If you've been visiting this blog for a while you already know I have a soft spot for play food. I love creating new items for my kids and I'm dreading the day they tell me they are already too old for play food.
Today, however, I'm not exactly sharing play food, but an accessory. Dishes, glasses and other play kitchen stuff are usually easy to come buy, and while they obviously be made at home, usually kids -especially girls - get them as gifts at one point or another. But one thing was missing in our play kitchen: cloth napkins. So we set out to make them. With cute napkin rings to match, if course.
Today, however, I'm not exactly sharing play food, but an accessory. Dishes, glasses and other play kitchen stuff are usually easy to come buy, and while they obviously be made at home, usually kids -especially girls - get them as gifts at one point or another. But one thing was missing in our play kitchen: cloth napkins. So we set out to make them. With cute napkin rings to match, if course.
These can be made in next to to nothing and are so easy that the kids can help in the process too.
(And as a plus, this project counts towards my goal of destashing in 2018, as it was exclusively made from leftover fabric and ribbon scraps).
Here's the (brief) tutorial:
What you need:
- cute fabric -size depends on how large you want your napkins to be. Ours are squares of 15 x 15 cm.
- bits of ribbon
- a fabric flower, a bow or any other embellishment you want to add to the napkin rings
Instructions:
- Cut squares of fabric in the size you want. Use pinking shears to stop fraying (this way you don't need hem the napkins, which saves a lot of time)
- With small bits of ribbon create the napkin rings. To measure the correct length fold your napkin and roll the ribbon around it, allowing the edges of the ribbon to overlap a bit. Sew or glue the edges to form a ring
- Embellish the napkin rings as you prefer. I added flowers leftover from these summer shorts.
Here are the finished napkins & napkin rings:
Now make a set of napkins and go play!
(Oh, and of course this method works perfectly too for adult sized napkins - it's a great way to create cloth napkins quickly)
For all of my play food tutorials, go and check the DIY Play Food Page.
See below the other destashing projects of 2018 so far:
Destashing #1: scrappy crochet blanket
Have fun, and happy Tuesday,
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ReplyDeleteThese are too cute! Thanks for sharing at The Blogger's Pit Stop! Roseann from www.thisautoimmunelife.com
ReplyDeleteThese are so adorable! I chose this for my feature this week, too! #FridayFrivolity
ReplyDeleteSo, so cute!! I'd like to feature your pretty napkins at Tuesdays with a Twist this week. 'Hope you have time to join us again! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
ReplyDeleteThese are as cute as can be. Any little girl would love them! Thank you for sharing at Party in Your PJ's!
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