How to Make Napkin Rings That Look Like Bats
Make these simple bat napkin rings to dress up your Halloween table
To give your Halloween lunch a spooky touch, create bat napkin rings that are sure to wow all ages. You only need black paper, glitter and a few scissor cuts to make this festive, and useful, table decoration.
Materials
- Bat template (included below)
- One sheet of paper to print template (more to catch glitter, if desired)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Black construction or card stock paper (one 8½ x 11in sheet makes six bats)
- Paintbrush
- Glue
- Black glitter
- Square paper napkins (we used white ones with black dots)
2 Using a pencil, trace around the bat template onto the black paper. You will need to trace the bat multiple times depending on how many napkin rings you need. Once the bats are traced, cut them out, remembering to cut the little slits on each side.
3 Using a paintbrush, brush glue onto the wings and sprinkle glitter over the top. Once the glue dries, shake off any extra glitter and put it back in your jar.
Tip For easy clean-up, complete this step over a piece of paper.
See these stylishly alternative ideas to Halloween pumpkins
Tip For easy clean-up, complete this step over a piece of paper.
See these stylishly alternative ideas to Halloween pumpkins
4 If your napkins are folded, unfold them before you start this step.
Fold the napkin in half and then in half again to make a smaller square. Unfold it completely.
Next, fold the napkin in half diagonally to make a triangle with the longest side on top. Take the top-right edge and fold it down to the first crease (shown). Now fold that segment backwards at the crease.
Continue this accordion fold across the rest of the napkin. Once you are done, unfold the napkin back to the larger triangle shape.
Fold the napkin in half and then in half again to make a smaller square. Unfold it completely.
Next, fold the napkin in half diagonally to make a triangle with the longest side on top. Take the top-right edge and fold it down to the first crease (shown). Now fold that segment backwards at the crease.
Continue this accordion fold across the rest of the napkin. Once you are done, unfold the napkin back to the larger triangle shape.
5 Take the top-right edge and fold down to the first crease. It should be a smaller distance than when you performed this fold in step 4.
Now fold that segment backwards at the crease. Continue this accordion fold across the rest of the napkin.
Now fold that segment backwards at the crease. Continue this accordion fold across the rest of the napkin.
6 Form the bat napkin ring by sliding the two slits on the bat together. Then slide the tip of the folded napkin into the ring and fan out the bottom of the napkin.
Tip You could trace the bats directly onto glittery paper to save yourself a step.
Are you going to dress up your Halloween table this year? Share your photos in the Comments below.
Are you going to dress up your Halloween table this year? Share your photos in the Comments below.