How to fold a beautiful swan napkin [VIDEO GUIDE]
How to fold a beautiful swan napkin
When preparing for a dinner party, birthday or even a holiday, the swan napkin can be a beautiful addition to your dinner table. By doing this yourself, not just you can make the occassion more personal, but you create a little bit of cozyness as well.
An elegant and a classy look can be given to a napkin by folding it into a swan napkin. These can be decorated in fine restaurants and hotels. By using this fast and simple technique yet stylish one can prepare the table more beautifully and neatly.
How to fold a beautiful swan napkin [video guide]
These are the steps to follow in order to fold a swan napkin correctly:
1) Fold your napkin in two to make a rectangle. Do this once more to make a square. Rotate the napkin so it will look like diamond.
2) Fold both the left and the right corner into meet at the center. Flip the napkin over and do the same with the corners.
3) Fold the bottom up to meet the top corner. Make the swan’s head, by folding the top corner an inch down.
4) Fold the napkin vertically in half. Pull the neck of the swan forward.
5) the loose corners of the napkin to make the feathers.
This can be done either with cloth or paper napkin, you can fold a swan napkin from both easily. However, it might be easier to fold a swan napkin from paper napkins.
Normal daily use napkins can be crafted into a swan shape and can be kept for other uses too. Napkins made from different materials are available for example napkins made of cloth can be used for formal dinners whereas napkins made from paper can be used during an informal gathering. There are a few napkin etiquettes that are associated with the way of using a napkin whether made from paper or cloth.
If you find the steps described above confusing, I suggest watching the video again, while following the steps being explained in it.
This folding technique is actually comes from origami, which is the traditional japanese paper folding. It is more than just a hobby, it since the 17th century it has evolved into a proper form of art. It is about how to turn a flat sheet of paper into a sculpture using special folding techniques. The swan napkin fold resembles very much to the most classic origami fold, the paper crane.
Cloth napkins are available in various sizes and can be folded into many types. Luncheon and dinner napkins are larger in size while beverage napkins are smaller. Not just swan napkin can be made out of a napkin but other types of folds as well, like bow, rose, flower bud, water lily, shirt, diamond pouch, heart, bird, pineapple, hat, pyramid, envelope, and so on.
LOL, they would’n let us do such swan napkin fold in the diner, the guests might eat them, HEALTH & SAFETY first! :D
Hi Raphael,
Welcome. Actually, the swan napkin fold looks a bit complicated, but in fact it isn’t. But you could do other more simple napkin folding ideas, just check out our category how to fold, or have a look in the gallery.
In case you won’t find anything you like, don’t forget to come back as we keep adding new ideas regularly. :)
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