How to make origami from paper napkins with your own hands?

Origami (from Japanese "folded paper") is a type of ancient decorative and applied art of the Japanese. It consists of folding various figures from napkins or paper. Few people know that this type of art can serve for beautiful and correct table setting. Surprise your guests by placing an origami figure made of napkins on their plate, made with your own hands.

Origami from napkins: flowers and fruit compositions

The great advantage of origami is that this type of creativity requires minimal investment. To create an interesting and unusual paper figure, you only need napkins, the desire to create something with your own hands and surprise your guests.

Floral arrangements are suitable for both a simple family dinner and various celebrations. For example, weddings, romantic dinners on the occasion of Valentine's Day. Or maybe you decide to decorate the table with paper flowers for a birthday?

Water lily

Start with the simplest lily pattern to get the basics of origami and warm up a bit.

The lily is folded as follows.

Step 1. First, we unfold and straighten the napkin, iron it if necessary, so the finished origami will look neater. The napkin can be either paper or cloth, as in this case. Next, we fold all the corners to the center. We make sure that no corner overlaps its neighbor.

Step 2. Repeat the previous step. Again, fold the resulting corners to the center.

Step 3. Turn the resulting square over to the other side, carefully holding the workpiece with your other hand so that the folds are at the bottom.

Step 4. Repeat step 2. Fold the corners to the center.

Step 5. Pull the bottom corners up a little, straightening them out and carefully holding the workpiece in the center.

Step 6: Repeat step 5 with all remaining corners.

Step 7. Fold back the remaining small back corners.

Step 8. The Lily Water Lily napkin figurine for table decoration is ready.

Lotus

Modular origami may seem complicated. But in fact, it differs from the usual only in that instead of one napkin, we take several at once. Let's analyze modular origami using the example of a lotus flower. You will need eight green squares for the base of the flower and twenty-four for the bud. All the details of the composition are attached to each other using a stapler, the staples of which will not spoil the thin paper, like, for example, glue.

Step 1. Take a green napkin, we will make the base of the flower. We do not straighten it, leave it folded in four. Fold diagonally.

Step 2. Fold the side corners as if we want to make an airplane.

Step 3. We wrap the resulting ends again and fold the workpiece in the center. We fasten all the workpieces together using a stapler.

Step 4. Make a bud using the same principle, simply inserting modules into the base of the flower. You can continue this way until the rows are connected to each other, or insert napkins of a contrasting color, such as yellow, into the middle. Done!

Rose

Even a small child can handle an origami rosebud, so if you want to spend the evening before the holiday with your child, then fold an origami rose from napkins with him.

Unfold the napkin and fold it exactly in half, corner to corner, to form an even triangle. Roll the triangle into a roll. Repeat this action until you are satisfied with the result. Take out the small leaves, do this very carefully, because such a fragile bud is easy to damage.

Iris

Origami irises placed in glasses look very interesting and beautiful on the festive table. These figures are very easy to fold, knowing the basic principles.

Step 1: Take a large napkin and fold it diagonally.

Step 2: Then lift up its edges.

Step 3: Then fold the edges of the napkin into the center again.

Step 4. Fold the workpiece in half.

Step 5. And again in half.

Step 6. Now we put the blank into a glass or goblet and straighten it out. Done!

Animal and insect figures from napkins

For a beautiful and correct table setting, it is not enough to know the correct placement of each cutlery on the table, it is also important to be able to turn an ordinary, unremarkable napkin into a real work of art! For example, turn a napkin into an elegant butterfly that has sat down to rest next to your guest's plate, or into a beautiful swan that has accidentally swum onto the festive table.

Every housewife can master the ancient art of Japanese masters and create an animal figurine from paper napkins.

Beautiful butterfly

To create a beautiful butterfly figurine, we will need a napkin, fabric or paper, folded in 4.

Place it on the table so that the corners are facing you.

Then, fold the napkin in half, this is necessary to form the folds that will be needed in the future.

Lay the napkin into a rectangle.

Now, from the resulting rectangle you need to make a triangle. To do this, first straighten the left side of the rectangle, and then the right.

We bend the corners upwards, turning the workpiece 180 degrees, and turn it over to the other side.

We fold the lower corner of the triangle upwards, going beyond the border. We straighten the resulting folds.

Turn the napkin over again and rotate it 180 degrees. Fold the corner that forms at the bottom upwards.

Now, bend the workpiece in half and fold its upper part towards you so that when turned, the folds enter from one point.

We fold the workpiece on the other side.

Origami napkin in the shape of a fish

Take one fully unfolded napkin and fold all its corners to the center.

Now we fold the resulting square into a rectangle, to do this we bend the top edge downwards.

Then we form a triangle by bending the corners of the rectangle inward.

As a result, you should get a figure like this.

Now we form the tail of the fish by bending back the corners of the outer layer of the workpiece.

If we turn the napkin over to the other side, we will see that it already looks very much like a fish.

Let's equalize the proportions by reducing the fish's body.

To do this, turn the workpiece over again and bend the edges. And then bend the protruding corners inward.

Napkin Easter Bunny

Easter is a holiday that we are used to spending together with our family. Involve your children in preparing for the holiday and create an Easter bunny from napkins and an egg.

To do this, roll a cloth napkin into a tube, wrap it around the egg and tie it at the top, forming ears. Draw a muzzle. Done!

Graceful swan

Take a napkin folded in four and place it so that the corner is facing you.

Then fold the right corner to the left corner. This is necessary to find the middle.

Return the napkin to its original position.

Fold the right and left sides of the napkin towards the center.

Place the napkin on the other side and repeat the previous step.

Turn the napkin over with the sharp corner facing you and press it towards the center.

Fold the corner over to form the swan's beak.

Bend the blank in half, straighten the neck and head of the future swan.

Fluff up his tail by pulling out one layer of tissue paper at a time.

When setting the table with such origami, it is important to remember that the swan figurine is quite unstable, so you should place the figurine on an additional napkin, which will create additional support.

New Year's decorations

For every family, New Year is a special holiday that everyone is looking forward to. Preparations for the New Year begin long before the holiday itself. Every housewife plans how she will decorate her house, what dishes she will serve for the holiday table and how she will decorate it.

"Christmas tree"

To make such a Christmas tree you will need a large paper napkin, naturally green.

Unfold the napkin folded in 4 so that it takes the shape of a rectangle.

On the right and left sides, fold the top and bottom corners towards the center.

We bend the resulting corners towards the center to form two triangles.

Fold the piece in half so that the corners are on the outside.

Now we need to make the napkin take the shape of a triangle, to do this we fold the corners, forming folds.

Let's fold the workpiece in half again.

Place the tree on a plate and decorate with glitter, confetti or a red star made from fluffy wire.

"Snowflake"

First, take a napkin and unfold it.

Fold the edges towards the center.

Turn the napkin vertically and fold the edges again, forming fold lines.

Unfold the napkin so that you return to the second step and fold the piece into an accordion along the marked lines.

Fold the edges of each layer inward.

Do the same on the other side.

All that remains is to unfold the napkin and arrange it beautifully on the New Year's plate!

Conclusion

Paper napkins can be not only a regular hygiene product, but also a wonderful decoration for a festive table. Don't spare the time and surprise your guests and household with unusual paper figures!

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