Fortune Cookie drawing
Objective: students will be able to take inspiration from their fortune cookie and create a graphic image based off the fortune inside.
History: A fortune cookie is a crisp cookie usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a piece of paper inside, a "fortune", on which is an aphorism, or a vague prophecy. The message inside may also include a Chinese phrase with translation and/or a list of lucky numbers used by some as lottery numbers, some of which have become actual winning numbers. Fortune cookies are often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants in the United States and other Western countries, but are not a tradition in China. The exact origin of fortune cookies is unclear, though various immigrant groups in California claim to have popularized them in the early 20th century. It was most likely brought over from Japanese immigrants in the late 19th or early 20th century. The Japanese version did not have the Chinese lucky numbers and was eaten with tea.
Your Project:
Grab a fortune cookie, feel free to eat it, and recite your fortune. What does this mean to you? What types of images come to mind when you think of your fortune, what does your fortune look like? Jot down a few notes on the planning sheet and begin sketching. You will turn your fortune into a drawing.
Option:
You may include your fortune in your drawing, you may also include the Chinese language or lucky numbers.
Grab a fortune cookie, feel free to eat it, and recite your fortune. What does this mean to you? What types of images come to mind when you think of your fortune, what does your fortune look like? Jot down a few notes on the planning sheet and begin sketching. You will turn your fortune into a drawing.
Option:
You may include your fortune in your drawing, you may also include the Chinese language or lucky numbers.
Materials: Use paper provided as well as markers, color pencils, watercolor paints, etc.