Chinese
Fortune Sticks
Real Chinese fortune sticks
When I was young, growing up in Hong Kong, the sight (and sound) of Chinese
fortune sticks like these being used at temples was very familiar and exciting
to me. Bundles of these sticks were placed in jars and gently shaken until a few
sticks stuck out above the rest, or fell out.
Well, we've made our own crafty version for your kids to have fun with. They
can use our ready-made fortunes or make up their own! All you will need is a
good supply of lolly sticks (popsicle sticks), a snack can, pens and paper.
Our Chinese fortune sticks!
Decorate your snack can with paper, paint, gold pen, stickers - whatever you
like and have to can. Now number your lolly sticks neatly, and place them in the
can, numbered end down. We have 78 ready-made "fortunes" in the printable below,
but you can do more if you like.
Holding the can almost upright, shake gently until 1 or more sticks begin to
stick out above the others. Take them out, look up your number, and read your
fortune in the booklet below!
Chinese fortune sticks
printable - ready-made fortunes
Chinese fortune
sticks printable - blank for you to write in your own fortunes
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