Origami fortune teller is a toy from childhood. How to make an origami fortune teller

Many of us want to know what happens tous through the day, week, month, year, read the thoughts of other people. So it was and always will be, because the desire to lift the veil of the secrets of the future is inherent in almost every person. And what if you remember the carefree school years and make a fortune teller-origami?

This toy is a foldedin a certain way, a sheet of plain or colored paper with various answers to various questions. This fortune-teller is put on his fingers, and thus he receives answers to all his questions: "How do I pass the exam?", "Do I like N?", "Does he love me?" So let's make this toy with our children and play this exciting fun. If you do not know how to make an origami fortune-teller, this article will help you in this matter.

What is required for manufacturing?

Make a fortune teller can be in minutes. To work we need:

• a sheet of white paper;
• scissors or paper cutter;
• pen, colored pencils or felt-tip pens.

Take a sheet of paper (you can take color) formatA4 (21x28 centimeters). If you do not have such a person at hand, do not be discouraged, as in this case any other will do. However, remember that the length of each side of the sheet should not be less than 21 cm, otherwise the toy will not work out for us (it simply will not fit on the fingers).

Detailed instructions for making

So, you have stocked up with everything you need for work and now you can start working on making origami from paper.

The fortune teller will be released if you follow these tips:

1. First of all, put a piece of paper on the table, then take the left corner and lift it up. As a result, you should have a right triangle.
2. Now take its bottom corner and connect it to its left end point of the base. The result is a triangle.
3. If the source material wasA sheet of A4 paper is used, when folded, an extra rectangle is formed at the top, which should be carefully cut with scissors or a stationery knife. In the end, you can just tear off his hands.
4. Expand the resulting square.
5. As a result of folding the square youtwo fold lines are formed with a common intersection point. Now fold all the corners of the square to its center. You should have a slightly smaller square.
6. Put the sheet on the wrong side and fold the square again in the same way as in paragraph 5.
7. Now bend the figure in half, flatten, then rotate 90 degrees and bend again, flatten again.
8. Put the fortune teller on the other side andgently open the corners of the little squares. The toy will easily begin to fold in the resulting folds. Corners will begin to open, forming a kind of finger pockets.

Making toys

First color it with colored pencils.outer pockets. And on their inner part, put the numbers from 1 to 8 in order. We open the toy and fill it with answers. By the way, there will be eight of them too. What answers should a fortune teller contain? And this will prompt fantasy. If you do not know how to make an origami fortune-teller and how to make it, you can use some tips and tricks.

Answers

For example, the answers might be:

1. Yes.
2. Not.
3. May be.
4. Soon.
5. Not soon.
6. Unlikely.
7. Depends on you.
8. Make a guess later.

You can even write more detailed answers, because it will be much more interesting to play. There are a lot of options for filling toys. So, the answers for students may be:

• You will learn well.
• Soon control.
• You will be called to the board - get ready!
• You're late for school.
• You have a fight with a friend / girlfriend.
• Check the textbooks in the school bag.
• Tips will not help - do better!
• Get the top five.

Or such:

1. You have a fight with relatives.
2. Invited to a holiday.
3. Clean up your room.
4. Your dream will come true.
5. Do not sit long at the computer.
6. Everything will be fine!
7. Spend time with friends.
8. You will receive a gift or a surprise.

Origami fortune teller may contain such answers for people of any age:

• The day will be successful.
• From today you can start a new life.
• It will rain - do not forget to take an umbrella.
• If possible, stay at home today.
• Rely only on yourself.
• All conceived will come true.
• The day will bring a lot of joy and laughter.
• There may be trouble.

How to guess?

Predicting the future with such a toy is extremely simple. A person who wants to know the answer to his question, should call the number from one to eight. Origami fortune teller will help you know the future.

The person opens the device horizontally and vertically as many times as he was told. On the sides of the toy you can read the answer to the question.

Interesting fact

Initially, fortune teller-origami was not used inas fun, and for use in everyday life. Salt was poured into the inverted product, small sweets or eggs were put. Who and when decided to change the original purpose of the fortuneteller is unknown. But the fact remains: today, this fun is loved and very popular with young children and schoolchildren. Even adults can play an entertaining game, for example, at a party dedicated to some event. Of course, a solid person is unlikely to ask questions and get answers to them with the help of a fortuneteller, but you can play forfeits like this. Only in this case they will be replaced by a toy made of paper, inside of which tasks for players will be written. Now you know what an origami fortune teller is, how to do it correctly.