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How To Make A Cootie Catcher/Fortune Teller

video How To Make A Cootie Catcher/Fortune Teller

Anyone can make these traditional schoolyard toys out of an ordinary piece of paper! The same technique is used to fold each toy; only the drawings change.

6 comments

Jul 10, 2011. 8:16 AMstornato says:

These r the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jun 22, 2010. 6:15 PMjunebug57 says:

haha these are great... i already knew how to make them, but i didn't know what to write on them. I asked if i would live to be an old lonely cat lady, it said YES!! I LoVe ThEsE!!!!!!!! awesome vid 8D

Nov 13, 2009. 5:19 PMfragmaster4 says:

Hah, Mine has a sense of humor I asked my dad to ask the fortune teller a question and he asked it if I was losing my mind, it came up as maby :P

Sep 1, 2008. 3:42 AMprashant123 says:

the cootie catcher is the best

Aug 22, 2008. 8:41 AMDragonblu80 says:

I always wondered how to make one of these. Nice vid! :)

Feb 25, 2008. 5:09 PMGorillazMiko says:

Cool! Might make these, and just throw them at people. Just kidding, these are cool, always see them made by kids at school... like to mess around with them Nice job!