Cootie Catcher/Fortune Teller INTERNATIONAL

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Swap Coordinator:	andysbabycakes (contact)
Swap categories:	Challenges Miscellaneous Artist Trading Card (ATC)
Number of people in swap:	11
Location:	Other
Type:	None
Last day to signup/drop:	January 31, 2008
Date items must be sent by:	February 14, 2008
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
Remember cootie catchers? They were those folded paper â€œfortune tellersâ€? that usually made the rounds during 5th grade recess. Well, we are going to create a more artistic version! The challenge is to take the basic folded origami paper toy and then "art" it up. Get really creative with decorating/embellishing. You can use tyvek as a base (Idea courtesy of LMN) or interfacing with fabric or a page from a sturdy book.....or whatever else you come up with! NO RESTRICTIONS ON SIZE, STYLE, MEDIA, OR THEME. All I ask is that you approach it as ART, not as ("just") a playground game... If anyone would like to host a "cootie catcher" swap for children that would be wonderful, but I would like this particular swap to be approached as art for adults. Here are the rules: Make 1 REALLY "Decked" out cootie catcher Open to all with a 4.8 rating or higher. No recent no sends. No newbies (sorry) THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL SWAP You can find BASIC instructions for the cootie catcher/fortune teller at: www.squiglysplayhouse.com/ArtsAndCrafts/Crafts/CootieCatchers

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daffyd1963 01/ 7/2008 #

I couldn't get the link to work but if you go here

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/

choose crafts

and scroll about halfway down the page you got to the same page the link was for

It has been long since I made on of these I am going to have to refresh my memory and see if I can still make one before I join

wonderful idea for a different type of challenge and pretty easy to send as well

carolyn h

twobluecrows 01/ 7/2008 #

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/ArtsAndCrafts/Crafts/CootieCatchers.html

LMM 01/15/2008 #

You can make these out of Tyvek so they are much more durable!

andysbabycakes 01/16/2008 #

What a wonderful idea LMN! I was also trying to figure out how to make them more durable....I like to work with fabric so I was gonna try interfacing with my fabric!

snarglebean 01/17/2008 #

what a unique swap idea! I am totally in!! Kelli

LMM 01/17/2008 #

Tyvek takes acrylic paint well too. I had thought about fabric and using Timtex...like a bowl, but thought that would be too stiff.

halfwaythere 01/19/2008 #

What a great idea! I made these when I was a kid and taught all my children how to make them when they were in grade school.

SadieGunSlinger 01/21/2008 #

I remember we use to have contests in my school to see who could make them the smallest!

AngelFaeryKathleen 01/24/2008 #

I have mine all folded and I used a heavy weight scapbooking paper, so I hope that is OK? Hugs :-)

halfwaythere 01/24/2008 #

I just made a practice one out of scrapbook paper, it worked perfectly. If you make the first folds with the non-printed side towards you then the end product is entirely patterned except for the underside. [just incase anyone else was wondering]

halfwaythere 02/ 2/2008 #

After I decorated the practice one the scrapbook paper started tearing a bit in the very center... just a warning :)

Starwatcher 02/ 7/2008 #

Would laminating the scrapbook paper work? Or would it make it too hard to fold the way that is needed?

halfwaythere 02/ 9/2008 #

I don't know. I used a thiner piece of scrapbook paper and it worked much better, the cardstock type ripped.

AngelFaeryKathleen 02/13/2008 #

Hi Audrey, I posted your fortune teller yesterday so keep and eye out in 7 to 10 days as it has to fly all the way from New Zealand. Hugs :-)

snarglebean 02/15/2008 #

andysbabycakes, your Tyvek catcher was processed in its bubble-wap envelope form today. It's coming first class so it should reach you in a couple of days!

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