National Fortune Cookie Day is one of the lucky few national days that is actually observed twice a year. In addition to being celebrated on July 20, National Fortune Cookie Day is also celebrated on September 13.
There’s so many ways to celebrate this national food day, from eating a fortune cookie, to making your own DIY felt fortune cookie craft project!
Keep reading for more ways to celebrate this national day, a to get a list of fun facts about fortune cookies.
Ways to celebrate National Fortune Cookie Day
There’s so many ways to celebrate National Fortune Cookie day. Try one of the options below:
- Make your own DIY fortune cookies from felt with the tutorial at the bottom of this post.
- Carry your good luck around with you by wearing a fortune cookie locket.
- Spread the word on social media using the hashtag #nationalfortunecookieday.
- Get a fortune cookie trinket to display on your desk.
- Order Chinese food from your favorite restaurant and end it with some fortune cookies.
- Keep your keys on a leather fortune cookie keychain.
Fun facts about fortune cookies
Brush up on your knowledge of fortune cookies with these fun facts.
- Contrary to popular belief, these cookies were not invented in China, but first came on the scene in Japan!
- Four ingredients make up a fortune cookie: flour, sugar, vanilla and oil.
- There are 15,000 different fortunes in the database of Wonton Food (the largest producer of fortune cookies.)
- Over 4 million fortune cookies are produced each day.
- The first fortune cookie to appear in a US restaurant was in 1890 at the Japanese Tea House in San Francisco.
- Fortune cookies are baked as flat round cookies and then folded after baking.
- 1 fortune cookie has about 107 calories, a gram of fat, a milligram of cholesterol, 24 grams of carbohydrates, and 13 grams of sugar.
More July 20 national days
There’s so many reasons to celebrate July 20th. Below are all of the July 20 national days:
- National Fortune Cookie Day (also celebrated on the 13th of September)
- National Moon Day
- National Pennsylvania Day
- National Lollipop Day
- National Fortune Cookie Day
- National Ugly Truck Day
- International Chess Day
- Nap Day
- World Jump Day
For more occasions to celebrate in July, be sure to check out the other national days of July, including the food holidays and monthly observances.
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To learn about more national days in July, watch our YouTube video.
Admin note: This post first appeared on the blog in January of 2014. I have updated the post by adding information about this July national food day and a printable project card.
Felt Fortune Cookie Craft Project for National Fortune Cookie Day
Looking for a fun way to celebrate National Fortune Cookie Day? Try making these DIY fortune cookies!
You can customize the fortunes inside them, and give them as a gift to your friends and family.
Materials
- Fabric squares
- Felt squares
- Iron on adhesive
- 18 gauge wire
- Gel glue
- Paper to write a fortune
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
- Cut the fabric, felt and adhesive into 4 ½ inch squares.
- Fuse the fabric to the felt with the adhesive iron on material, following the manufacturer’s directions, so that you end up with one layered square.
- Trace a circle onto the fabric pieces you just fused together and cut it out.
- Cut a piece of the wire and a strip of felt slightly shorter than the diameter of your circle.
- Glue the wire to the felt strip.
- Then glue the felt strip with wire attached to it to the circle with the wire side down.
- Allow the pieces to dry for 10-15 minutes.
- Write or print out a fortune on a piece of paper and place it inside the circle.
- Bring the ends of the wire together to make a fortune cookie shape. The wire will hold the cookie in place.
Notes
This DIY fortune cookies idea is inspired by a vintage issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine.
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