The Cootie Catcher, that little Origami fortune teller toy that almost every 9-year-old in the world has played with, is even more fun than you remember. For example, there’s a site called Downloadable Cootie Catchers. Right now, there are only five different kinds of cootie catcher designs, one of which was submitted by a reader. And that one’s for Passover.
But those 5 examples, along with an additional template (in PowerPoint format for easy tweaking), are inspirational. The Fairy Tale design, for example, demonstrates how you can make a kind of “choose your own adventure” cootie catcher. The Party Challenge turns your Cootie Catcher into a party game center. Love is a gift, in deed.
And, should you find yourself in a book score or online, there’s a Klutz book filled with further Cootie Catcher inspirations, complete with 21 pre-printed Cootie Catchers for your almost immediate cootie catching.
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I’m telling everyone that I got cooties from Bernie!
use them well and wisely
Thank you so much for the lovely words about my Downloadable Cootie Catchers site! I’ve just been looking around this website and I love your ethos. I should tread the Playful Path more often!
There’s a new cootie catcher on the site now especially for weddings, which is also available in PowerPoint to personalise for the happy couple. And another reader design which was used as a teaching aid for children learning about integers. It seems you can make a cootie catcher about anything! More to come soon.
All the best,
Lou Treleaven