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Need help...what are these called?

cathy1971 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:07:25 GMT

I have some to sell but can't remember what they are called. you open then in and out with messages.

Cathy

Re: Need help...what are these called?

the-kazbar — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:12:41 GMT

We call them a chatterbox in out house but I don't know if thats what they are really called

Re: Need help...what are these called?

foxette-in-sox — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:27:42 GMT

Kaz,we called them something different when I was a kid but can't remember what it was & granddaughter actually has one here that she calls something different also lol

Will ask her when she gets home from school.

Re: Need help...what are these called?

onlinebeadstore — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:38:20 GMT

They are called chatterboxes in this house and at our local primary school as well. 🙂

Re: Need help...what are these called?

digital*ghost — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:46:31 GMT

Here you go (various names via Wikipedia, chatterbox seems to be the most widely used, and if you google 'paper chatterbox' you get quite a few results): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_fortune_teller

I almost want to recommend "cootie catcher", though. :8}

Re: Need help...what are these called?

foxette-in-sox — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:50:52 GMT

Ohh-fortune teller rings a bell for me lol

Re: Need help...what are these called?

bigbrickshop — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:55:25 GMT

Gosh, who knew that you could buy those? We used to make them out of a piece of paper and write messages under each of the flaps.

Re: Need help...what are these called?

annies_fancy_dress — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:25:28 GMT

Hey, these things could marketed as party favours by anybody who wanted to print and fold them up. ?:|

But, they'd need to be ribald adult themes to sell lots and my imagination doesn't bend that way. 😐

Re: Need help...what are these called?

annies_fancy_dress — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:26:18 GMT

I think we called them something like click-clacks????

Re: Need help...what are these called?

cathy1971 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:38:02 GMT

Thanks everyone. I think I will list them as chatterboxes. I know I called them something else when I was younger but can't remember the name.

Cathy

Re: Need help...what are these called?

flotsam-jetsom — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:22:53 GMT

My goodness, have not seen one of these in years - my daughter used to make them and called them 'pickabox' - they were not so pretty and attractive as yours however, good luck, they sued to be all the rage

Re: Need help...what are these called?

lyndal1838 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:26:12 GMT

I can not believe people will pay for something like that now. We used to pull pages out of our exercise books and make our own....about 60 years ago. I taught my children and grandchildren how to make them and have always known them as "pickaboxes".

Re: Need help...what are these called?

the3coopers — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:49:07 GMT

I always called them a "Salt Cellar"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_fortune_teller

The salt cellar is an origami "base" that is then used to make other things (cranes?). It's also flipped over and used as a fortune teller.

Remember that TV show with Robert somebody or other? We watched that every time it played, back in the late 1960's or early 70's