Cootie Catcher Book (Klutz) (Spiral-bound)

~ The Editors of Klutz (Editor) "Any square piece of paper can be made into a Cootie Catcher..." (more)
Key Phrases: Cootie Catcher

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Product Description

A clever little book on everyone's favorite playground fortune-teller, with 20 pre-printed tear-em-out-and-fold-em-up pages. Plus instructions on how to make your own cootie catchers and the fortunes to go inside.

From the Publisher

Winner of Canadian Toy Testing Council Three Stars Award, Parents' Choice Approved

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Spiral-bound: 58 pages
• Publisher: Klutz (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570541310
• ISBN-13: 978-1570541315
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.3 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,401 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hours of fun!, December 10, 1999

By	Christine Brenner "cmbrenner" (Indiana) - See all my reviews

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! :)

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Do You remember Cootie Catchers? Great Distraction!, October 13, 2002

By	"lynkfri13" (Waltham, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun introduction to cootie catchers!, October 26, 2009

By	Cheri L. Babajian "Nonna" (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: The Cootie Catcher Book (Klutz) (Spiral-bound)

This is a fun book. I introduced my 6 year old granddaughter to cootie catchers with this book. She now knows how to make them from paper and she really enjoys the entire concept.