Fortune Teller (Cootie Catcher)

Start with a square, fold the corners into the center, turn it over and fold all four new corners inward again. After folding it in half, place your thumbs and index fingers under the four flaps to open and close it.

The outer flaps usually carry four colors, while the inner sections use numbers. Hidden beneath the numbered flaps are eight fortunes, jokes, challenges or answers chosen by the maker.

Cootie catcher is a North American playground name for the folded paper toy. The same basic model is also called a chatterbox, salt cellar or paper fortune teller in different regions.

Yes, ordinary printer paper works after it is trimmed into a square. A letter-size sheet can be folded diagonally first, with the excess rectangular strip removed.