Chinese New Year is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate with your kids than to make your own fortune cookie out of paper. We had a great time making them and thought you would too! These would be great to make for a cute Valentines day party, Chinese New Year Celebration or even after a dinner party with your grown up friends. Stick some cute little fortunes inside and watch the fun begin!
How to make your own fortune cookies out of paper……..
Items Needed:
- White paper (for the fortune)
- Scrapbook paper
- Glue dots (or hot glue) Help the kiddos out if you use the hot glue!!
- Scissors
- Drinking Glass (about 3/4 in wide)
Directions:
1) Turn your scrapbook paper over and on the non-pretty side trace around the drinking glass to make a complete circle on the paper. Size does not matter too much but we did find that the 3/4 inch size worked out the best for us. The larger the circle the bigger your “cookie” will be.
2) Write love notes or fortunes onto strips of small paper that you can tuck inside the cookie. Fold the circle in half, but DO NOT put a crease in the cookie, it’s more of a bend.
3) Put your thumb on one end of the cookie and your middle finger on the other end with your dominate hand. Use your other finger to gently press the middle of the cookie inward to get that fortune cookie look.
4) Place a small glue dot to hold the two ends together. If you do not have any glue dots to hold your fortune cookies together than a small amount of hot glue will work also. (Make sure you take care of this step with children so we don’t have any burned fingers).
These easy and adorable paper fortune cookies are fun to make for kids and adults alike. They are the perfect accent to any party!
I hope you enjoyed learning how to make fortune cookies out of paper!
Here are a few books that we love to read the kids about Chinese New Year!!
- Goldy Luck and the Three Panda by Grace Li
- Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim
- A New Year’s Reunion by Yu Li-Qiong
More Learning Resources for Chinese New Year with Kids
- Make your own Fortune Cookie out of Paper (Pre-cut Kit)
- Chinese Lantern Craft Kit (Makes 12)
- Color-in Chinese Dragon Puppet Kits for Kids to Make (Pack of 4)
What a neat idea. I bet my boys would love these AND they would be super cool party favors for their birthdays this year!
These are way cute! I’m not sure they would turn out that way if I were making them but glad yours did.
Cute!
And FYI, some of your images are quite large! Like outside of you layout large!
So cute! They would be perfect for a birthday party, wedding or shower.
These are soo cute! I would write a message inside or fortune too!
These are too cute! I bet my girls would have fun making these and sticking in fun fortunes for our family.
What an awesome idea! And calorie free! Love it!
That is SO cute! My son would love making these…thanks!
These are precious! What a great idea to do with the kids.
How cute these are! I know just what to use these for too!
These are adorable. You’ve given me a great idea on how to use them for other occasions as well!
These are SO cute! I love how easy they are to make, but they can still make a big impression!
And you just gave me an idea for my husband’s Valentine’s Day gift. I have tons of scrapbook paper. Time to put it to use!
I love this idea for a party! I would use them in centerpieces or as table scatter. Pinning for later. <3
These would be cute to do for Valentine’s Day. What an easy craft!
Great tutorial! I love working on arts and crafts projects. Will try this out when I have time.
These are so cute! I think they would make great decorative ideas for parties or the holidays.
How creative! I love these – so bright and colorful!
What a great idea! I never thought of doing this, it would be great for party favors.
These are absolutely adorable! I have more scrapbook paper than anyone I know! My kids would be so delighted with these. I’ll have to make these and maybe put fun surprise mommy/daughter mommy/son date ideas inside and let my kids each pick one!
These are so adorable! I think they would be super fun for treasure hunt clues!
This is such a fun idea! Love the idea of personalizing them and having for showers and other parties. I just love how cute yours turned out.
Those are SO cute! But I like eating the cookie! lol
These are precious! My little boy’s preschool celebrated Chinese New Year. This would have been a really fun craft for them to complete.
Very very cute Pinned! Fun project for Isa and I to make.
Those are awesome! I am so pinning this. They look so hard but the instructions are easy to follow.
great idea for me to do with the 5 year old. I am pinning this.
cute, simple and sweet. i love this idea. cute idea for place settings too!
This is such an adorable idea! These would be great to use for Valentines for my daughter’s class on Friday. I love the bright colors.
those are so pretty. wish you could make an editable version just as pretty!
These are great, and now I have a fun idea to make these for my son’s play kitchen. Maybe I’ll wait until he gets home and let him decorate the paper first. 🙂
This is just really a cute idea. It’s surprisingly simple too! I have scrapbook paper aplenty to work with!
So cute! I have seen them on Pinterest, but never learned to make them. Looks like a great project to do with kids!
Super cute! These would be sweet as a Valentine’s Day gift for kids!
I am def making these for a favor for the next baby shower I host. These are adorable.
They turned out so cute! This would be easy, cheap and fun to make for hubby for Vday!
I love paper fortune cookies! You picked such cute looking paper for yours, I’m going to have to find some paper that cute for mine 🙂
What a fun idea! Making these with my daughter and nieces would be so fun, they’d get such a kick out of it.
This is such an awesome idea! And so easy to do too!
Your are far prettier than the store bought one… They’ll make great gifts for sure.
What cute fortune cookies! Those would be great for a party!
Cute, and they look so easy! Definitely pinning these to do later.
Those are darling! I want to make some!
This is cute a cute craft and idea! My son would love to make these for his friends at school.
These are adorable. I can only hope my own attempts will turn out as nicely as yours did!
These are so neat. I’m thinking they’d work well for party favors or thank yous.
These are so cute. I bet my daughter would get a kick out of making these with her friends!
This is such a cute Idea! I would like to try this technique with fabric also.
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These look like so much fun! Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing on the Monday Funday Party!
What a fun and festive craft. This would be such a fun way to present a special message or to present a small hand-out!! 🙂
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Crystelle Boutique
Seriously cute idea! I’m pinning it and adding it to my list of summer kid projects! 🙂
What a great idea! I love this! I’m glad I found your post through the Freedom Fridays link party.
I agree with the many others that this is a great and simple idea. I would love to use this for a party activity or favor. Your post was well written with a mix of text and photos. Nice.
Have a great weekend!
These are darling and not too complicated. I am always looking for projects for my granddaughters. Thanks for giving me the next project! I think they would be great for parties too. Stopping by from the Wednesday Roundup.
These look wonderful! Love the paper you used.
We had a blast!! Glad you like them. 🙂
Thanks so much for linking this up to The Southern Special! I’m looking forward to making some of these for gifts at Christmas! Thanks again and I look forward to seeing what else you share!
Cate from Random Crafty Georgia Girl
Thank you for having me!
Do you think gift wrapping paper will work just as well?
I would think that it would be too flimsy but if it’s thick enough maybe it would work. Let me know if it worked for you, Heather! I would love to hear about it!
I love these – we will be making some this weekend for Chinese new year
I hope you enjoyed making them!