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Valentine's Day Origami Fortune Cookie

DIY Origami Fortune Cookie this Valentine’s Day

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Get your loved one a fun and easy Origami Fortune Cookie this Valentine’s Day. Make it together with your kids and enjoy the time together.
Category DIY & Craft
Topic Paper Crafts, Valentine's Day
Keyword diy origami fortune cookie, Origami Crafts, origami fortune cookie
Prep Time 10 minutes
Crafting Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Pieces 1 piece
Author Camila Rojas

Equipment

  • scissors
  • Printer
  • Markers or pen (If you plan on handwriting the messages yourself)

Ingredients

  • 3 ×3 inches – 7.5×7.5 cm Origami paper or any cute thin paper like scrapbook paper.
  • Strips of paper with messages or treats {candies}. You can snag my secret messages here.

Instructions

STEP 1: PREP WORK

  • You will need sets of 3 origami papers. I did them with 3 different patterns and colors you can match yours as you like.
  • I cut a few strips of paper with messages!

STEP 2: FOLDING PAPER

  • Origami fortune cookie folding begins with one square. These step-by-step instructions will walk you through the process.
  • Take one square with the pattern facing down and fold on both diagonal axis matching corners and edges. Crease well.
  • Fold right and left points to meet center crease line.
  • Unfold and take one corner and fold to meet center line.
  • Fold back and you will have something like this:
  • That’s it.
  • Repeat with the other two fortune origami squares.

STEP 3: ASSEMBLING THE FORTUNE COOKIES

  • Now you have to insert the two points of one piece between the folded side and the blank one.
  • Make sure it goes all the way, so it creates a rhombus.
  • Repeat with the third piece but here you are going to leave only one peace out so you can insert the message or the treats.
  • Next, insert it through the gap and finally close the last point.
  • Origami Fortune Cookie all ready!
  • There you go! One super cute Origami Fortune Cookie!!!

STEP 4: FINDING THE MESSAGE

  • Lastly, to see what’s inside, just press up both sides and it will pop open.
  • Your message will probably pop up or just take it out.
  • You can close it back =D over and over again.
  • Pressing up 2 sides of the origami fortune cookie makes it pop open and you cann see the message
  • After I finished the first origami fortune cookie I got hooked and made about ten of these and place them on a cute dish and put on my table.