For as long as I can remember, my Grandmother on my dad's side of the family has always made these napkin candles for all of our family functions. She taught me how to fold these when I was about 11 years old, and I've always remembered how to do it. (Good thing because now if I get to her house early for a family dinner she has me folding the napkins!) Today, I'm going to teach you! Who knows, it could be your fun new family tradition to pass along to your children and grand-children!
What you'll need
+ square, cloth napkin *
*Grandma always uses cloth napkins and the real silver, so I have no clue if paper napkins work for this
+ these instructions.
[disclaimer: I don't own cloth napkins, but I do own bandannas so that's what we used for this!]
Start with your cloth napkin completely open, as flat as possible.
Fold in half into a triangle.
The bottom edge of the triangle then gets folded upwards about 1 inch.
**As you can see from my picture, the "about" is key; it doesn't have to be exact.**
**As you can see from my picture, the "about" is key; it doesn't have to be exact.**
Fold the outer-most part of the top corner down about 1 inch as well
Flip the whole thing over to where your folds are on the bottom
Begin rolling everything as seen below
Once you get to the end, leave a tiny corner
Stand everything up vertically
Tuck the tiny corner into the lip of the bottom of the "candle"
Once you get to the end, leave a tiny corner
Stand everything up vertically
Tuck the tiny corner into the lip of the bottom of the "candle"
And there you have it, a napkin candle! You can make the "wick" look more like a candle depending on how far you fold the first top corner. Twist and play with the "wick" however you like.
oh these are so fun!
ReplyDeleteAren't they? I love them. I just don't own any cloth napkins haha
ReplyDeletecloth napkins seem like such work. I'm sure they're good for mother earth, but paper towels are so much more convenient!
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about cloth diapers! haha ;)
ReplyDeleteSuch a neat idea! So creative!
ReplyDeleteGrandmas teach us the greatest things!! These are so cute!!
ReplyDeletethanks :) glad you like them! tell me if you try it.
ReplyDeletethanks so much. :D
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