I LOVE, love getting fortunes from fortune cookies! And even though I’ve grown to dislike the restaurant ones, and I’m not always in the mood to make the homemade ones, I still crave the random messages of wisdom or hope or complete randomness to reflect on.
Enter….Paper and Fabric Fortune Cookies! I love this idea, especially because it’s a GREAT opportunity to reuse old magazines, catalogs, wrapping paper, damaged books, etc. as well as fabric scraps. Wouldn’t it be fun to have a jar of these around either at a celebration or perhaps year-round for your family or guests to reach in for some fortune cookie wisdom every now and then?
The first time I made these, I sort of made it up as I went, and it was a bit of a struggle. In the video above, I’ve shown a few different tips and ideas, which I hope can help.
I think a bag or box or container of these would be such a fun, simple (possibly upcycled?) gift. If your gift recipient is going through a tough time, you could hand select quotes or messages to offer them hope or a chuckle. If it’s a special anniversary party, you could collect messages about love or marriage. If you’ve collected cute, little sayings your kid has said over the years, you could put those on the messages at a birthday party. You could stick a fortune in with your child’s lunch or tuck one into a birthday card. The creative possibilities are endless.
If you’re not up for a crafty project, but still like the idea of fortunes, why not just put out a jar of fortunes with no cookies? Here are some fortune cookie quotations (and here and here) I put together for my shop, if you’re interested!
