How to Hold a Cootie Catcher

Cootie catchers, also known as fortune tellers, are a popular craft for kids to make. A cootie catcher is paper that has been folded by hand to form four flaps with "fortunes" written on them. Cootie catchers are fun to play with when you know how to hold and move them with your fingers. Write colors, numbers or characters on the flaps to create fun fortunes to reveal to your friends.

Things You'll Need

• Cootie catcher

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Lie the cootie catcher flat with the flaps facing up.

   • 2

     Place both thumbs and both forefingers into the flaps.

   • 3

     Make sure once you have the cootie catcher in your hands, the flaps come together to create a point in the middle.

   • 4

     Open and close the cootie catcher using all four of the fingers that are inside each flap.