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Cootie Catcher Book (Editors of Klutz)

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We found this one at a craft store for my then 5 year old son. He loved the idea of making up his own fortunes--we helped him fold his catchers. It really helped develop his fine motor skills--it takes concentration to hold one and manipulate a catcher! The designs are great! Bright and colorful--and there are ready made catches plus blank ones to fill-in too! They come in a spiral note book-type format...they are easy to remove and complete directions are very helpful! :)

You remember 'Cootie Catchers' don't you?
(Although we used to call them "Fortune Tellers".) A paper square is folded and refolded so that there are four "pyramids". The player uses the index finger and thumb from both hands to open and close the pyramids, revealing pictures, numbers, words, or letters on the inside surfaces.
The person who is having their fortune told chooses from the pictures once, twice, or three times, and then the paper is unfolded to reveal a "fortune"- a little gem of advice, warning or congratulations, written inside.
This kit provides some precolored lovely, intriguing and creative designs ready to cut out and use. More importantly, it has all the guidelines necessary for you to make your own designs using any square piece of paper. You can make them larger or smaller once you have the idea.
When my 7-year-old niece got this as a distraction for a long car ride to our vacation, she generously shared the patterns with her 6 and 8-year-old cousins. They stayed in the Cootie Catcher phase for weeks, making their own, with wilder, and more outrageous fortunes.
This is a terrific little kit for kids around age 7, and for the inexpensive price, it provides hours of entertainment for car rides and other times when a distraction would help. If it doesn't quite keep them quiet, at least they're having fun!

This book is a great investment for little girls ages 6 and up. I bought it for my nieces and they loved. They learn how to make the cootie catchers and there are pre-printed ones in the book that just need to be folded. Excellent!

I agree with the previous post of this book really helping out on a long car ride with kids entertaining themselves with the 'cootie catchers'. It was strange because these (something like them at least) used to be pass-time items that I used to play with when I was a child, and now my children are doing the same. The initial draw to this book (not knowing what a 'cootie catcher' was beforehand) was the adorable little girl on the cover of this book. My five year old son said he has a crush on the little angel and that's what ultimately caught his attention. She looks so friendly, so kind and caring, and just precious as can be! They definitely knew how to advertise. Overall, book was helpful and I do suggest it as a HAVE for your children. Hope this was helpful.

I saw this and had to get 3 of them. I remember this from when I was a kid and had to get them for my daughter and for my sisters' kids. This is so much fun.

My 12 year old daughter received this for a Christmas present. She has made many "Cootie Catchers" over the past few weeks. This is one of her favorite presents this year (it was also the one that cost the least).

This item was an alright buy...I was a bit disappointed with the seller because some of the info in it was missing..so my comment on what I did receive, the book is cool but too expensive for what is inside of it. Maybe its great a discounted rate but not the regular klutz price, its not worth it.