Folding the Chatterbox Start off with a square piece of paper. Fold the square in half, both ways. Fold each corner to the middle. Flip it over and do the same thing on the other side. Fold in half and unfold. You can now put your thumb and forefinger inside the square pockets to move the chatterbox!
A chatterbox is a box (i.e. a shoebox) full of interesting objects or pictures that your child finds unusual, interesting or stimulating to touch, feel, use or is simply something that is special to them. A selection of items that will stimulate conversation and questions.
As well as being called a salt cellar, fortune teller, or cootie catcher, the same origami shape has also been called a "bugcatcher", "chatterbox", "whirlybird", or "paku-paku" (a Japanese phrase for gobbling that also lent its name to Pac-Man).
Paper fortune tellers, also known as chatterboxes, are a form of origami. Activity time: 10 minutes. Chatterboxes are a kind of origami fortune-teller. Made from folded paper, they are a fun way to make predictions about the future. Maybe you could put compliments in yours, or different funny dares?
A chatterbox is the name given to a fun paper craft item popular in playgrounds around the world. Typically, they are used to 'tell fortunes', jokes and share funny statements.
Using the Chatterbox Ask someone to pick a word that's written on one of the square pockets. Open and close the chatterbox by spelling or counting it out. Ask them to choose one of the numbers or colours that are written inside. Ask them to choose one of the options written inside.
More videos on YouTube Step 1Create a square from your sheet of A4 paper. Step 2Fold the square in half point to point to make a triangle and then unfold. Step 3Fold each of the corners in to the centre to create a smaller square. Step 4Fold this smaller square in half to create a rectangle and then open back out.