How to Write Your Own Fortune Cookie
Confucius say "Writing your own fortune cookie fun and easy." Personalize fortune cookie messages with your own sentimental thoughts, inspirational sayings or quotes. Limited only by your imagination, personalized fortune messages can be written and slipped inside store-bought fortune cookies and are useful in a multitude of social situations.
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Instructions
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Remove the fortune message slips from the fortune cookies using a toothpick. Slide the toothpick gently through the fortune cookie far enough to reach the message slip. Push or pull the corner edge of the fortune out of the cookie, then grasp the message slip and gently pull it out of the cookie.
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Trace around the fortune cookie message slips on a blank piece of typing paper. Use the discarded message slips as a sizing guide for your new, personalized messages.
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Find inspirational messages and funny sayings online to use as a helpful guide for writing your own messages. Customize your messages according to the event. Fortune cookie messages are a creative way to ask someone on a date; messages could even be used as a marriage proposal. Fortune cookies coupled with the message "I see a party in your future" become creative invitations.
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Copy your message onto the typing paper, staying within the parameters of the sizing guide. Use the scissors to trim excess paper from the fortune message. Roll or fold the fortune and gently slide the messages back into the fortune cookies.
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Tips & Warnings
Handle fortune cookies gently, as they break easily. Plan for a few broken cookies and purchase extras accordingly.
For an authentic look, type the fortune messages. Stay within the sizing grid when typing the messages.
Use care when handling sharp objects.
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- Photo Credit Sarcastic Fortune Cookie image by Lucid_Exposure from Fotolia.com
