How beautiful to fold napkins in a napkin holder?

Napkins - an important element of table setting. They perform both aesthetic and hygienic functions. Distinguish between tissue and paper napkins. Paper products are cheaper and more practical, textiles are more expensive, but they look more festive.

However, you can give solidity to any type of napkins. It is enough just to put them beautifully in a napkin holder. This handy device not only serves as an ornament, but allows you to take products one by one.

There are many reasons when you need to decorate the table for meals. In some families, this is a daily routine. It is not necessary to wait for the guests to come to update a beautiful tablecloth and get new plates. The same applies to napkins. People use these products daily, and they should be on the table all the time.

Before you fold the napkins in a special napkin holder, you need to decide on their color. The color scheme of the festive table setting should correspond to the celebration. The universal option is white. It will suit any occasion.

Red napkins perfectly fit into the decor of the table for a romantic evening, and golden, silver and green - for the New Year. If Halloween is celebrated, it is appropriate to use orange or orange-black napkins. They can be served with candles of the same color. Bright options are suitable for decorating a children's holiday table (for example, you can collect a rainbow of appropriate colors).

Also shades of napkins should be in harmony with the color scheme of the tablecloth and tableware. Together they must form a single ensemble. As for the shape of napkins, it can be different depending on the occasion for the holiday and the age of the guests.

Usually, products are folded as simply as possible so that guests do not suffer, turning them before use. Especially simple schemes are suitable for paper versions, as they are smaller and it can be difficult to arrange them into an intricate design.

Table setting immediately makes it clear how well the hosts were preparing to receive guests. Excessive or, on the contrary, insufficient decoration of the table can spoil the whole impression of the event. And, conversely, a tastefully decorated table is able to decorate with itself both the room in which it is located and the celebration in general.

There are many ways to beautifully put napkins in a napkin holder. One of the most simple options is to take items of the same size, but in two different colors. Then they can be laid fan angles up. This method is suitable for flat napkin.

You can also decompose the napkins in the form of two fans and arrange them "towards each other." Get the so-called "crown". Another interesting option is to lay out the fan in different directions from the center. So you get a "lush fan."

The way "corners" is even more simple. Napkins folded diagonally and placed in a napkin holder, alternating by color. You can take two, and three, or more different shades.

All of the above options can be further decorated with a paper rose from one or several napkins. Most likely, it will not be used directly for its intended purpose, but will decorate the composition. This rose can be put separately.

A fan can be varied if half of the folded napkins are placed lower than the first row of the fan, alternating between two contrasting colors. This will create a visual effect of chess.

On the table can be combined several types of napkin holders. If the fixture has a circular shape, there are two basic ways to lay napkins in it.

1. Each napkin is rolled up into a tube (not thicker than a simple pencil) and placed close to one another until the entire napkin holder is full.
2. Each napkin needs to be straightened and then folded into an accordion. After that, the accordion is bent in the middle. Then it needs to be inserted into the napkin holder. The more napkins you use, the richer the accordion will turn out.

If the stand is a rectangle, you can lay out the napkins spiral. For this product stack on each other, each subsequent - with a small offset angle. In cafes and restaurants, this method is used by waiters, it requires a certain skill. It is necessary to fold all the napkins in a flat pile between the palms and smooth movements gently unfold.

You can make an interesting bird whose tail will be napkins. The parts that imitate the bird’s head and neck also need to be rolled out of this material. To do everything right, you can use the instructions.

1. Wrap the napkins in the elongated trapezium, this will be the bird's tail (bend the parallel corners, fold the napkin in half).
2. The napkins make a bird's head and neck out of a rolled-up napkin.
3. The tail, head and neck of the bird should be gently shoved into the napkin holder, being careful not to disturb the integrity of the structure.

Instead of a napkin holder, you can use a bowl or an original cup. In such dishes you can serve napkins with an interesting two-way waterfall. This option is even simpler than the "corners" method. Each product must be deployed, then folded in half. After that, you should put all the folded parts on top of each other, bend the pack in half and put the “shaggy” part up into the cup.

If the napkin holder has a fantasy shape (for example, made in the form of a girl, the “skirt” of which is just napkins), several such “girls” can be distributed on the table. In such napkin makers, it is even easier to lay out, since each segment has its own segment in them.

You can consider the option in which the role of the napkin plays a vase or glass. In this case, the methods of laying will be spectacular, in which the center of the napkin is inside the glass and the ends hang loosely. This is acceptable when the number of guests does not exceed ten people.and there is a place on the table to put a personalized napkin next to each of them.

Of course, there are many more options for creating beautiful paper figures, especially if you are going to place them not in a napkin holder, but arrange them one by one on plates. There are ways that are suitable for both options. For example, "a cap with a lapel." Below is a step by step how to do this.

1. The napkin is folded in half inside the seamy side.
2. The product is once again folded in half. It turns out the square.
3. The upper left corner is folded over; 2-3 cm to the top.
4. Next you need to wrap inside the side corners, fastening them together.
5. The resulting shape is set straight, sharp angle up.

In a wide low vase, the lotus of napkins will look spectacular, especially if you take to create it napkins of the same color, but in different colors.

How to make such a flower is described in the instructions below.

1. Take 96 napkins of the desired color.
2. Make 96 blanks for petals.
3. Fold each quadruple folded napkin diagonally.
4. The resulting triangle from the top corner to the center bend down.
5. Turn and bend the small corners up.
6. Center the product outwards. The stock is ready.
7. Next is the assembly of the lotus. Two petals are connected by corners. Thus, eight rows are collected.
8. Petals straighten up.
9. Lotus is ready. If desired, you can make a stand of 12 green blanks and place a lotus on it.

For more information on how to fold the napkins lotus, see the following video.

Wipes should be folded and laid only with clean, dry hands, the napkin holder itself should also be washed and dried. Fat stain can spoil the most spectacular composition.

If the holiday is not too formal, for example, children's birthday or a big family dinner, there is no need to follow etiquette thoroughly. It is enough to support only the shade of the tablecloth (or tablecloths) with the color of napkins. For a children's event, you can attract children to the design of the holiday table, including the folding napkins.

If the reception passes by all the rules, then the table setting should match them. The use of oilcloth is not allowed. Only an immaculately clean and carefully ironed linen tablecloth can make a proper impression.

Dishes and appliances should be thoroughly washed and wiped dry. They must also be exactly the same for each guest. The number of cutlery near the plate must match the number of dishes served. Napkin holders should be available to anyone who wishes to use them.

For the autumn celebration, all shades of leaf fall are suitable, and for the spring - the whole palette of pastel colors. For the summer holiday and suitable colorful designs, and solid bright colors. In winter, during the New Year holidays and Christmas, combinations of green, red and gold are appropriate, and later - blue, blue, white, as well as other "snow" prints.

For the convenience of guests it is more expedient to combine two types of napkins in serving: cloth and paper. Then some (textile) will lie on the lap of the guests, while others (paper) will serve for the hygiene of hands and mouth.

Below are examples of table setting, the design of which used different ways of laying napkins in a napkin holder.