Fortune Teller
A "cootie catcher" that teaches you a language while you play.
Pick a number and count to it — you're learning numbers. Pick a color and spell it out letter by letter — you're learning colors and the alphabet. Lift the flap and read the body part, then point to it — you're learning the body. Three powerful vocabulary lessons hidden in a toy.
Print this page — all words on one side
Page 2 — Back (optional: print double-sided or leave blank)
How to assemble
Printing
- Print this single page. You don't need to print double-sided — it works with the words on just one side.
- If your printer supports double-sided, page 2 adds fold guides and bonus designs to the back.
Folding
- Cut out the square along the solid border.
- Place the side with the black center dot facing up.
- Fold all four corners to the center point, the black dot. You should see the number words and the color words all showing.
- Flip the paper over.
- Fold all four corners to the center again.
- Fold the square in half (either direction), then unfold and fold the other way.
- Pinch the four flaps and push your fingers inside to form the cootie catcher shape. The numbers should be on the outside.
How to play
- Ask a friend to pick a number from the outside.
- Open and close the fortune teller that many times, spelling the number word aloud or counting from 1 to the number in the language.
- Ask them to pick a color from the inside.
- Spell out the color word, opening and closing with each letter. Use the letter names in that language!
- Ask them to pick another color, then lift the flap to reveal a body part.
- Point to that body part on your own body!
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