We learn to beautifully fold paper napkins on the festive table according to the schemes

How beautiful is it to fold the napkins so that they serve not only for hygienic purposes and act as decor, create a mood? Only a real hostess can ask such a question, the comfort in the house of which is noticeable even in small things. In order to give an unusual shape to paper table setting items, you do not need to be an origami master at all. You can use the simplest schemes. The main thing is to have a sense of style, to correctly assess the moment and think in an original way. We’ll try to learn this.

Learning the "festive" addition

To begin with, in the general case, napkins can be divided into fabric and paper. Fabric create a solemnity, give the table sophistication, even some formality. However, their use is not always appropriate. For example, if we talk about a friendly party, a children's birthday or a holiday dinner with a close family, the best option would be bright unusual paper napkins, originally folded and suitable for the theme of the holiday.

Thinking about how to fold paper napkins nicely, it’s worth considering several principles, observing which, you can achieve a brilliant result.

So, paper napkins must meet the following criteria.

1. Their shape varies depending on the occasion and the age of the guests.
2. They should be folded simply so that guests do not have to deploy them for a long time before using them for their intended purpose.
3. Allow various folding options acceptable for fabric table setting items. The main thing is to choose those in which they add up simply, with a small number of steps and nuances, because the size of paper napkins is usually much smaller, and it will be difficult and even impossible to implement complex patterns.
4. Napkins are selected in harmony in color with a tablecloth and objects that served the festive table.
5. You can place them on a plate, put in a glass or napkin holder. Depending on this, the addition option is selected.
6. Just before folding, when the time comes to set the table, napkins should already be prepared. Also, you should practice in advance in order to "get your hand" and so that this lesson does not take a lot of time in the pre-holiday rush.

Tip

If the hostess does not know how to fold paper napkins at all, and the schemes universally offered on the Internet and women's magazines seem incomprehensible and difficult to implement, it is worth learning the simplest shapes: a pipe, a corner, an accordion - and play with color.

Tricks in the simplest addition schemes

If the hostess cannot and does not like to use complex schemes for folding napkins or there is simply no time for this, but I want to surprise the guests with the original serving, you can implement simple schemes and focus on well-chosen colors.

You should choose them relative to the colors of the tablecloth or the theme of the holiday. We give simple examples.

• Valentine's Day: perform elementary figures with the presence of red and pink colors.



• New Year: combine green and gold (yellow) colors.
• Halloween: combine orange and black colors.
• Birth of a baby: alternate wipes of white and pink (blue) color or pink and blue, if twins were born - a daughter and a son.



• Children's holiday: put these hygiene products in an accordion napkin, alternating the colors of the rainbow.You can also, for example, roll up orange napkins with tubes and tie them up with green ribbons, and put disposable cutlery (forks, spoons) of green color inside - you get carrots.
• Any celebration: decorate the table with folded napkins of bright color (matching the tablecloth color or in harmony with cutlery, decor elements) with thematic clips attached (Christmas trees, snowflakes, hearts, pumpkins, etc.).

Fold the corner, accordion, tube and fan

Those who are just mastering the science of folding paper napkins should start with basic options. But how nice to fold paper napkins without using complicated patterns? As mentioned above, they can be placed on a plate, in a glass or placed in a napkin holder.

If you want to insert a napkin into a glass, fold it in a tube according to the following algorithm.

1. Unfold a large square napkin.
2. Bend it diagonally to make a triangle.
3. Place the triangle in front of you with the base down.
4. Now you should collapse the resulting triangle with a tube. Wind the paper with three fingers (index, middle and ring), starting from the right corner of the triangle, placing it between the thumb and index finger of the right hand.
5. You should get a tube with an even edge at the bottom and an uneven edge at the top.
6. Mark 1/3 of the tube on top and bend it out.
7. Insert the tube into the glass.

If the table is served with a napkin holder, you can put napkins into it with an accordion or corners. To get an accordion, do the following.

1. If the napkin is small (for example, 25x25cm), unfold it completely and follow the next steps. If it is large (33x33 cm and more), fold it four times, that is, in two additions.
2. Gather an accordion napkin in increments of about 1-2 cm.
3. Fold in half and insert into a napkin holder. In order for napkins folded in this way to look, there must be many in one napkin holder.

Addition by a corner is the simplest. With this method, the square napkin is folded diagonally to make an isosceles triangle, and then the triangle is folded along the median coming out of the corner opposite the base, that is, in half. This is done until the napkin takes the desired size. Then the corners are inserted into a napkin holder.

A fan folded napkin is put on a plate or on a table next to it. To do this, you need the following.

1. Fully unfold the napkin and fold it in half. The front side should be outside.
2. Gather the paper with an accordion, leaving untouched ¼ of its part. Attention: the first fold should be done down. The last fold should be made up, that is, the accordion should be on the surface of the napkin, and not underneath.
3. Bend the construction horizontally in half so that the accordion is outside.
4. Take a free, not bent accordion, part by the lower left corner and bend it, shoving it inside the folds. The result should be an accordion with a leg at the back.

Considering how to fold paper napkins nicely to decorate a table? Follow the simple guidelines described in the article. They will allow, without spending a lot of time, to make the serving original, intricate and interesting, which guests and household members will surely appreciate.