Crafty, are we?

                                                                The Artful Cat
                                                                Craft Spotlight

Today's craft is an origami fortune teller!
The fortune teller is a small device made of paper, that you can use to tell your friend's and family's fortunes.Let's get started!

Materials: A square piece of paper.*

Step 1-
Lay your paper on a flat surface, as shown, and fold like so.

Step 2-
If you want to, decorate one side of the paper.

Step 3-
Fold the paper in half towards the decorated side(if there is one), to form a rectangle.

Step 4-
Now fold rectangle in half and unfold, or do the following, ending up with the picture below.
THE FOLLOWING: Unfold the rectangle, turn it, and fold it in half at a right angle from the previous fold, but towards the same side of the paper, (the decorated one). Unfold it. Now you have the square with one horizontal and one vertical crease down the center.











Step 5-
See the spot in the center on the previous picture? That's the center. Take the corners of the paper and fold them so each point touches the center, like the picture next to this paragraph: <----

Step 6-
Almost done! Turn the paper over and repeat Step 5. Your paper will look like this:









Step 7-
You ended up with a thick little square. Fold the whole thing in half, then unfold.

   

Step 8-

Your paper now looks like this. See the little pockets? Put your two index fingers in the top pockets then place your thumbs in the bottom to manipulate your fortune teller.

   

You are now done! You can find instructions how to use your new toy on Google or in an origami book.

*Most of the time, you've most likely noticed ordinary paper is rectangle-shaped. Here is a trick I've learned to make rectangle paper into a square.

1. Lay out your paper vertically as shown.

2. Fold one corner of the paper till it meets the opposite edge, forming a triangle. Make sure they are

even.

3. Tear or cut the extra paper at the bottom. 

4. Done!

(pictures from Wikihow.com)

Hope you have enjoyed this craft!

The Artful Cat