When preparing a festive table, impressively folded napkins play an important role in the aesthetic setting. These can be either paper products or more expensive fabric ones. Napkins look beautiful when matched to the tablecloth or the same color scheme. The contrasting table setting also looks interesting.
There are a few simple rules to follow when laying out napkins on the table:
- for a regular dinner with close friends, you can use paper products, but for holiday feasts, buy large square fabric ones, for example, linen or cotton;
- Before making “napkin origami”, starch the fabric a little;
- if the fabric is difficult to iron, use a steamer or lightly spray it with water;
- When folding fabric into various shapes, try to touch it as little as possible, and with clean hands, because napkins at the table, first of all, have a hygienic function.
The article discusses how to beautifully fold napkins into a glass with photos that show a detailed diagram or finished work. Placement can be done in various containers - glasses, wide bowls or cups, if a sweet table is being set. In dishes, napkins retain their shape and look more neat.
"Waterfall"
This option is suitable for a family dinner or a group of close friends. How to beautifully fold paper napkins into a glass can be clearly seen in the photo below. Choose a large cup or bowl with high rims. It is advisable to buy thick and high-quality napkins. On the surface of the table, unfold one half of the products folded in four when purchasing.
Place many napkins on top of each other so that the folds of all paper products coincide in the center of the pack. Then carefully place it in the chosen container and place it in the middle of the table. If the celebration is intended for many people, then you can put the napkins in two bowls. It is better to place them on the table on the left and right to make it easier for guests to reach and take them. Napkins are also laid out in this way if a buffet table is being set or a children’s party is being held.
Subtleties of serving napkins on the table
It is accepted that napkins perform not only a hygienic function, but also an aesthetic one. They complement the interior, the theme of the holiday, create a zest and a festive look. For successful and beautiful decoration, you need to know some of the subtleties of serving.
To truly surprise guests with an original and interesting table setting, you can include an unusual folding of napkins.
Table setting is not only a fun process, but also a creative one.
"Fan"
This craft is made from large squares. The desired size is 40 x 40 cm or 50 x 50 cm. Each piece of fabric must be lightly starched and ironed. Then, without turning off the iron, fold the material like an accordion and immediately iron each fold carefully with a hot iron. Before you beautifully fold the napkins into a glass, you need to bend the accordion in half and secure the lower part with an elastic band or ribbon.
If the container is narrow, then you can immediately insert the prepared fabric with the fold down. The upper part of the napkin will unfold like a fan. If the glass is wide, then the lower part, where the fold of the fabric is located, is additionally twisted into a tube, making several turns. With this placement of the napkin in a glass or glass, the corrugated fabric can lie on one side.
How to fold napkins: beautiful options for every holiday
A holiday or a long-awaited dinner is about to begin. The table is set, the interior is decorated, and delicious dishes are waiting in the kitchen. But is something missing? Of course, original folded napkins, which will give the festive table a special charm and charm.
Each napkin is intended for a specific guest and cannot be carelessly placed on the table. This is a sign of disrespect and indifference. In addition, such a modest accessory at first glance can lift your mood or, on the contrary, ruin the created atmosphere of the evening. Therefore, every housewife should know how to beautifully fold napkins in accordance with the occasion and theme of the event.
Selecting napkins for the event
For a family breakfast, lunch or informal dinner with close friends, ordinary paper napkins are perfect. It is better to give preference to bright colors to create a fun and relaxed atmosphere.
Such napkins will also look good on tables during a children's party. Especially folded in the form of fancy animals and figures. In addition, small children are not known for their perseverance and neatness, so the paper version comes in handy here.
For special occasions, it is better to choose plain cotton or linen napkins. So that they are in harmony with the table setting and tablecloth.
On a note! Universal white fabric napkins are suitable for events of any format.
If you want to add originality and originality to the atmosphere, you can decorate the table with bright napkins. Contrasting with the overall table setting, but compatible in color with individual accessories and decorative elements.
On a note! Using the same technology, you can fold both fabric and paper napkins.
Preparing cloth napkins
Before you start “napkin origami”, you need to perfectly wash, starch and iron the main accessory.
When choosing starch, it is more logical to give preference to an ordinary product dissolved in water. Its aerosol counterpart will not give the fabric the required density. And ironing is done with slightly damp napkins. If they are dry, you can re-moisten them.
Practical advice! It is better to use cotton and linen napkins with a small synthetic content, since they do not “shrink” after washing, are easier to iron and have a more flexible structure for folding. Plus, they keep their shape perfectly.
Rules for "napkin origami":
- Napkins should have a square shape and standard sizes: 35x35 or 40x40 for creating simple compositions, 50x50 for complex ones.
- All napkins on the holiday table are folded in the same style. Different compositions will create the effect of disorder and negligence.
- You need to touch the accessory with your hands as little as possible during the folding process.
A boat for a children's party:
- Fold the napkin in half and place the fold to the right towards you.
- Fold the newly made rectangle in half again, lowering the top side down.
- Move the lower left corner, consisting of 4 strips of fabric, diagonally upward.
- Expand the resulting triangle at a right angle upward.
- Connect the side corners at the bottom of the figure. Their common angle should be opposite the vertex.
- Fold the 2 tails back at the bottom.
- Fold the shape in half so that the 2 bottom corners of the triangle meet at the back.
- And holding them, one by one pull out the upper petals - the future sails.
"Flower"
The following shows how to beautifully fold napkins into a glass in the shape of a flower with rounded edges and a sharp top in the center. There is no need to starch the fabric too much during washing, since the fabric should flow beautifully in waves when folded in this way. A napkin not entirely made of natural thread, but with the addition of a small amount of synthetics, is suitable.
First, a square of fabric is laid out on the table surface with one of the corners facing the master. The far corner is lowered onto the one closest to you, with the fold of the napkin on top of the triangle. The next step in folding the flower is to lift the bottom corner up, as in the photo above in the article. Before placing the napkins in a glass, take the blank by the central part and create several soft folds by crumpling the fabric in your hands on both sides.
Then carefully lower the craft into the glass and straighten the side corners of the fabric triangle. The napkin should look like in the photo.
How to properly use cloth napkins for table setting
Cloth napkins can not only serve as table decorations, but also to protect your clothes from getting excess food and drinks on them.
Attention! Etiquette calls for wiping your hands and face with paper napkins, while cloth napkins are intended for other purposes.
There are times when it may fall on the floor. Under no circumstances should you pick it up from the floor. You must ask to bring a clean napkin instead. When leaving the table, this attribute must be placed to the right of the plate.
"Rose" in a glass
The diagram below shows frame by frame how to beautifully fold napkins into a glass. Choose products for work that are soft and non-starched, as the craft will have to be rolled up in coils. The color should match the natural colors of roses in nature. Red or lavender curls will look beautiful.
Clear a flat table surface and place a square of fabric in front of you. Fold opposite corners on top of each other to form a right triangle. Then, starting from a right angle, twist the fabric into a “sausage”, but not too tight.
The resulting tube is additionally rolled into a “rose”. It will look more natural if the lower part is folded in a spiral, and the upper edges of the fabric are slightly turned outward, like the petals of a flower. Try to make the craft take up the entire glass.
Ways to decorate the table with napkins for different holidays
When the time comes for a celebration, you should think about how to make table decorations out of napkins so that your guests will appreciate your efforts. There are several options for decorating the table with holiday-specific napkins to delight your guests.
Flower decoration
To make your table look more attractive against the backdrop of beautifully arranged plates, you need to place napkins on the table.
A napkin flower will be a great decoration for your table
A napkin flower will be a great decoration for your table. And here is one way to do it:
- take a paper napkin measuring 33x33 cm;
- let's unfold it;
- then you need to fold the lower right corner and align it with the center of the napkin;
- do the remaining corners of the napkin in the same way;
- then we again bend the corners of the resulting square;
- turn it the other way. You need to bend the corners again in the resulting square;
- We take one of the corners of the workpiece and turn it onto the front side of our future flower. We make the other remaining corners in the same way.
The result is a flower with four petals. In order to make it with eight petals, you need to do the same functions again.
Next, we put the napkin on a plate with beautifully arranged cutlery and get ready to greet the guests.
Christmas tree decoration for the New Year holiday
Any holiday is accompanied by its own theme in table decoration. Therefore, a miniature Christmas tree is perfect for this event. This preparation is very easy to do and does not require much time. Simply fold the accessory into a fan, turn it over and tie the smallest part with a ribbon. If you straighten the edges of the workpiece, you can see the Christmas tree. This decoration made from a napkin for a festive table can be decorated with buttons or stars, bows, which are cut out of cardboard.
Christmas tree decoration for the New Year holiday
Decoration for a children's party
The ability to fold crafts from napkins will also be useful for children's parties. As an example, let’s create a table decoration from a paper napkin in the form of a cute fish. To do this, bend the napkin diagonally. Then bend the top corner towards you. Both parts are lowered down so that the ends of the craft extend beyond its limits. Again we bend the corners to the center of the product. Place it on a plate and mark the eye with a bead. This scheme for decorating a table with napkins in the shape of a fish is shown in the photo below.
Decoration made from a paper napkin on the table in the form of a cute fish
Decoration for Valentine's Day
The most relevant and beautiful table decoration for this holiday will be paper hearts, which we will make from pieces of napkins. The base of this blank will be red cardboard. Cut out 2 hearts from it and glue pieces of crumpled napkins. Now we will move from the edges to the center of the craft. Fill out both parts. Next we glue them together. You can glue a loop in the center to hang it on a bottle of champagne.
Rose decoration
To make roses from napkins and decorate your holiday table, you need to have the material and awaken your imagination a little. First, take one napkin and unfold it completely. You will get a square. We bend one edge approximately 3cm. Find the left corner. We pinch it between two fingers and wrap this angle around the index finger. In this case, the folded part of the accessory should be on the outside. We do this quite tightly. Then the corner is folded down and turned to the right side. The other hand presses the napkin to the underside. From this place where it was pinched, we twist it towards the middle. We turn away the upper corner, which is on the outside. Next, twist the product to the end. The result is the stem of our flower. We straighten the bud and decorate the table. The flower is ready.
You will see in the photo below how the paper napkin decoration turned out on the table.
Rose paper napkin decoration
Other rose options
There are several more options for how you can beautifully fold napkins into a glass like a rose. The flower itself is made according to the scheme described above, but an effective addition can be a green satin ribbon that flows in waves from the glass along its wall.
A craft made from two napkins of a contrasting color looks impressive. The flower itself is twisted from one fabric, and the other serves as leaves. First, lay a green napkin folded as follows: make a triangle, and then make two more folds in half. It turns out a narrow strip of fabric with sharp corners, which is inserted into the glass with the central part and pressed down with your hand. The sharp ends are peeking out, and the rest of the fabric is in the container. Then the manufactured flower is carefully inserted.
By the way, it is not necessary to use a green napkin to create “leaves”. The setting looks great in a combination of gray and red or white and pink.
"Bunny" in a low glass
To create such a figure, take a cloth napkin made of natural fabric and starch it when washing. It is desirable that the material be plain, without a pattern. These “bunnies” can be placed in a low wide glass or simply on a plate. The diagram below in the photo clearly shows how to fold napkins into a glass, so there is no need to waste your attention on additional explanations.
Actions must be performed according to the numbers on the diagram. Take large squares of fabric, as you will have to make a lot of folds. Such figurines will look impressive at a children's party; you can even set the table with crafts of different colors.
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"Candle"
This is one of the easiest napkin crafts to make. To stack the finished work, prepare identical tall glasses. The fabric must be starched, otherwise the thin sticks of “candles” will fall to their sides and look rather pitiful. Get the job done easily and quickly. The napkin is laid out on the table surface and rolled into a tight tube. Then they bend it in half and place the double part on the bottom of the glass. You can create asymmetry by creating a fold not exactly in the center, but with a slight shift to the side.
What kind of paper napkins can you buy wholesale from the manufacturer?
The Gala Center company offers you a huge variety of paper accessories for table setting:
- Single-layer white napkins measuring 24 x 24 cm. These products are convenient to keep on hand always and everywhere. They help out on a picnic in the park and on a walk with a child who loves chocolate and ice cream.
- Double-layer paper napkins with 3D design will be a great decoration for a gala dinner.
- Festive paper napkins are decorated with themed designs for the New Year, Christmas, Birthday and other important holidays.
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How to fold napkins into a glass
The next folding method looks original due to the numerous sharp corners that rise above the glass. It is advisable to lightly starch the fabric before work. Two thin napkins are laid one on top of the other and folded into triangles with the hypotenuses down.
The side corners are wrapped several times in turns towards each other until they meet in the center. Then the lumps are inserted into a glass or tall glass, and the upper corners are beautifully straightened with your hands - two in one direction, and two in the opposite direction.
"Horn"
Lay out the fabric or paper into a triangle so that the fold is at the bottom. Then connect the corners together along the central vertical line. It turns out to be a rhombus, the lower corner of which needs to be raised up, but not all the way, but just a couple of centimeters short of the top.
Fold this small part of the craft twice inward and, bending the entire napkin into a tube, insert the edges into the resulting pocket. Turn the part over with the corners up, and lower the flat part into the glass. Straighten the upper corners nicely with your hands.
The article tells you how to beautifully fold napkins into a glass in different ways. Try, learn and delight your guests with spectacular table settings!
