Crafting with paper napkins - inexpensive and beautiful gift ideas
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Why don't you try our two gift ideas? Crafting with napkins is inexpensive and the results are impressive.
Have you been invited at short notice and not been able to get a bouquet of flowers? Why not simply make a napkin rose?
All you need for a napkin rose is a three-ply, single-coloured napkin and a pair of scissors.
Place the folded napkin so that the closed side is on top and the half-closed side is on the left. Now cut off a strip approx. 1 cm wide on the left-hand side. Please keep this strip as you will need it later.
Now unfold the napkin upwards. Now fold the napkin like an accordion.
Now tie the strip around the centre of the concertina napkin and tie a knot. Do not pull too hard, otherwise the strip will tear.
Now pluck the first layer of napkins from the other layers on the left-hand side of the knot. Do the same with the remaining layers. Then pull the first layer of napkins from the other layers on the right-hand side of the knot. Do the same with the remaining layers.
This can sometimes be a little tedious, as the layers are sometimes difficult to separate depending on the napkin, but then you have a rose that never fades and is well received by the recipient.
Incidentally, you will need around 15 minutes to make the napkin rose.
For the second napkin craft, you need some time in advance, so this is not a gift that you can make at the very last minute.
You will need a motif napkin and napkin glue (and napkin varnish) as well as scissors. Make sure that there is napkin glue that can also be used as a varnish, because then you won't need any more napkin varnish. Napkin glue is also often called decoupage glue or decoupage varnish. You will also need a smooth vase or a terracotta flower pot, an empty jam jar or a simple wooden box, for example - in other words, an object onto which you want to transfer a napkin motif.
Now cut out the motif from the napkin and remove the layers - except for the top layer of the motif. The bottom layers are usually white and are not needed. Now coat the object where the motif is to be stuck with napkin glue. Place the cut-out motif on this spot. Then carefully apply another layer of napkin glue from the centre of the motif to the outside using a soft brush. Now leave everything to dry and your gift is ready.
You may also paint it beforehand with acrylic paint to match the napkin motif.
