Ways to use this list
- Party bags: pick a fortune for each guest, write it on a strip of paper and tuck it into a folded paper cookie with the sweets.
- Lunchbox notes: one kind fortune a day on a sticky note is a small surprise that takes ten seconds to write.
- Friday in class: open a box for the class fortune, then ask pupils to write a kind fortune of their own for a classmate.
- New Year's Eve with kids: each person opens a mystery box at the countdown and reads their fortune for the year ahead.
- Writing warm-up: pick a funny fortune and write the short story in which it comes true, like the pigeon with great respect.
Press Open a box, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you
like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the
chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a wheel, duck race, hat and more.
The full list (38 entries)
- You will find the sock you lost three years ago.
- Today is a fine day for mismatched socks.
- Help, I am trapped in a fortune cookie factory.
- Your next sandwich will be your best sandwich yet.
- Soon you will be asked to share your snacks. Be brave.
- A small dog somewhere thinks you are wonderful.
- The thing you lost is in the last place you look.
- You will laugh so hard today that you snort.
- Ignore the previous fortune.
- The cookie was the fortune all along.
- Beware of toy bricks on the carpet tonight.
- Someone will tell you a terrible joke. Laugh anyway.
- Your houseplants are proud of you.
- You will be hungry again in about an hour.
- A pigeon will look at you with great respect.
- This fortune is not available in your area.
- A song will get stuck in your head today. Hum along.
- Good news: you are about to read a fortune.
- A kind word you say today will be remembered for years.
- Small steps every day add up to long journeys.
- You are braver than you feel right now.
- A new friend is closer than you think.
- Your curiosity will lead you somewhere wonderful.
- Keep trying. Good things are on their way.
- Someone is grateful you are in their life.
- Today's mistake is tomorrow's lesson.
- Your laugh makes rooms brighter.
- An adventure is waiting just outside your door.
- Share your idea. Someone needs to hear it.
- You will make someone smile without even trying.
- Patience today brings a pleasant surprise tomorrow.
- Your hard work is about to show.
- Be the reason someone believes in kindness today.
- The best view comes after the hardest climb.
- A good book will find you this month.
- Ask the question. The answer may surprise you.
- You have a talent you have not discovered yet.
- The person next to you is lucky to know you.
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Questions people ask
Where do fortune cookies come from?
Most food historians trace them to Japanese bakeries in California in the early 1900s, based on a Japanese cracker. They became linked with Chinese restaurants in the United States and are rarely seen in China itself.
What should I write in a homemade fortune?
A short line of advice, a kind wish or a joke, ideally under twelve words so it fits on a strip of paper. Keep predictions cheerful and vague, so nobody worries about what theirs says.
How do I make paper fortune cookies for a party?
Cut an 8 cm circle of coloured paper, lay the fortune across the middle and fold the circle in half without creasing. Press the middle of the folded edge over the rim of a cup so the two corners bend down towards each other.
Do these fortunes come true?
They are written to make you smile or think, not to tell the future. That is why there are no lucky numbers or predictions about money here, only jokes and kind thoughts.