Are you already thinking about how you will decorate the festive table for New Year's Eve and how you will surprise your loved ones this year? How about making your own fortune cookies? This will definitely put you in a good mood and can also send positive messages. We have put together some ideas for you on how you can give your New Year's Eve party that certain something and serve the cookies in a different way for New Year's Eve dinner or give them as gifts to family and friends.
Depending on your taste and festive table decoration, you can choose the colors of your homemade paper fortune cookies. For example, take a sheet of shimmering gold craft paper and cut circles about 9 cm in diameter. Bend the circle slightly in the middle. Open the circle and turn the opposite sides back so they overlap slightly.
Then pull the top and bottom of the circle together with one hand. A little glue in the middle, press together briefly and you're done. Now you can also insert the note with the saying and ensure an exciting and humorous evening, or even a thoughtful and poetic start to the new year.
Do you want to celebrate the start of the year with a black and white themed party? This color combination looks simple and elegant and is a timeless trend. You can easily make the fortune cookies yourself out of black and white paper by simply getting suitable wrapping paper with the patterns you want - e.g. E.g. stars, flowers, white paper with zigzag lines or whatever your heart desires. You can also keep the table decorations, balloons, napkins, fluffy paper flowers made of tissue paper or honeycomb balls in black and white according to the theme and welcome the New Year with a good mood.
Gold and silver are colors with a festive effect and can also be used on New Year's Eve. They are ideal for glittering party decorations and enhance the festive mood. Fortune cookies in gold and silver with a star design, for example, look elegant and give the whole decoration a noble touch.
If you want to throw a New Year's Eve party with lots of glitter, you can theme your outfit, accessories, table decorations and fortune cookies. Sometimes the simplest decorative elements are the best. Scatter golden confetti on your New Year's Eve table, choose matching napkins and place the sparkling fortune cookies on it. A paste of sugar, powdered sugar and water that you dip the cookies in will really make them shine. A real eye-catcher!
If you want to create a chic atmosphere on New Year's Eve, you can easily do it with red, gold and white fortune cookies made of embossed paper, for example. Of course, it is up to you which materials and color you use to make your cookies. Anything done with enthusiasm looks outstanding and will make your New Year's Eve party unforgettable.
When choosing craft paper, you can draw inspiration from the numerous New Year's Eve motifs. For example, craft paper with a clock showing the minutes left until the New Year is a great idea for your homemade fortune cookies. If you can't find anything suitable, you can perhaps simply paint the plain cookies with little stars.
made of felt
If you want to make individual party favors, felt versions are a good way to send your friends good wishes and funny onesSayings for the New Yearto pad up. There are no limits to your imagination; you can also fill the fortune cookies with vouchers, small gifts or an invitation.
You have to fold the already cut out circle of felt in the middle and sew the middle half of the circle together. Then roll up both outer sides to form the seam and the cute felt fortune cookies are ready in no time.
If you want to enjoy New Year's Eve as a couple in a relaxed manner and without much hustle and bustle, then you can serve your loved one a felt fortune cookie as a small token of your affection with a beautifully wrapped gift.
made of fabric
You can also choose any fabric as the material or use leftover fabric scraps and sew these nice party bags yourself. The procedure is the same as the others, only you have to use two layers of fabric for more stability and possibly sew along the circle with the sewing machine or simply use a thicker fabric.
Choose fabric patterns and messages that are customized to your loved one's wishes and desires and you are sure to amaze.
If you want to send congratulations for the coming New Year, you can beautifully wrap your homemade fortune cookies in a colorful packaging or cardboard box and give them away. A take-away box will look fun and somehow revisits the theme of Chinese cookies.
Bake fortune cookies yourself – recipe
For those of you who want to serve your guests the classic edible fortune cookies, we offer the following recipe:
– 3 egg whites
– 60 g sifted powdered sugar
– 45 g melted butter
– 60 g Flour
Beat the egg whites until light and fluffy and add the butter and powdered sugar. Gently stir in the flour until you get a smooth dough. Using a knife, spread the dough onto baking paper circles (diameter approx. 8 cm) and bake for 5 minutes at 180 C. Until the cookies are still warm, place your good luck message on them and fold the cookie over into a semicircle. To get the typical shape, fold the cookie over the edge of a glass or bowl. Please only bake 2-3 cookies at a time as they quickly become fragile when they cool. Then let the homemade fortune cookies cool down and taste good on New Year's Eve.
