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It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookies tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year.

The kids will enjoy writing their own fortunes or you can check out Chinese fortune cookie quotes for some inspiration. What’s great about this activity is that it can be used for Valentines Day, weddings, birthdays or even as a fun way to pop a little note into the kids lunchbox as a surprise!

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

  • Cut paper strips approximately 1cm x 15cm and write a fortune on each strip. Alternatively insert the messages into a table in a Word document to make them easy to cut out once printed.

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

  • Prepare your paper circles by using a round object such as a bowl or DVD. Outline the circle with a pencil and remember the size of the circles determines the size of your fortune cookies. We found that a 12cm bowl worked perfectly.

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

  • Use scissors to cut out each circle.

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

  • Place the paper circle in front of you with the patterned side face down. Place the paper fortune in the centre of the circle.

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

  • Fold the paper circle in half but do not make a hard crease in the circle, just gently fold the bottom up to meet the top and hold between your fingers.

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

  • Hold the circle as shown and take the outer edges and pull them down to meet each other. You may need to use your index finger to push the centre of the circle when pulling the ends together.

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

  • Place a glue dot (or a dab of glue) between the ends and press together to hold. If using glue then hold together until it’s dried.

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

Package all your fortune cookies together and you have a fun and sweet way to celebrate!

It’s always nice for kids to celebrate cultural festivities and this paper fortune cookie tutorial is perfectly timed for Chinese New Year... See how you can do this great kids craft idea yourself

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  • What a great idea. Just need to find a celebration where these will actually be needed

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  • What a fun idea! I love fortune cookies

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  • What a great idea. Might get the kids to make some up and take them to school

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  • Great creative ideas! Thanks for sharing this!

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  • I need to make these for my next birthday party

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  • I love your spotty paper you used.

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  • How cute are they! Awesome idea

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  • They look very bright and colourful it would look great for a party.

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  • Thank you for a great craft idea!

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  • What a cute idea! Definitely pinning this! =)

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  • How much fun are these! Great for a party!

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  • I love the paper used to make the fortune cookies. Cute idea.

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  • Very cute ive never made fortune cookies

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  • Thanks for this creative and clever idea and step by step instructions. They look very pretty.

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  • They are just so beautiful, thank you for sharing step by step easy to follow instructions on how to make them.

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