The Crown Napkin Fold

Do you want your dinner guests to feel like royalty but have no red carpet? Treat them like kings and give them all crowns! Then you can use this napkin to wipe the cheese out of that introduction.

This napkin folding design just doesn't work well without a little starch in the cloth, if it's sagging it's ugly so take your time and get it right.

	1. Lay the napkin face-down in front of you.
	2. Fold the napkin in half diagonally.
	3. Orient the napkin so the open ends are pointing away from you.
	4. Fold the right-corner up so that the point rests directly on top of the middle-corner. The edge of this new flap should lay on the center line of the napkin.
	5. Repeat step four on the other side, bringing the left-most corner up to meet the middle-corner, creating a diamond shape.
	6. Fold the bottom of the napkin up about 2/4's of the way and press this fold down well.
	7. Fold the smaller triangle down so the point rests on the near edge of the napkin. Press.
	8. curl the left and right sides of the napkin up so they meet in the middle and tuck one into the other.
	9. Stand it up and tug at it where needed to even it up and round it out. If your napkins are too limp then think of starch as napkin viagra and make them good and stiff.

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Hand made gum paste roses using no cutter

How to make quick & easy GUM PASTE & FONDANT ROSES USING NO CUTTERS OR MODELLING TOOLS .....New sugarcraft modelling ideas









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How to Make a Paper Bag - 10 steps

This bag can be made in any size, out of any type of heavy paper. Use it to hold candy, popcorn or any small objects or gifts.







Cut a piece of heavy brown or white paper (craft paper or butcher paper) to 9 1/2 inches by 15 inches.

Step 2

Position the paper on a flat work surface (any patterned or decorated side should be facing down) so that the short edges are to your left and right. Fold the bottom edge up 2 inches and sharply crease the fold. Unfold.

Step 3

Use a ruler to find the center points of the top and bottom edges. Make two small pencil marks at the top edge of the paper, 1/2 inch to the left and 1/2 inch to the right of the center point. Repeat on the bottom edge. Turn the paper over and make the same marks on this side as well.

Step 4

Bring the right edge toward the center of the paper so that it lines up with the marks made to the left of the center point. Sharply crease the resulting right fold. Unfold the flap.

Step 5

Repeat step 4 for the left edge. Make sure that the left edge lines up with the marks made to the right of the center point. Turn the paper over.

Step 6

Bring the left and right edges to the same points as you did in steps 4 and 5. This time, however, glue the entire left edge to the right edge at the point where the edges overlap by an inch. Do not crease the edges. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly.

Step 7

Place the seamed side of the bag down. Push the left and right creases in about 1 1/2 inches so that they fold in toward the center. Lay the bag flat and crease the sides of the bag so that the folds are each sandwiched between the front and back of the bag.

Step 8

Locate the line of the crease made in step 2. This is the bottom of the bag. Fold the bottom edge of the bag up 4 inches and sharply crease. When you release the paper, the bottom edge of the bag should be slightly erect.

Step 9

Open up the bottom edges of the bag so that an upright, open-ended box is formed. The box should open up along the fold lines made in step 2 and this fold line should be touching the bag's surface. If you look down into the box, you should see two paper triangles facing each other.

Step 10

Push the side creases of the box inward and bring either free edge of the box down to lie flat. Bring the remaining free edge down on top of the other and glue it into place. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly and open the bag.


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Scary Mouth Pop-up Card for Mothers Day

Make a Mouth Pop-up Card. When you open the card, the mouth opens! You can make your card look like a bird, a shark, or a big-mouth monster. This is a very easy project and a lot of fun.

Things Needed

• 2 pieces of paper (colored card-stock works great)
• Scissors
• Paste
• Crayons and/or markers

Method

1. Fold a piece of paper in half. Cut a line about 2 inches long (5 cm) about the middle of the crease.

2. Fold back each of the flaps to make 2 triangles.

3. Open up the card.

4. Lay it down like a V.

5. Push one of the triangles up and pinch the edges together above the card.

6. Repeat with the other triangle.

7. Close the card and push down on the folds to make them well-creased.

8. When opened, you have a pop-up mouth.

9. Fold another piece of paper in half (a different color looks great).

10. Glue this new card to the outside of your pop-up card. Don't glue near the mouth area or it won't open! Let the glue dry.

11. Draw a scary animal around the mouth and finish decorating your card.

12. For variations on this card, don't cut a straight line - cut a wavy line or a zigzag for scary teeth. You can even make more than one mouth for 2 monsters or a two-headed monster. This pop-up area also looks a lot like a bird's beak or a shark's mouth.





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Butterfly Card for Mother's Day

A colorful butterfly card made from construction paper. This card is great for birthdays, Mother's Day, or other occasions.

Things Needed

• Construction paper
• Hole punch
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Pencil
• Markers or crayons
• Optional: Glitter glue or glitter

Method

1. Fold two pieces of construction paper in half, making two card shapes.

2. Put the two folded cards together (one inside the other).

3. Along the fold of one of them, draw half a butterfly.

4. Keeping the two cards together, cut along the line you just drew. You will now have two butterflies.

5. On only one of the butterflies, fold it in half again and draw a smaller butterfly within it.

6. Cut along the line you just drew.

7. Using the hole punch, make a series of holes along the edges of the two pieces you just cut.

8. Glue one of these pieces onto the larger, uncut butterfly.

9. Flip the large butterfly over, and glue on the other cut piece.

10. Cut a black or brown body for your butterfly. Glue it onto the inside of your butterfly.

11. You now have a nice butterfly card. Write a message on your card.

12. Optional: Decorate your butterfly with crayons, markers, glitter glue, or glitter.




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