phone cameraLesson code: 6594

On VanGami the template appears over your sheet through your phone camera — no printer needed. Trace it, cut, fold and glue. Below are all the steps in text.

What you’ll need

Letter sheet — office paper, 80 gsm (20 lb)
Markers
Pencil — and eraser
Scissors — small
Glue stick — or PVA glue
Glass — phone stand

Steps

Trace

First circle: outline. Trace the circle with a solid line. You’ll cut along it.
First circle: fold. The line through the middle is a dashed line: the circle will be folded in half along it.
First circle: border. Draw the edge of the border lightly: a wavy line 3/16 in from the edge.
Second circle: outline. Same as before: trace the circle with a solid line.
Second circle: fold. The line through the middle is a dashed line.
Second circle: border. The wavy edge of the border: draw it lightly.
Fortunes: outlines. Trace the four strips with a solid line.
Fortunes: words. Copy the fortunes in your own handwriting, following the example. You can make up your own, one per strip.

Color

First circle: coloring. Color the middle yellow, the border orange, and the dots orange on top of the yellow. Don’t color the back.
Second circle: coloring. Same as before: the middle is yellow, and the border and dots are orange.
Fortunes: pen. Go over the words in black with a thin marker or a pen.

Cut

Cut out: first circle. Cut with scissors along the solid line. Turn the sheet, not the scissors — the cut will come out neater.
Cut out: second circle. Cut with scissors along the solid line. Turn the sheet, not the scissors — the cut will come out neater.
Cut out: fortunes — 4 pcs. Cut with scissors along the solid line. Turn the sheet, not the scissors — the cut will come out neater.

Fold

Fortune inside. Turn the circle drawing side down. Lay the strip across the middle of the circle — right where the fold line is on the other side. One end sticks out past the edge by ⅜ in.
Fold in half. Fold the circle in half with the drawing facing out, the strip inside. Crease the fold only lightly: the cookie should stay puffy.
Cookie. Hold the half circle by its corners, fold toward you. With a finger push the middle of the fold inward and bring the corners down toward each other: the fold will bend into a check mark and the halves will puff out.

Glue

Secure it. Spread glue on the corners where they touch each other and squeeze with your fingers for half a minute. Don’t touch the strip — it gets pulled out later.
Second cookie. Fold the second cookie the same way, with a different fortune. The two remaining strips are spares.